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TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS
A Volvo VNR all-electric Class 8 truck gets charged from a FreeWire
Technologies ultrafast charging station.
50 trucks, which now includes six electric Volvo trucks with a
seventh electric truck on order, " Williamson said. " We're in the
early stages of replacing our diesel-fueled trucks. " Last year,
PFG began a pilot program with an International eMV Series
battery-electric truck and its 22-foot Great Dane body cooled
by a Carrier Transicold's Supra eCool refrigeration unit.
According to Brett Pope, director of eMobility for Volvo
Trucks North America, headquartered in Greensboro, North
Carolina, the commercial-vehicle industry's transition to electric
trucks from diesel trucks is straightforward in its simplicity.
" We only changed what was necessary. So, in place of a
diesel engine and the exhaust system, we have an electric
powertrain, " Pope said.
The Class 8 Volvo VNR Electric trucks that recently joined
PFG's Gilroy fleet use a propulsion system centered around two
electric motors and a two-speed transmission. " The electric
motors put out the equivalent of 455 hp and 4,051 lb-ft of
torque, which essentially matches the 450 hp of the Volvo D13
direct-injection diesel engine, so drivers of the electric VNR
truck feel similar power levels with a little more torque than the
diesel engine produces, " Pope said.
Volvo's truck uses NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) Li-ion
batteries for energy storage. The electric truck has six battery
packs for approximately 575 kWh of storage and a driving
range up to 275 miles (443 km).
'Different' ultrafast chargers
Volvo's electric trucks are charged via 15 ultrafast charging stations
from FreeWire Technologies. Each charging unit has two
charging ports. The Li-ion NMC battery-integrated charging stations
- with multiple patents addressing system design, power
electronics, battery management and software - were installed
and fully deployed within four months after groundbreaking.
" PFG was given a timeline of three years from the utility company,
PG&E, to get enough power to the site to deploy ultrafast
charging. For a lot of fleets, that's simply a deal-killer because
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