![]() “We cut our teeth on fleets,” says Burns. We’d peg that entry price at about $50,000.Īnother argument Burns presents is that Workhorse is no newbie it already builds hybrid delivery trucks for UPS, DHL, and Ryder, among others, in the company’s (former Navistar) plant in Union City, Indiana. “We’re going to cost a little bit more, but if we can show they’ll make up that cost quickly, we’ll win over a lot of fleet managers,” Burns says. ![]() The company projects that over 20 years, a single such truck will save a commercial fleet operator $170,000. Workhorse anticipates that for those keeping inside the 80-mile range of the W-15’s all-electric driving mode, the truck will earn back its premium in just two years. That includes public utilities, from which Workhorse has already seen interest and taken orders. One is the sheer economics of it: Fleet buyers look at a 20-year picture for operating costs, he says. Workhorse CEO Steve Burns thinks his firm stands a better chance than other electric-vehicle upstarts for several reasons. It’s a big step toward what Workhorse seeks: success in the fleet market with a pickup suited for local utility, construction, or delivery work, operating most of the time without tailpipe emissions. ![]() Workhorse Group has announced that Ryder, the commercial truck-rental company, will be its strategic sales and service partner, via all 800 of its locations, not only for Workhorse’s larger medium-duty, range-extended electric commercial trucks but for its upcoming light-duty pickup, the W-15. We’ve just driven a plug-in electric pickup truck that might, beginning next year, be as close as your local Ryder outlet.
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