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TEC Equipment owns the West Coast’s largest network of full service, heavy-duty truck dealerships. Through the Volvo LIGHTS project, they introduced a comprehensive sales and service strategy for battery electric trucks and provided fleet operators the opportunity to lease battery-electric trucks from TEC Equipment for real-world trials.

In August 2021, TEC Equipment Fontana was named Volvo Trucks’ first EV Certified Dealer in North America, indicating that their maintenance and repair crew is fully trained and equipped to meet the service needs of fleets operating these advanced zero-emission trucks. TEC Equipment’s La Mirada location achieved the certification in December 2021.

Battery Electric Vehicles Deployed

• 15 – Volvo heavy-duty trucks (commercial and pre-commercial units)
• 1 – Volvo heavy-duty truck
• 1 – Forklift
• 1 – Class 3 truck

Charging Infrastructure

• 2 – 150 kW charger
• 2 – 50 kW chargers
• 1 – 24 kW Charger
• 20 – L2 Workplace chargers
• Mobile chargers 

Dependable demonstrated the ability for battery-electric trucks and equipment to successfully transport goods in its daily routes, as well as at its warehouse facilities. To ensure the ongoing reliability of the trucks and maximize uptime, DHE road tested Volvo’s remote diagnostic onboard technology, which alerts TEC Equipment in advance when its battery-electric trucks need maintenance.

The onsite smart chargers use Greenlots’ cloud software to integrate with Volvo’s truck telematics to balance the needs of the vehicle, facility, and utility grid. To further mitigate grid impacts and energy costs, DHE also integrated onsite solar panels and hopes to garner the benefits of second-life batteries.

Battery Electric Vehicles Deployed

• 3 – Volvo heavy-duty trucks
• 2 – Yard tractors
• 14 – forklifts

Charging Infrastructure

• 2 – 150 kW chargers
• 10 – L2 Workplace chargers
• 4 – L2 (10 kW) chargers
• 14 – L2 Forklift chargers

NFI demonstrated the ability for battery-electric trucks and equipment to successfully transport goods in its daily routes, as well as at its warehouse facilities. Having confidence that the trucks can reliably complete their routes was critical for NFI. Their fleets road tested Volvo’s self-learning driveline control algorithms enabling drivers to optimize energy usage and range.

The onsite smart chargers use Greenlots’ cloud software to integrate with Volvo’s truck telematics to balance the needs of the vehicle, facility, and utility grid. To further mitigate grid impacts and energy costs, NFI installed onsite solar panels.

Battery Electric Vehicles Deployed

• 4 – Volvo heavy-duty trucks 
• 2 – Yard tractors
• 10 – Forklifts

Charging Infrastructure

• 2 – 150 kW charger
• 10 – L2 Workplace Chargers
• 2 – L2 (10 kW) Chargers
• 8 – 9 kW Forklift Chargers

Rio Hondo College designed and launched a technician program specific to Volvo heavy-duty electric truck maintenance to support with workforce development in the region. The students in this program have the opportunity to use Volvo’s first-of-its-kind augmented reality-based training program.

In May 2021, Rio Hondo had 12 students graduate with an Associate of Science degree in Alternative Fuel Technology, three with an Associate of Science in the Electric Vehicle and Fuel Cell Technology Technician program, and four students earning a Certificate of Achievement in Electric Vehicle and Fuel Cell Technology. Five of these students won scholarships to continue their education from the Automotive Service Council Education Foundation (ASCEF). Rio Hondo had an additional 15 graduates complete its program in May 2022.

SBVC designed and launched a certificate and associate degree-level training program specific to heavy-duty, battery-electric truck maintenance to promote the region’s workforce development. This continual workforce development is critical to sustain this project long after the initial trucks hit the roads.

SBVC had its first five graduates from the Heavy/Medium Clean Vehicle Technology program in May 2021, with an additional 16 graduates in May 2022.

Together, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach form the San Pedro Bay Ports—the largest port complex in the nation. In 2006, the two ports enacted a joint Clean Air Action Plan to significantly reduce the health risks posed by air pollution from port-related ships, trains, trucks, terminal equipment, and harbor craft. The plan has introduced a broad range of strategies, including a Clean Truck Program and a Technology Advancement Program, both of which implement large-scale deployment of zero emission, battery electric trucks, and marine terminal equipment.

Through the Volvo LIGHTS project, the San Pedro Bay Ports completed a charging infrastructure planning assessment to support early adoption of zero emission technologies. This planning effort provided a roadmap for ports throughout the nation interested in deploying battery electric vehicles for goods movement.