Posted on 10/12/2020 10:51:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
Startup Xos trucks originally pitched itself as a custom electric chassis maker for Class 8 trucks. After pivoting to medium-duty trucks, the company is back on mission with a contract from Japan’s Hino Trucks.
Xos, formerly Thor Trucks, will supply its X-Pack, a modular battery pack system, to the Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) subsidiary. The X-Pack is built from the cell-level up to operate as an intelligent standalone unit.
After giving up its original name, Xos proceeded with deals to make electrified chassis for United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and cash-hauling armored truck company Loomis US. Surprising timing
The Hino contract timing was surprising. Xos CEO Dakota Semler said told FreightWaves in May that Class 8 work had “taken a back seat” to low-volume production of medium-duty trucks.
“We intend to take (Class 8 trucks) to production, and start selling those to customers,” Semler said. “We still have reservations. We still have customers that want the Class 8. And we’ll be delivering it.”
In a post on Medium, Jose Castaneda, Xos vice president of business development wrote: “When we launched Xos Trucks, our flagship prototype was the ET-One, a fully electric Class 8 truck for heavy-duty applications.”
Each Xos system has its own air cooling for safety, and lower weight and cost. Remote diagnostics give fleet operators real-time visibility into the performance of their Xos fleet.
“Our trucks have benefits that make them more efficient for long-haul applications than combustion engines,” Castaneda said. Global suppliers
Xos is not alone in supplying Hino. The company selected Australia’s SEA Electric and Germany’s Hexagon Purus to electrify other Class 4-8 trucks as part of Project Z. The centerpiece is the development of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered Class 8 truck for North America with parent company Toyota.
The SEA Electric SEA-Drive® 120a paired with a Class 5 Hino M Series chassis is available today, Hino senior vice president of Customer Experience Glenn Ellis said in a press release.
“Our holistic approach to working with technology leaders like Toyota, Hexagon Purus and Xos will result in a sustainable, low-cost product line up that will meet the needs of our customers as our industry moves forward to zero-emission vehicles,” Ellis said.
Startup Xos Trucks will make electric chassis for Class 8 Hino Trucks. (Photo: Xos Trucks)
Long haul trucking is the perfect platform for electric vehicle development.........................
Rigs the Bear could operate while BJ McKay rides shotgun.
Rigs the Bear could operate while BJ McKay rides shotgun.
With GPS and auto pilot, Bear would even be needed..............
I wouldn’t buy one of these unless it included dual exhaust stacks and a sound system to generate the appropriate diesel exhaust noise...
“I wouldn’t buy one of these unless it included dual exhaust stacks and a sound system to generate the appropriate diesel exhaust noise...”
You forgot the smoke generator!
And good Jake Brake sound track
As a former trucker Im highly skeptical but curious to know its true range with a full load in the mountains. On an average day, I would drive 600 miles over 11 hours because that’s what it took to make a living.
How are they going to power the reefer for cold/frozen freight?
“As a former trucker Im highly skeptical but curious to know its true range with a full load in the mountains. On an average day, I would drive 600 miles over 11 hours because that’s what it took to make a living.”
Xos is saying 300 miles. Tesla is saying almost 400 with a 30 minute charge to get most of that range.
There is also talk of replacing batteries in five minutes.
Of course we don’t yet have the infrastructure.
Thermoelectric cooler?..............
“How are they going to power the reefer for cold/frozen freight?”
As usual.
“Thermoelectric cooler?..............”
Trailers have their own fuel tank.
Yeah, I know, but they want to get away from that.....................
I doubt even the Trumps could make money with a rig with those numbers. Like I said, Im very skeptical.
Yep... Back in 1947-1948 (as a HS freshman), got the same sound effect after I brazed a 10-ft x 1.5-inch plumbing pipe to the exhaust manifold pipe of my 1935 Ford...
Jakes hadn't been devised then... Could have used something like that driving with mechanical brakes in the New England hills...
IAC, Jake brake orgasm...
Somewhere around ‘52 my father had a 34 flathead. No 10’ pipe.
I recently had a home sound problem that confounded a few expert tradespeople.
Last week my wife called me at the office saying she heard a humming sound for a while from an upstairs bathroom. All else seemed normal.
I got home and could hear it a little at the door. She showed me the section of the house.
Against the wall well up above any plumbing in an upstairs bath was a definite loud hum. It sounded like a fair sized electric motor.
Other than a non running bathroom fan, nothing electrical I could find. The higher my hands went up the section of wall with the vibe, the more intense.
I unplugged the fan connector, undid all the light bulbs, shot around with a thermometer scanner. Still there.
The further downstairs and in the crawlspace, the quieter it got.
I have never heard of a noise like this in a house.
A little later I was running a lower bathroom sink and the hum quit.
I worked every faucet all the way to the offending bathroom.
Turn on the faucet full bore, the hum stops.
We got a plumber out the next day.
I had to go to work so my wife hung out with them.
She called me a few hours later saying they found the problem after being stumped and trying this and that.
The toilet had some kind of minor internal leak.
As soon as they killed the valve, the noise stopped.
We’ll get it rebuilt or replaced later.
That section isn’t really used.
File it under oddity.
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