The large New Jersey seaport APM Terminals Elizabeth has placed an order for 96 electric terminal trucks from automaker Orange EV, marking one of the largest port electrification commitments in history, port leaders said Wednesday.
The order follows Orange EV’s expansion at APM Terminals Los Angeles (Pier 400) earlier this summer, where a year-long 20-truck rental pilot led to a 40-truck expansion, bringing that fleet to 60 trucks. The Port Elizabeth deal also comes on the heels of last week’s announcement of a 24-truck deal with Greenwich Terminals, operator of the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia.
According to Orange EV, the vehicles for APM Terminals Elizabeth will be its HUSK-e XP units, which are manufactured at Orange EV’s production facility in Kansas City, Kansas, and are fully compliant with the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) requirements. Each truck is built for heavy port and terminal operations, capable of moving up to 180,000 lbs. of combined weight. The vehicles employ a 310-kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery, the largest available battery pack in the Orange EV lineup.
