Workhorse Group Inc., a manufacturing company in Indiana, continues to revolutionize the automobile industry. The company has recently announced that it received Letters of Intent (LOI) of at least 1,000 units of the upcoming light-duty Workhorse W-15 Plug-In Electric Pick-Up truck.
Workhorse Group Inc. "currently builds medium-duty PHEV work vans for several fleet companies including FedEx, Penske, UPS, Ryder, DHL, USPS, and more," per Motor Trend. Clean Fuels Ohio, an organization that collaborates with Ohio-based fleets "to transition cleaner vehicles," has recently sent an LOI to Workhorse Group for 500 units of the W-15 Plug-In Electric Pick-Up trucks.
The company has also previously received LOIs from Duke Energy, Portland General Electric, the City of Orlando, and Southern California Public Power Authority. All in all, Workhorse Group has received LOIs for 1,000 units of the upcoming vehicle.
"As a U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities coalition, Clean Fuels Ohio advocates a wide range of cleaner fuels and technology options such as natural gas, propane, electric drive, efficiency, biofuels and hydrogen," Sam Spofforth, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Ohio, said. "The W-15 will be a key part of our efforts to engage fleets across Ohio in adopting electric vehicles."
Spofforth added that Clean Fuels Ohio believes that the Workhorse W-15 will "offer safety, efficiency, advanced technology, and the sustainability measuring sticks," traits that many Ohio business and government fleets deem crucial when "making fleet decisions."
The Workhorse Group W-15 Plug-In Electric Pick-Up truck has a pair of direct-drive traction electric motors, and one is located near each axle for all-wheel-drive capability. Similar to Tesla vehicles, a Panasonic 18650B Lithium-Ion Battery Pack is mounted low in the frame between the axles of the w-15.
A BMW-sourced range-extender engine will help increase overall vehicle range. Workhorse group claims that the W15 can travel up to 80 miles per charge plus, with an additional 310 miles on a tank of fuel when operating as a hybrid. The company also said that the W-15 has a 75 mpg on all-electric power and 32/28 mpg city/highway with the range-extender. The technology is allegedly "an extension of the E-Gen electric technology" utilized by medium-duty work vans of other companies.
Meanwhile, according to Clean Technica, the W-15 electric pick-up has been designed in order to let owners directly use the battery packs for powering and/or charging tools, "allowing owners to forgo the use of expensive and large generators." Workhorse Group's W-15 will allegedly retail for "around $52,500," and the truck will reportedly be "the safest pickup truck in America."
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