Motiv Electric Trucks crosses 5 million mile mark

Motiv Electric Trucks, a manufacturer of medium duty electric trucks and buses, has announced that its vehicles have traveled 5 million miles. The company said the milestone is a reflection of Motiv’s 15 years of work developing, testing and deploying electric powertrains and partnering with body-builders, suppliers and service providers.

Motiv Electric Trucks has announced that its vehicle have now traveled 5 million miles. Shown is the Argo, the company’s first fully-integrated cab-chassis design. (Photo: Motiv)

Motiv has developed, manufactured and deployed electric step vans, box trucks and shuttles to businesses since 2009. It said more than 370 of the Motiv-upfitted vehicles have hit the road and that they have since delivered more than 300 million pounds of goods to customers. Last year, the company said its electric fleet achieved a 98% uptime, according to its diagnostic data.

Collectively, by displacing gas and diesel fuel with electricity, the company said the vehicles have reduced more than 15 million pounds of CO2 and nearly a ton of PM 2.5 particulate matter. While emissions reductions are important, Motiv said the reduction in soot and pollution has a more immediate local impact on the communities served by Motiv’s customers.

“We are very appreciative of our customers for believing in us, sharing our vision of cleaner commerce, and investing clean trucking to benefit their communities,” said Scott Griffith, CEO of Motiv in Foster City, Calif. “We’re also grateful for our employees and partners who produce such high quality and safe vehicles to make this milestone possible. We’re already looking ahead to the next 5 million miles.”

Today, 10 of the largest 20 medium duty truck fleets in North America have reportedly deployed Motiv vehicles, including Purolator, Vestis (formerly Aramark Uniform Services), Cintas, Bimbo Bakeries and Shasta Linen Supply.

Further, Motiv said it now accounts for 45% of electric step vans in California and 19%  of step van deployments in the U.S. overall. The company also said 64% of its new vehicles have been delivered to repeat customers.