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2023: Run on Less — Electric DEPOT

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Participant Profile: 4Gen Logistics

4Gen is a family-owned business that has been operating in port drayage in the Inland Empire since 1943. It currently has 83 trucks in the fleet, of which 64 are battery electric. It also has 15 hydrogen fuel cell trucks, three CNG, and a few diesel units. The company says it will be completely zero emission by the end of 2025.

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Dennis Aguilar
General Manager for California, 4Gen Logistics
“Some people would invest in the truck itself and then figure out the plan for charging. We already had the charging in place and then moved forward with the trucks. It worked out where it lined up when the infrastructure was done.”
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James Barker
Electro Mobility Finance Manager, Volvo Financial Services
“There’s just not enough battery electric used equipment on the market to put a value on it. I still think that’s 2 or 3 years down the road. Conversations are starting to happen, but that’s a piece of the puzzle we just don’t know yet.”
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Brad Bayne
VP of Strategic Initiatives, Duncan Trucking
“We love being on the cutting edge, or as I like to say, after going through this process, the bleeding edge. At this point, there’s no turning back for us. We made the goal of being completely zero emission by the end of 2025, and that is our future.”
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Salvador Castro
Driver Manager, 4Gen Logistics
“I’ve actually seen an increase in customers wanting our electrics. We’ve had more requests for electrics instead of our diesels. The majority of our customers request our electrics to come out to their facilities.”
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Greg Ham
Alternative Fuel Manager, TEC Equipment
“Diesels are not going to go anywhere anytime soon. They’re going to have their place. EVs will have their place. Hydrogen will have its place. Each aspect will have a place within the bigger picture.”
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Hani Harawi
Lead Product Manager, Geotab
“We recently looked at the patterns of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. We noticed that 41% of these trucks drive 250 miles or less per day, which makes them good candidates to be electrified.”
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Sashko Stubailo
Co-Founder/CTO, Flipturn
“You’ve got to be tracking your charging across every minute of the day and controlling it to save as much as 50% on your electricity costs. That’s a really important thing to run your EV fleet effectively.”
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Alvaro Vacas
Driver, 4Gen Logistics
“The EV is super quiet. It’s a little bit faster than the diesels are. By the time the diesel is going into third or fourth gear, the EV is already taking off.”
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Derik Wilson
HD Infrastructure & Charging Manager, West, Volvo Trucks North America
“We work with the utility to get interconnection set, timelines and expectations set. That way we can slot and build the trucks in an appropriate timeline and everyone is aligned.”
Driver

Alvaro Vacas

"If they keep me local and I have a customer right here in Redlands, I'll just charge for 20 to 30 minutes and I'll be able to make my delivery and bring an empty truck back to the yard."

  • Years Driving: 20+
  • Homebase: Rialto, CA
Alvaro Vacas
  • Tractor 2024 Volvo VNR
  • Cab Type Day cab
  • Engine and fuel type BEV 6-battery configuration
  • Advertised Range 185 to 220 miles
  • Transmission 2-speed I-shift automatic
  • Axle Ratio 4.56:1
  • Configuration 6×2
  • Aero Devices Daycab roof fairing and cab extenders, Aero hood mirrors both sides, Aero cab mounted mirrors, Aero external sun visor, Aero bumper
  • Safety and Autonomous Systems Anti-lock braking system (ABS), Electronic stability control (ESC), Traction control, Automatic pedestrian alerting sound, Automatic crash notification (ACN) / Advanced automatic crash notification (AACN), Backup camera, Parking assist, Rear cross traffic alert, Rear automatic emergency braking, Crash imminent braking (CIB), Forward collision warning (FCW), Dynamic brake support (DBS), Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB), Blind spot warning, Lane departure warning, Lane keeping assistance, Blind spot intervention, Lane centering assistance, Semiautomatic headlamp beam switching, Adaptive driving beam, Adaptive cruise control
  • Battery size 6 battery pack/565 kW
  • Route Type Deliveries to customers in the Inland Empire and moving containers in and out of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with ranges of 150 to 325 miles a day.
  • Elevation Change Level
  • Goods Hauled Dray containers and general freight
  • Hours of Operation 2 shifts
  • Trailers – Singles, Doubles, Triples Containers and singles
  • Single Shift, Slip seating or Teams 2-shift slip seating
  • Depot or Public Charging Public charging
  • Parking Configuration Bobtail charging stalls
  • Utility Southern California Edison Co.
  • Type of Charging Hardware Electrify America Hyper-Fast Chargers
  • Quantity of Charging Hardware 14 dispensers
  • Typical Charge Speed 350 kW

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