Ryder System is taking delivery of 125 electric vans from Chanje. The battery-electric panel vans will be entered into Ryder’s fleet as lease or rental vehicles. The vans will be used in the California, New York, and Illinois markets where Ryder is currently installing charging stations and setting up network charging agreements.
The Chanje all-electric large delivery style van is equipped to haul up to 6,000 pounds and up to 580 cubic feet of cargo. Ryder also plans to equip its maintenance facilities in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and San Jose, Calif. markets, as well as in the Chicago and New York markets, with the latest technology in commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging.
Ryder is the exclusive distribution and service provider for Chanje’s medium-duty EV fleet for which the Company is offering preventive maintenance solutions as part of Ryder’s SelectCare fleet maintenance portfolio. Chanje vehicles are the only trucks in their class that are built as electric platforms from the ground up, enabling them to be produced at scale and positioning them as ideal for metro/city delivery applications. Chanje will subsequently introduce a full range of EVs including trucks, delivery vans, and shuttle buses in a variety of lengths and capacities.
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