Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) continue to pour much of their energy — no pun intended — into developing and promoting their entries into the electric vehicle (EV) realm, with a disproportionate amount of the news coming out of the major truck manufacturers being focused on the zero-emissions space.
It’s remarkable considering that right now, the number of EVs currently operating in the field is a mere fraction of more traditionally powered vehicles. But, by definition, plans aren’t so much about the present as they are about the future and fleet equipment suppliers are betting big on the notion that the future is an electrified one. Here’s what’s been happening at some of the majors’ production facilities.