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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Fresno-based dairy is celebrating a first-in-the-industry move. California Dairies, Inc. announced connected Thursday the motorboat of the archetypal all-electric conveyance and transport refrigeration system.
“We're doing it successful a mode that reduces our c emissions - without truly sacrificing connected quality,” California Dairies' Michael Burdeny said.
Burdeny was joined by Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer and different section leaders to uncover a caller fleet of electrical vehicles.
“We're rolling retired the precise archetypal 100% diesel-free EV nutrient transportation motortruck for the dairy industry,” Burdeny said.
Gibbs Truck Centers besides played a relation successful bringing these trucks to life. Two zero-emission trucks volition beryllium headed to Challenge Dairy, with a 3rd added aboriginal this year.
“This conveyance present has a 210-kilowatt system, six artillery packs, lithium-ion batteries and 1,700 foot-pounds of torque. This is the precise archetypal operation of an electrical refrigerated portion and an electrical powered motortruck successful each of the dairy industry,” Gibbs Truck Centers President and Owner Ed Gibbs said.
The trucks volition tally betwixt 70 and 140 miles per charge. The caller exertion adjacent impressed Mayor Jerry Dyer.
“I cognize that this is lone the opening and we're going to spot these electrical fleets proceed to turn and turn done Fresno,” Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said.
Mayor Dyer besides looks guardant to the affirmative interaction these EV trucks volition person connected the environment.
“We make our ain pollution, but we get our just stock of contamination coming successful from San Francisco. It makes its mode into the vale and it benignant of stays present and it's difficult. So thing that we tin bash to amended our aerial prime is critical,” Mayor Dyer said.
Burdeny said helium wants his eco-friendly ventures to construe into prime dairy products.
“We're looking astatine ways of reducing our biology footprint. And definitely, sustainability to a batch of our members is thing that truly goes manus successful manus with merchandise quality,” Burdeny said.
