California Startup Has a Novel Solution to Clean Up Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions
Range Energy plans to sell electric trailers that can essentially turn diesel trucks into hybrids.
The California-based company manufactures trailers with batteries and an electric motor.
Image courtesy Range EnergyElectric trailer startup Range Energy raised $23.5 million in new financing as it seeks to commercialize its equipment and take advantage of government incentives for decarbonizing transportation.
The California-based company manufactures trailers with batteries and an electric motor that can essentially turn heavy-duty diesel trucks into hybrids and work with electric models, offering a key solution to decarbonizing freight transport. Range is working with large consumer brands’ fleets, which will test five of its trailers for one or two weeks, according to founder and Chief Executive Officer Ali Javidan. (He declined to name the companies.) That will be followed by 50 trailer pilots in 2025. The company plans to start commercial production by the end of next year, he said.