The Shyft Group, Inc. announced its Blue Arc™ EV delivery vehicles have received a Green Car Journal 2023 Green Car Product of Excellence™ award. The award honors commercial vehicles that feature greater environmental performance through higher efficiency, the integration of advanced technology and electronics, and innovative powertrains that achieve decarbonization goals with low or no carbon emissions.
“Thank you to Green Car Journal for selecting Blue Arc EV Solutions for this award and for recognizing the excellence our team has worked hard to deliver,” says Daryl Adams, president and CEO, The Shyft Group. “Blue Arc brings a unique edge to the competition: nearly 50 years of experience in custom, commercial-grade chassis and work-truck body design and manufacturing as part of The Shyft Group.”
THE BLUE ARC CLASS 3
EPA test results show the vehicle can achieve up to a 225-mile city range with a 165kwh battery pack. This provides customers with a range that can comfortably handle, and in many cases exceed, a daily last-mile delivery route.
Additionally, the Blue Arc Class 3 van received a 200-mile range or 45 MPGe combined city/highway rating from the EPA. This means Blue Arc EVs can provide customers with more cargo carrying capacity and more range at the same time. The engineering team achieves these results through optimizing the chassis and lightweighting the body, creating an efficient electric delivery vehicle.
The first order of 2,000 Blue Arc EVs goes into production in the second half of this year. Since announcing its plan in June 2021 to bring electric vehicles to market, Shyft has successfully balanced a rapid development timeline with the robust engineering needed for hard-working commercial vehicles. The Blue Arc EV ecosystem includes Class 3, 4, and 5 all-electric walk-in vans.
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