Zeus Electric Chassis Inc. and EAVX Join Forces

Zeus Electric Chassis Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, and EAVX announced in October that they will join forces to develop and commercialize all-electric vocational work truck solutions. Joint development efforts will focus on integration of the JB Poindexter & Co (JBPCO) commercial truck bodies, utility truck bodies, and vehicle cargo management systems with the Zeus Power Platform, an all-electric cab chassis. Zeus will leverage JBPCO’s North American operational footprint to help establish a nationwide service and support network for the Zeus products.

The non-exclusive collaboration agreement will initially focus on the Zeus Z-19 (Class 5, 19,500 LB GVWR) and Z-22 (Class 6, 22,300 LB GVWR), and will expand quickly to the Z-26 (Class 6, 26,000 LB GVWR) — all designed from the ground-up and available with a variety of cab options.  Initial market penetration will utilize current and next-generation JBPCO body designs and will be available for commercial fleet pilot programs in 2022.

“The vocational work truck industry is poised for a step function change towards electrification.  It’s more than simply installing existing OEM bodies on an electric vehicle (EV) chassis, it’s taking a holistic approach and collaborating with industry leaders such as JBPCO and bringing innovative next generation solutions to market,” says Bill Brandt, Chief Revenue Officer at Zeus.

Zeus offers a fully configurable class 4-6 all-electric vocational work truck cab-chassis.  The core of their business model is to align with market leading vocational work truck body manufacturers and enable them to bring highly effective EV solutions to industry fleets that can out-perform diesel counterparts.

See the December AsphaltPro article “Asphalt Industry Seeks Efficiency in Electric Construction Equipment” for more insight. For more information, visit the Zeus Electric Chassis website.