KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Orange EV is announcing the deployment of its 2,000th truck overall, delivered to Coke Canada Bottling, a family-owned, independent business and one of Canada’s largest beverage manufacturers and distributors.
The deployment expands Coke Canada Bottling’s use of Orange EV zero-emissions electric terminal trucks across facilities in British Columbia and Quebec, reinforcing the company’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions while improving operational efficiencies and meeting the needs of their customers.
“As a family-owned, generational business, we are proud to continue growing our electric fleet and advancing opportunities to reduce our carbon emissions while managing our environmental footprint,” said Tony Chow, president, Coke Canada Bottling. “We are pleased to partner with Orange EV and congratulate their team as they achieve this exciting milestone.”
12M+ Key-On Hours
“Orange EV’s electric yard trucks have now surpassed more than 12 million key-on hours and 33 million miles of operation across over 370 fleets operating in more than 41 U.S. states, 4 Canadian provinces and the Caribbean,” Orange EV said. “Across all deployments, Orange EV trucks consistently deliver an average uptime rate of approximately 97 percent, addressing one of the industry’s most persistent operational concerns: equipment reliability and availability in mission-critical yard environments.”
In high-throughput logistics operations like Coke Canada Bottling’s, downtime directly impacts operational efficiency and costs. As fleet managers face increasing pressure to improve productivity and predictability across their supply chains, electric yard trucks have emerged as the most validated application of heavy-duty EVs in North America.
Orange EV’s Electric Terminal Trucks
“Purpose-built for demanding yard operations, Orange EV’s electric terminal trucks operate across distribution centers, logistics hubs, ports, and intermodal facilities throughout North America, including some of Canada’s most challenging winter environments,” Orange EV said. “From the industry-leading e-TRIEVER platform deployed across warehouse and distribution operations to the high-capacity HUSK-e designed for intensive port and heavy-duty applications, Orange EV trucks are engineered to deliver the uptime, pulling power and operational predictability required in the most challenging environments in the world. Over millions of operating hours, Orange EV customers are reducing exposure to diesel fuel price volatility, lowering maintenance-related disruptions, and improving day-to-day operational reliability, while each truck eliminates an estimated 80 to 90 tons of COâ‚‚ emissions annually compared to diesel yard trucks.”
More Than a Production Milestone
“Delivering our 2,000th truck is more than a production milestone, it reflects a broader industry tipping point,” said Kurt Neutgens, co-Founder, president and CTO of Orange EV. “Having done calculations under real-world conditions and duty cycles, fleet operators are no longer asking whether electric yard trucks can do the job. They are now asking how quickly they can standardize around Orange EV solutions to improve their uptime, predictability, and total cost of ownership.”
2025 Supplier Partner Award
The 2,000th terminal truck deployment coincides with Coke Canada Bottling naming Orange EV one of its 2025 Supplier Partner Award winners at the company’s annual Supplier Partner Forum.
“This partnership demonstrates how leading logistics operators are adopting electric yard trucks not as experimental sustainability initiatives, but as practical and proven operational upgrades that improve costs and efficiency, reduce downtime and create more predictable supply chain performance ultimately enhancing their service to customers,” the company said.
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