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Phoenix Motorcars All-Electric Work Trucks

Phoenix Motorcars offers the ZEUS 500 Truck with an electrified chassis payload of 6,500 pounds.

April 1, 2021
Phoenix Motorcars All-Electric Work Trucks

Fleets currently utilizing the ZEUS 500 from Phoenix Motorcars include utilities, cities, municipalities, transit agencies, airports, parking companies, universities, and corporate campuses.

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Phoenix Motorcars is focused on vehicle electrification and offers a medium-duty electric work truck. The company has helped fleets achieve their sustainability and cost efficiency objectives, resulting in over 2.3 million electric miles driven and over $1.2 million in customer fuel savings.

Phoenix Motorcars offers the ZEUS 500 Truck, built on a Ford E-450 Super Duty Chassis with a 14,500-pound GVWR. The truck offers an electrified chassis payload of 6,500 pounds.

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With peak power of 230kW, the trucks offer a customizable and modular lithium ion NCA battery pack:

  • 63 kWh with Range up to 70 Miles

  • 94 kWh with Range up to 100 Miles

  • 125 kWh with Range up to 130 Miles

  • 156 kWh with Range up to 160 Miles

The trucks feature a battery warranty of five years/150,000 miles and a Phoenix Drive System warranty of five years/60,000 miles.

Features of the ZUES 500 electric work trucks include:

  • Up to 160-mile range

  • Customizable body configurations

  • Turnkey electrification

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Fleets currently utilizing work trucks from Phoenix Motorcars include utilities, cities, municipalities, transit agencies, airports, parking companies, universities, and corporate campuses.

Originally posted on Work Truck Online

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