10/24/24
Zeus Electric Chassis (White Bear Lake, Minnesota) announced One Stop Truck & Equipment of Sacramento, California, signed Zeus’ first dealer agreement.
The response Zeus had at Work Truck Week 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and again
at the ACT Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, in May 2024, is proof that there is intense demand for a class-5 conventional-cab
zero-emission (ZEV) work truck.
The enthusiasm shown by utility, state and municipal customers at the
prospect of purchasing their familiar and preferred cab style mated with a ZEV platform was off the charts.
To date, mandates such as California’s Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) and other public and private fleet
electrification goals have been unserved in this market. Zeus is exclusive in their planned 2025 offering
of the very familiar pickup-cab-style architecture but with a zero-emission drive system.
Zeus CEO Dave Stenson said, “We couldn’t be more thrilled in partnering with One Stop Truck & Equipment.
Our joint challenge is to cut through the current clutter in the industry’s EV transformation to serve a core
customer with a product that doesn’t require them to completely change how they move operators, tools
and materials to and from job sites and function while there. The upfitter industry has served these fleet
customers for decades optimizing their work truck vocational products. Zeus and One Stop want to
provide the ZEV chassis to build on that, not force customers to accommodate new chassis dimensions or
cab styles.”
“Working at ‘ground zero’ of the transformation into commercial vehicle EVs, One Stop has a unique
perspective on what our customers are demanding,” said One Stop Truck & Equipment General Manager Daryl Trueblood. "The Zeus Z-19 Class 5 product fits their needs. We have already had many discussions
validating the pent-up demand for this truck and are super excited that Zeus has partnered with us in their
final development stages to deliver it.”
Zeus is the only automaker offering a class 5 zero-emission chassis paired with a conventional pickup-style
cab dominant in the work truck industry. Zeus and One Stop are well positioned to begin selling into the rising demand for zero-emission commercial
vehicles starting in the State of California. Zeus anticipates this just being the start of a period of work
truck ZEV adoption as long lifecycles, state incentives and fleet adoption mandates create the necessary
environment for fleets to start their transition into EVs for select applications, especially where cross-country driving range is much less an issue.
For more information, visit
https://zeuselectricchassis.com/ or
https://www.onestoptruckequipment.com/.
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