Name: The Way We Get Everything Is Going Electric
Uploaded: 2021-05-17T03:01:25.000Z
Duration: 10 min 1 s
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and wondered where the heck are all those trucks going?

There's a behind the scenes world of logistics

we're completely oblivious to its environmental cost,

is perfectly suited to delivering a cleaner future.

For years, online ordering and rapid home delivery

this trend has evolved into a way of life.

which tends to capture the lion's share of all book sales,

to one of several Amazon inbound fulfillment centers.

Now the book is an Amazon's massive fulfillment network.

Copies then journey along the so-called "middle mile"

and can be redistributed to any of the hundreds

closer to customers in major population centers.

The last step is the so-called "last mile",

The book might be sent to an Amazon delivery station

and put in the back of a Mercedes Sprinter van

This system, while it's a marvel of modern day logistics,

so does the number of gas guzzling trucks

Environmentally, it's one of the biggest issues there is

and you know, the quicker that the globe can

total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.,

So, middle mile and sort of long haul trucking.

If you really wanna move the needle on carbon emissions,

So, how do we solve this growing emissions problem

and still satisfy our addiction to same-day delivery?

and predictable limited range of these vehicles

makes them the perfect candidate for a solution.

I'm the CEO and co-founder of XOS Trucks.

So, we are a manufacturer of commercial electric vehicles.

We manufacture trucks that are in the class five size

because we were fleet operators ourselves.

and we saw how challenging it was becoming

to convert last mile fleets from diesel to electric.

Batteries and the prices of those batteries

have fallen dramatically in the last 10 years

and any routes that are around 200 miles or less

are really ready to make that transition.

So, XOS is trying to perfect the frame of the car.

So, this is everything sort of underpinning the car,

all the battery software and cooling and technology

and kind of the brains of the car, if you will

and then, the business model is basically to sell that

and let the end consumer dictate what goes on top.

with a parcel delivery van body on top of it.

Loomis, who operates an armored car fleet,

XOS is currently making their modular battery packs

and the packs can be customized for specific applications,

is improving, as battery prices continue to fall,