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| Company type | Limited |
|---|---|
| Industry | Truck manufacturing |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Founders | Chace Barber Eric Little |
| Headquarters | Merritt, British Columbia, Canada |
Number of employees | 13 |
| Website | edisonmotors |
Edison Motors is a Canadian electric truck manufacturing startup based in British Columbia, specializing in diesel-electric plug-in hybrid technology for semi-truck prime-mover tractor units, full-size solid axle drive trucks, and heavy solid-axle pickups; combining a generator with electric drive motors and batteries. Founded in October of 2021 by Eric Little and Chace Barber and is a spin-off of SEI Logistics, a solar energy innovations company.[1]
The company makes new-built semi-truck prime mover tractor units using diesel generators with batteries and electric motors based on diesel-electric drive technology. It also does custom conversions. The company was founded on the idea to use train locomotive diesel-electric technology on forestry logging trucks, where climbing mountains empty and coming down fully loaded would make a net-zero energy use, with downhill regen recharging the battery power used to climb, and electric torque would obviate needing a giant diesel engine, diesel generators and large truck diesel tanks would make range a non-issue. [2]
- ^ Schaefer, Chelsey. "Edison Motors retrofits engines for the future". Valley City Times. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ McIntyre, Gordon (2022-10-07). "Merritt firm producing diesel-electric hybrid trucks for logging industry". Vancouver Sun.