The Shyft Group, Inc. Unveils Plans to Bring to Market an All-Electric Purpose-Built Class 3 Chassis Platform
June 08, 2021 at 08:15 pm IST
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The Shyft Group, Inc. unveiled plans to bring to market an all-electric purpose-built Class 3 chassis platform designed to serve a wide array of medium-duty truck markets, from last mile parcel delivery fleets to work trucks, passenger busses, recreational vehicles, and more. Shyft Innovations™, The Shyft Group's dedicated mobility research and development team, will introduce a purpose-built flat modular EV chassis to any specialty vehicle body builder. The EV-powered chassis features customizable length and wheelbase, making it well suited for a variety of vehicle types. The chassis' modular design can accommodate multiple GVWR classifications, based on build out and usage. With this high degree of configurability, the all-electric chassis is adaptable to last mile delivery, work truck, mass transit, recreational vehicle, and other emerging EV markets. Vehicle prototypes are expected to make their way into customer accounts for route testing early in 2022 with production expected to begin in middle of 2023. The Shyft Group's coast-to-coast geographic footprint, with manufacturing facilities spanning 10 U.S. states from Maine to California, in addition to its facility in Mexico, provide regional manufacturing and ship-thru convenience across the full product array spanning Class 1 – Class 7 purpose-built vehicles.
The Shyft Group, Inc. is engaged in specialty vehicle manufacturing and assembly for the commercial vehicle, including last-mile delivery, specialty service and vocation-specific upfit segments and recreational vehicle industries. The Companyâs segments include Fleet Vehicles and Services (FVS) and Specialty Vehicles (SV). The FVS segment manufactures commercial vehicles used in the e-commerce/last mile/parcel delivery, beverage and grocery delivery, laundry and linen, mobile retail, and trade and construction industries. The Specialty Vehicles segment includes a portfolio of business that provides service bodies, RV chassis, vocational upfit and contract manufacturing products and services. Its products include walk-in vans, truck bodies, and cargo van and pick-up truck upfits used in e-commerce/parcel delivery, upfit equipment used in the mobile retail and utility trades, and luxury Class A diesel motorhome custom chassis and contract manufacturing and assembly services.