The Port of Los Angeles has awarded Vision Motor Corp a contract in an amount not to exceed $1,400,000 to retrofit up to 15 Port-owned electric trucks with Vision’s range-extending hydrogen fuel cell electric hybrid system. (Earlier post.) Vision is the creator of the Tyrano, a hybrid electric/hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy duty class 8 truck. (Earlier post.)
The Port will initially issue a purchase order for six retrofits. The remaining retrofit orders are contingent on the availability of other grant funding.
The intent of the retrofits with Vision’s hydrogen fuel cell system is to extend the driving and operating range of the fleet of battery-electric trucks, thus alleviating operating down-time caused by range limitations of battery-only trucks pulling heavier cargo loads.