What you need to know:
- New "Day in the Life" video highlights electric drayage trucking between the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
- NFI surpasses 10 million miles with battery-electric Class 8 trucks
- Fleet of Freightliner eCascadia and Volvo VNR Electric models shows electric heavy-duty trucks entering mainstream freight operations
- Program has scaled to 100+ electric trucks in Southern California with EV charging infrastructure through the JETSI Project
NFI, the Camden, New Jersey–headquartered logistics company, announced last January that its battery-electric trucking program has passed a major milestone: more than 10 million miles driven using battery-electric Class 8 trucks.
The fleet is made up largely of Freightliner eCascadia and Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 rigs, and reaching this distance highlights a broader shift in the industry: demonstrating that electric heavy-duty trucks are no longer limited to small test projects but are increasingly being used in routine freight hauling operations.
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The milestone demonstrated the company's ability to expand zero-emission transportation without sacrificing the reliability that's typically associated with diesel fleets. What began as a pilot in 2019 has grown into more than 100 battery-electric trucks operating across Southern California, supported by the JETSI Project with fast chargers, a dedicated EV maintenance facility, and a solar-plus-storage microgrid.
And now NFI, together with JETSI, has released a "Day in the Life" video that tracks battery-electric truck driver Bilal Abdul-Zahir during a routine drayage shift, hauling freight between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and distribution sites in the Golden State's Inland Empire.
The video offers a more in-depth look at how charging, yard operations, and driver routines work together to keep zero-emission freight moving reliably.
"There's a big difference when it comes to the performance," said Abdul-Zahir. "My favorite thing about driving electric trucks is that it's smooth, it'spowerful, and at the end of the day, I don't smell because of the exhaust."
NFI says it's expanding its electric trucking efforts beyond the West Coast. A new group of 10 battery-electric trucks operating in Virginia is projected to accumulate about 3 million zero-emission miles over six years, giving customers an opportunity to pilot cleaner freight solutions while reducing Scope 3 emissions.
