Autonomous short-haul delivery company Gatik unveils its first electrified box trucks

The company’s first new electric trucks will go into service this month at Walmart operations in New Orleans, with additional deployments expected in the coming months Gatik, the AV short-haul logistics company that entered the Canadian market last November in a deal to supply Loblaw Companies Ltd . with autonomous grocery delivery vehicles, today unveiled the first electric vehicles in its fleet. The company’s debut EVs are electric autonomous box trucks — specifically, converted Ford Transit 350 HDs developed in collaboration with Via Motors Inc. , a Utah-based EV developer and manufacturer of both OEM conversion vehicles as well as its own EVs. “Helping our customers as they meet their ambitious emissions targets is a key pillar of our long-term strategy,” says Gautam Narang, Gatik’s CEO and co-founder. A range of about 190 kilometres (120 miles) and can be fully charged in less than 90 minutes First launch in New Orleans Gatik , which is based in Palo Alto, Calif., but also has a sizeable operation in Toronto, is deploying its first electric trucks for a customer in New Orleans. In an e-mail interview with Electric Autonomy , Narang revealed that the customer is Walmart, which was also Gatik’s […]

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