“Let’s watch this little puppy pull out of here,” Sean Register told the group assembled Thursday at his Port Wentworth truck stop, Port Fuel Center.
The “puppy” in question was a Freightliner eCascadia electric tractor-trailer truck, which is free from the noisy growl of its diesel-powered counterparts. It sat just yards away from Register, running silently.
The electric Freightliner, owned by New Jersey-based Current Trucking, was in town to show off its suitability for drayage. That’s the term for trucks hauling freight short distances, such as from the Port of Savannah to a Port Wentworth warehouse or distribution center. Current Trucking, Port Fuel Center and the electric charging company Go-Station co-sponsored the electric drayage demo to show logistics and warehousing companies what an electric semi can do.
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