Electric Yard Tractors Move Beyond Pilots

Operating-cost savings have overtaken sustainability goals as the leading reason surveyed fleets are adopting battery-electric terminal tractors, according to new NACFE research.

Electric terminal tractors are emerging as one of the Class 8 applications where battery-electric trucks can move beyond demonstration projects and become standard fleet equipment.

A new report from the North American Council for Freight Efficiency found that 76% of surveyed fleet operators reported at least moderate operating-cost savings from electric terminal tractors compared with diesel models.

More than half — 54% — said they had progressed beyond a pilot into partial deployment or full standardization.

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