Battle Motors, by contrast, is an electric vehicle startup in California. It actually got its start post-WWII, taking surplus military vehicles and reconfiguring them for domestic vocational jobs in the petroleum and construction segments. You could be forgiven for not having heard of Battle Motors, but may know a little of its history as Crane Carrier Company, which previously had a small presence in the Canadian market.Ĭrane Carrier Company has been producing vocational trucks for 75 years out of a factory in New Philadelphia, Ohio. But most will likely be deployed as waste collection trucks, a LCF segment currently dominated by Mack and Peterbilt. ![]() ![]() It can be fit with a plow, dump body, box, or hook lift. The truck is a low cab forward (LCF) configuration with a short wheelbase providing excellent visibility and a tight turning radius. “Battle Motors was smart enough to order a ton of components before everything started slowing down,” Peter Henry, Rush Truck Centres’ sales operations manager – GTA, told during a tour of the new truck before it was delivered to the customer. It turned to Battle Motors, which has been somewhat protected from the supply chain shortages affecting mass-producing truck manufacturers and could provide a shorter lead time on orders. The first Canadian dealer for newly formed Battle Motors found a buyer that landed a new road maintenance contract and needed trucks, quickly, to fulfill its obligations. ![]() The truck was delivered by Rush Truck Centres in late August. A new brand of Class 8 vocational truck is taking to Canadian roads, starting in Ontario where the first Battle Motors truck will be deployed clearing snow and spreading sand this winter.
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