Orange EV, the leading manufacturer of purpose-built electric terminal trucks in North America, has deployed its 2,000th truck overall to Coke Canada Bottling (Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Ltd.), a family-owned independent beverage manufacturer and distributor. The milestone reflects an industry inflection point toward electric yard operations, driven by uptime, reliability, total cost of ownership, and emissions reduction.
Expansion Across Canadian Facilities
The deployment expands Coke Canada Bottling’s use of Orange EV zero-emissions electric terminal trucks across facilities in British Columbia and Quebec, reinforcing the company’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions while improving operational efficiencies. Orange EV’s electric yard trucks have now surpassed more than 12 million key-on hours and 33 million miles of operation across over 370 fleets in more than 41 U.S. states, 4 Canadian provinces, and the Caribbean.
Reliability in Mission-Critical Environments
Across all deployments, Orange EV trucks consistently deliver an average uptime rate of approximately 97 percent, addressing one of the industry’s most persistent operational concerns: equipment reliability and availability in mission-critical yard environments. In high-throughput logistics operations like Coke Canada Bottling’s, downtime directly impacts operational efficiency and costs. As fleet managers face increasing pressure to improve productivity and predictability across their supply chains, electric yard trucks have emerged as the most validated application of heavy-duty EVs in North America.
Industry Leadership and Customer Commitment
“As a family-owned, generational business, we are proud to continue growing our electric fleet and advancing opportunities to reduce our carbon emissions while managing our environmental footprint,” said Tony Chow, President of Coke Canada Bottling. “We are pleased to partner with Orange EV and congratulate their team as they achieve this exciting milestone.”
Purpose-Built for Demanding Operations
Purpose-built for demanding yard operations, Orange EV’s electric terminal trucks operate across distribution centers, logistics hubs, ports, and intermodal facilities throughout North America, including some of Canada’s most challenging winter environments. From the industry-leading e-TRIEVER platform deployed across warehouse and distribution operations to the high-capacity HUSK-e designed for intensive port and heavy-duty applications, Orange EV trucks are engineered to deliver the uptime, pulling power, and operational predictability required in the most challenging environments in the world.
Environmental and Operational Benefits
Over millions of operating hours, Orange EV customers are reducing exposure to diesel fuel price volatility, lowering maintenance-related disruptions, and improving day-to-day operational reliability. Each truck eliminates an estimated 80 to 90 tons of CO₂ emissions annually compared to diesel yard trucks.
A Tipping Point for Electric Yard Trucks
“Delivering our 2,000th truck is more than a production milestone, it reflects a broader industry tipping point,” said Kurt Neutgens, Co-Founder, President, and CTO of Orange EV. “Having done calculations under real-world conditions and duty cycles, fleet operators are no longer asking whether electric yard trucks can do the job. They are now asking how quickly they can standardize around Orange EV solutions to improve their uptime, predictability, and total cost of ownership.”
