b'14American Journal of Transportation ajot.com(CHARGEcontinued from page 6)aJOts top 100 north american trucking Companies American Council for Freight Efficiency, orNACFE,anddirectoroftheRocky Rank Carrier Home Office Public/Private Service Notes website Mountain Institutes trucking program1 UPS Inc. Atlanta, GA NySe-uPS Integrator www.ups.com Thereareawholehostofreasons why production of electric semis repre-2 FedEx Corp. memphis, TN NySe-FdX Integrator www.fedex.com sents more a crawl than a dash and why 3 XPO Logistics Greenwich, CT NySe-XPO 3PL www.xpo.logistics.com usage wont even mirror electric cars for 4 J.B. Hunt Transport Lowell, AR NASdAQ-jbHT Intermodal www.jbhunt.com yearstocome.Technologicalhurdles combine with economics and even public 5 Knight-Swift Transport Phoenix, AZ NySe-KNX TL/LTL www.knight-swift.com policy to retard both vehicle development 6 YRC Worldwide Overland Park, KS NASdAQ-yRCW TL/LTL www.yrcw.com and usage. Issues extend from initial vehi-7 Schneider Greenbay, WI NySe-SNdR TL/LTL www.schneider.com cle cost to a lack of charging station infra-8 Landstar System jacksonville, FL NASdAQ-LSTR TL/LTL www.landstar.com structurethatmuststretch,bythevery nature of trucking, across the US. Limited 9 Old Dominion Freight Line Thomasville, NC NASdAQ-OdFL TL/LTL www.odfl.com range is a major issue as well.10 TFI International montreal, QC, CA TSX-TFI TL/LTL www.tfiintl.com Were in that early stage right now, 11 Ryder Supply Chain Solutions miami, FL NySe-R 3PL/TLC/LTL www.ryder.com said Roeth. Lets call it two to three times the cost of a diesel truck today and [elec-12 Hub Group Oakbrook, IL NASdAQ-HubG Intermodal/imc www.hubgroup.com tric semis] essentially go half the miles.13 Estes Express Lines Richmond, VA Private TL/LTL www.estes-express.com Expect the electrification of smaller-14 ABF Freight Systems [ArcBest] Fort Smith, AR NASdAQ-ARCb 3PL www.arcb.com sized trucks and delivery vans to move at a much more rapid pace than semis. The 15 Saddle Creek Logistic Services Lakeland, FL Private 3PL www.sclogistics.com technologyandeconomicsarefarmore 16 Werner Enterprises Omaha, Ne NASdAQ-WeRN 3PL www.werner.com favorable for the lighter trucks. Dominance 17 Penske Logistics Reading, PA NySe-PAG 3PL www.penskelogistics.com will happen earlier on the medium duty side, maybe 2030, 2032ish said Roeth.18 Roadrunner Transportation S2ystems downers Grove, IL NySe-RRTS LTL www.rrts.com Yet,theressomereasontobelieve 19 Prime Inc. Springfield, mO Private TL www.primeinc.com that once EV Class 8 production ramps up, 20 NFI Camden, Nj Private TL/dray/TCL www.nfiindustries.com demand will inch up as well, although that assumes some level of government support. 21 U.S. Xpress Enterprises Chattanooga, TN NySe-uSX TL/expedited www.usxpress.com Trucking giant Knight-Swift, for example, is 22 R+L Carriers Wilmington, OH Private LTL/expedited/TCL www.rcl.com also testing the eCascadia, having pledged to 23 CRST International Cedar Rapids, IA Private TL/expedited www.crst.com half its emissions by 2035.NACFEproducedachartthat 24 Saia johns Creek, GA NASdAQ-SAIA LTL/expeditedwww.saia.com attempted to predict when electric semis 25 C.R. England Inc. Salt Lake City, uT Private TL/Intermodal/TCL www.crengland.com wouldbecompetitivewithdiesel.The 26 Universal Logistics Holdings Warren, mI NASdAQ-uLH 3PL www.universallogistics.com results are telling:It projected the initial cost of an electric semi wont reach parity 27 Forward Air Corp. Greenville, TN NASdAQ-FWRd TL/LTL/expeditedwww.forwardair.com with a diesel or gasoline-powered truck 28 Southeastern Freight Lines Lexington, SC Private TL/LTL www.sefl.com until after 2030. However, operating cost 29 Averitt Express Cookeville, TN Private TL/LTL www.averittexpress.com parity will be reached in 2025, as will be net after all factors. 30 Evans Delivery Co. Schuylkill Haven, PA Private TL/LTL www.theenoc.com Thiscouldbeoverlyoptimistic, 31 Crete Carrier Corp. Lincoln, Nb Private TL www.cretecarrier.com becauseproductionschedulesofmost 32 Purolator mississauga, ON Private Integrator www.purolator.com vehicles arent even set. Nor are most of the price tags.33 Lynden Inc. Anchorage, AK Private TL/LTL www.lynden.com That initial cost is a bit hard to pin 34 KLLM Transport Services jackson, mS Private TL/LTL/TCL www.kllm.com down, but its expensive. Without subsi-35 Ruan des moines, IA Private TL/LTL www.ruan.com dies and everything else, its about three, 3 1/2 times the cost of a diesel tractor, 36 Roehl Transport marshfield, WI Private TL/LTL/TCL www.roehl.jobs said Biem.37 Alliance Shippers englewood Cliffs, Nj Private 3PL www.alliance.com Even if Tesla, which touted a $200,000 38 Covenant Transport Services Chattanooga, TN NASdAQ-CVTI TL/expedited www.covenanttransport.com price tag in 2017, lives up to its initial prom-39 Pitt Ohio Transportation Group Pittsburgh, PA Private TL/LTL/expeditedwww.pittohio.com. ise, it would come in at maybe $80,000 more than a reasonably priced semi-tractor costs. 40 Central Transport International Warren, mI Parent LTL/LCL www.centraltransportint.com And analysts and operators alike are highly 41 Day & Ross Transportation Group Hartland, Nb, CA N/A TL/LTL/TCL www.dayross.com skeptical that Tesla can offer a product so 42 Cardinal LogisticsConcord, NC Private TL/LTL www.cardlog.com cheaply, even with government subsidies.Battery-related infrastructure in gen-43 A. Duie Pyle Inc. West Chester, PA Private TL/LTL www.aduiepyle.com eral, and charging stations in particular, 44 Marten Transport Ltd. mondovi, WI NASdAQ-mRTN TL/Intermodal/dray www.marten.com represent another huge barrier for rapid 45 AAA Cooper Transportation dothan, AL Private TL/LTL www.aaacooper.com andwidespreadadoption.Thatsespe-cially true for long-haul trucking, which 46 Stevens Transport dallas, TX Private TL/TCL www.stevenstransport.com would be dependent on roadside charging. 47 Western Express Nashville, TN Private TL/Intermodal/dray www.westernexp.com Roeth estimates interstate public charging 48 Mullen Group Okotoks, Ab, CA TSX-mTL TL/LTL www.mullen-group.com stations are at least five years away and possibly ten.49 Dayton Freight Lines dayton, OH Private TL/LTL www.daytonfreight.com t heC hargeC halleNge50 RoadOne IntermodaLogistics Randolph, mA Private dray/TL/LTL www.roadone.com51 Heartland Express Inc. North Liberty, IA NASdAQ-HTLd TL www.heartlandexpress.com Add to that the range of the batteries themselves. At one end of the spectrum is 52 Performance Team Los Angeles, CA Subsidiary 3PL www.performanceteam.net BYD, better known in the US as a pro-53 OnTrac Inc. Chandler, AZ Private Parcel delivery www.ontrac.com ducer of electric busses. Its Class 8 trucks 54 Bison Transport Winnipeg, mb, CA Private TL/LTL www.bisontransport.com only get 125 miles on a charge, with a top 55 Cowan Systems baltimore, md Private TL/LTL www.cowansystems.com speed of 65mph. Thats hardly adequate forlocaldeliveryschedules,letalone 56 USA Truck Van buren, AR NASdAQ-uSAK TL/Intermodal/dray www.usa-truck.com inter-city travel at high speeds.57 PAM Transport Tontitown, AR NASdAQ-PTSI TL/Intermodal/dray www.pamtransport.com Kenworths specs arent much better. 58 Canada Cartage [Nautic Partners] mississauga, ON N/A TL/Intermodal/dray www.canadacartage.com The T680E has a range of only 150 miles, with a battery recharge time of 3.3 hours.59 Dart Transit Company egan, mN Private TL www.dart.net Tesla claims that its top-end battery 60 Black Horse Carriers Carol Stream, IL Private TL/dedicated fleet www.blackhorsecarriers.com configuration would enable a fully-loaded 61 National Retail Systems North bergen, Nj Private 3PL/TLC/LTL www.nationalretailsystems.com semitotravel500milesonasingle charge. But operators say they need 600 62 FFE Transportation Services jackson, mS Private TCL www.einc.com to 800 miles without a fully developed, 63 Fastrate Express Woodbridge, Ont. CA Private dray/Intermodal/TL/LTL www.fastfrate.com public charging station network.64 Mesilla Valley Transportation Las Cruces, Nm Private TL/LTL www.m-v-t.com Roeth, for one, believes the first charg-ing networks will be owned and operated 65 IMC Companies memphis, TN Private dray/Intermodal www.imccompanies.com by the transport fleet operators themselves. 66 TransAm Trucking Inc Olathe, KS Private TL/LTL www.transamtruck.com That makes it a little bit easier because 67 ContainerPort Group Cleveland, OH Private dray/Intermodal/TL www.containerport.com they can control it all, he said. But, he added, it will still be a challenge 68 Dependable Supply Chain Services Los Angeles, CA Private 3PL www.godependable.com figuring out all sorts of variables includ-69 Challenger Group Cambridge, ON, CAPrivate TL/LTL www.challenger.com ing where to put them, how many will be 70 Martin Transportation Systemsbyron Center, mI Private TL www.mtstrans.com needed and where to source the electricity. Then, theres the cost of charging stations. (CHARTcontinued on page 19) (CHARGEcontinued on page 19)'