The EV = electric vehicle truck developed by an emerging manufacturer in Kyoto has been released.
It is said that it will concentrate on planning and designing itself and consign the assembly to a Chinese manufacturer to keep the price down, and while major manufacturers are accelerating the development of EV trucks, competition is likely to become active in the future.
The EV truck was released by a new manufacturer in Kyoto, Follow Fly.
The released EV truck has a loading capacity of 1 ton and can travel about 300 km on a single charge.
In the field of automobiles, the "vertically integrated type" that handles everything from design to assembly in-house is common, but this company concentrates on planning and designing itself, and the assembly is outsourced to a Chinese manufacturer, semiconductors and We are developing our business in the "horizontal division of labor", which is often found in the field of smartphones.
Since it is not necessary to have its own factory, it is said that it has led to a significant cost reduction, and it plans to keep the price to about 4 million yen and deliver about 10,000 units to a major domestic logistics company.
Gen Nakao, COO of this company, said, "We have received inquiries from a wide range of industries such as supermarkets and warehousing, and I feel that the awareness of carbon neutrality is increasing among companies."
Regarding EV trucks, Hino Motors plans to start selling one after another in the summer, Isuzu Motors will start selling this year, and major manufacturers will start selling one after another, and competition is likely to intensify in the future.