The goal of International’s NEXT eMobility Solutions, Navistar Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Persio Lisboa said, is to answer some of the uncertainly surrounding the deployment of electric trucks.
“Companies interested in operating electric trucks have more questions than answers. They are looking for a partner who also brings clarity,” he said. “The economics of electric trucks get better every day, [but] early adopters are finding there’s no one-size fits all approach.”
Through NEXT, Lisboa said Navistar will take a comprehensive “four Cs” approach to developing eMobility solutions:
“This enterprise approach to electric mobility is an attempt to better understand the specific needs of customers,” said Gary Horvat, Navistar’s vice president for eMobility, who will lead the Detroit-area based team.
Understanding and meeting customer needs, Lisboa says, will be key in making electrification mainstream versus it languishing as green energy novelty.
“When grant money goes away, adoption stops,” he noted.
