EV startup Harbinger, founded by Canoo and QuantumScape veterans, aims to shake up medium-duty truck market | CNBC

Date Published: September 7, 2022
Category: News

John Rosevear @JOHN__ROSEVEAR PUBLISHED WED, SEP 7 2022 9:54 AM EDT

A new Los Angeles-based electric vehicle startup founded by veterans of Canoo and QuantumScape said Wednesday it’s preparing to shake up the medium-duty truck market with a ready-to-build electric truck platform coming next year.

The company, called Harbinger, has developed two EV platforms it says are optimized for medium-duty trucks such as delivery vans. The platforms use motors and other technology developed in-house specifically to meet the needs of a market segment where trucks are expected to be in service for up to 20 years – far longer than the average passenger car.

It’s a market segment that – so far, at least – hasn’t been well-served by the industrywide move to electric vehicles, CEO John Harris said.

Full article here – https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/07/harbinger-ev-startup-medium-trucks-naias-2022.html