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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Electric Freight Consortium (EFC) is a forum for collaboration between the Electrification Coalition (EC) and private-sector partners (shippers, carriers, retailers, and EV supply chain companies) that facilitates peer-to-peer collaboration on strategies and actions that will accelerate freight electrification at scale. The EFC serves as an exclusive space for partners while leveraging the EC’s direct experience in policy action and real-world EV deployment. 

Consortium Goals

The EFC brings together leaders in the freight sector to pursue the following goals:

  • Develop policy priorities and activate policy advocacy to address challenges, overcome barriers, and accelerate freight electrification at scale.
  • Identify common barriers that shippers and carriers face and discover new solutions to catalyze market expansion. Identify and work to support expanded funding and financing opportunities that can help fleets reduce freight electrification costs and pursue deployment projects.
  • Share lessons learned from freight electrification pilots and proof-of-concept projects and aggregate them to develop and establish best practices and guidance resources.
  • Facilitate relationships and collaboration among industry leaders implementing freight electrification.

EFC Partners

"Nike is excited to join the Electric Freight Consortium (EFC) – a cross-functional group with a shared desire to push the boundaries of electric freight. The industry is in its early days of electrification, and scaling this technology will be critical to Nike’s journey to zero carbon and its mission to protect the planet and the future of sport. With the support of the Electrification Coalition, we look forward to working in partnership with our forward-thinking peers, and can’t wait to get started.”
Grayson Tenney, Senior DirectorNike North American Trade and Transportation
“ConMet eMobility is proud to participate in collaborations like the Electric Freight Consortium, continuing our commitment to bring electric technologies to the commercial vehicle industry. We’re looking forward to working with other industry leaders to make meaningful progress toward achieving this shared goal.”
Marc Trahand, Vice President and General Manager ConMet eMobility
“Our collaboration with the Electric Freight Consortium is a partnership committed to the advancement of policies that will expand EV access and adoption. Together, along with other industry leaders, we will support freight professionals in overcoming the barriers to electrification. Ideanomics is in it for the long haul.”
Keith Byers, Senior Vice President OperationsIdeanomics
SEA Electric's vision is to help corporations and OEM’s in reducing global pollution by offering the world’s most cost effective and proven electric power-system known as SEA-Drive®. By being able to join the Electric Freight Consortium, we can participate in collaboration and education of the multitude of fleets that are a perfect for electrification.”
Bill Williams, Vice President of SalesSEA Electric
"We have joined the Electrification Freight Consortium because it aligns with our company’s values as well as providing a forum for discussion, advocacy and ultimately strategy development for supporting the transition to clean fleets.”
Charlie Beckman, Regional Sales ManagerLightning eMotors
"A successful electric transition in freight will require efforts and cooperation across industry stakeholders. At Geotab, we recognize the value of a cross-sector coalition to overcome barriers, share successes and work together to make the wide-scale transition to electric vehicles a reality."
Charlotte Argue, Senior Manager of Sustainable MobilityGeotab
“At Schneider, we believe it is our responsibility to make meaningful change and reduce carbon emissions. The Electric Freight Consortium will provide a great learning opportunity to advance the efforts of electric vehicles.”
Rob Reich, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative OfficerSchneider National
“GridBlock is launching an advanced EV charging platform based on revolutionary new technology that cuts peak loads, dramatically reduces the cost of fleet charging and makes EVs resilient to grid outages. We are excited to engage with the Electric Freight Consortium to advance the EV revolution across the logistics industry.”
Ronald Kolber, Executive Vice PresidentGridBlock
“Orange EV’s pure-electric terminal trucks are the most deployed heavy-duty electric vehicles in America. We are proud participants in the Electrification Coalition’s work to grow even more opportunities for deployment by strengthening the nation’s EV supply chain and spurring greater adoption of advanced electric heavy-duty equipment and vehicle technologies.”
Terry Manies, Grants & Strategic Initiatives AdministratorOrange EV
“Lion Electric is proud to partner with the Electrification Coalition, fellow OEMs, and member organizations as an active contributor to the Electric Freight Consortium (EFC), a group dedicated to supporting the advancement of electrification. We value the opportunity to address the many barriers facing the industry head on, and collaborating with the EFC is a crucial step towards that goal”
Nate Baguio, Senior Vice President of Commercial DevelopmentLion Electric
“At Arrival, we believe collaboration is key in order to tackle climate change and have the radical impact our world needs today. We are excited to be joining the Electric Freight Consortium and working together to support businesses, governments and cities accelerate their transition to a green fleet and achieve their net-zero targets.”
Mike Ableson, CEOArrival North America
“bp pulse fleet is excited to participate in the Electric Freight Consortium. For many freight operators, the lifetime total cost of ownership is already lower for EVs than comparable diesel vehicles. The Electric Freight Consortium offers a tremendous opportunity to address non-economic barriers to electrification and to educate fleet operators about the benefits of going electric.”
Steve Koerner, Vice President of Policybp pulse fleet
“The Volvo Group recently completed the Volvo LIGHTS project, a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership to deploy battery-electric vehicles and charging infrastructure in Southern California. Today, we are actively supporting customers’ battery-electric truck deployments to realize their sustainable freight goals. The EFC is an important forum for sharing lessons learned like those from Volvo LIGHTS and other pilot projects that will help electrify freight movement and reduce transportation emissions.”
Dawn Fenton, Vice President of Government Relations and Public AffairsVolvo Group North America
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The Case for Electrification

America’s overwhelming reliance on petroleum-based fuels for transportation has created substantial energy security and economic vulnerabilities. Petroleum-fueled vehicles are also major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants that threaten public health, particularly in low-income and disadvantaged communities.   

A growing number of freight applications are realizing lower total cost of ownership by using EVs instead of the conventional diesel counterparts. Additional benefits of the electrification of freight operations include reduction in dependency on oil, lower and more predictable fuel costs, mitigation of harmful tailpipe emissions, and improvements in air quality in historically disadvantaged communities. 

Why Freight is Needed

Structure of the Electric Freight Consortium

The EFC will be following the Chatham House Rule in order to increase the openness of discussion. Under Chatham House Rule, all members are free to use information learned from EFC meetings but are not allowed to disclose who made any particular comment. Additional core components of the EFC structure include: 

  • Quarterly meetings with all EFC members to share challenges, best practices, and lessons learned. Meeting dates are TBD.  
  • Monthly working group meetings to foster a highly focused approach to specialized topics. Topics include Public Utilities, Technology Developments, as well as topics developed based on member interests.  
  • Quarterly and monthly working group meetings are invite only.  

Terms of Membership

The EFC will have no cost of membership and no membership forms to allow for a simple and straightforward application process for members. Additionally, there is no requirement for senior management.  

The Electric Freight Consortium is seeking private sector partners such as shippers, carriers, retailers, and EV and electric vehicle supply equipment manufacturers. See contacts below to schedule a meeting to discuss your organization’s partnership with the EFC. 

How to Join Us

The Electric Freight Consortium is seeking private sector partners such as shippers, carriers, retailers, and EV and electric vehicle supply equipment manufacturers. Email freight@electrificationcoalition.org for more information, to join the EFC mailing list, or to inquire about joining the EFC.

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Amy Malaki

Amy Malaki is the head of policy and sustainability at SkyNRG and SkyNRG Americas, pioneering global leaders in sustainable aviation fuel production and supply. Prior to SkyNRG, Amy was the associate director for the transportation portfolio at the ClimateWorks Foundation where she developed philanthropic investment strategies to advance a sustainable, equitable and low-carbon mobility system. She also pioneered the organization’s international aviation decarbonization strategy. Prior to that she focused on Asia business development at Better Place, a Silicon Valley electric vehicle network startup. She has a B.A. in Chinese and China studies from the University of Washington and an M.A. in international policy studies (energy and environment) from Stanford University.