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Harbinger, a leading medium-duty electric vehicle (EV) company, recently released a video showcasing its EV delivery truck’s handling abilities on icy roads during winter testing in New Zealand. The footage demonstrates the vehicle’s impressive agility and stability, highlighting how the truck handles more like a passenger car, even in challenging conditions. This test marks an essential milestone before the trucks are integrated into customer fleets.
Key Highlights:
- Innovative chassis design keeps the center of gravity low, contributing to sports car-like handling.
- Winter testing focused on braking systems, including traction control, ABS, stability, and regenerative braking.
- Harbinger conducts year-round winter testing in both hemispheres to expedite development.
- In May 2024, Harbinger secured 4,000 binding pre-orders valued at over $400 million.
Harbinger’s unique EV chassis design places the heavy batteries within the chassis frame, resulting in a much lower center of gravity compared to traditional medium-duty trucks. This innovative layout allows for powerful torque and superior handling, even for vehicles exceeding 13 feet in length, showcasing the kind of stability rarely seen in this category of trucks.
The recent winter testing in New Zealand is aimed at validating the truck’s handling performance on icy and snowy roads. Given the substantial torque capabilities of electric vehicles, Harbinger sought to prove that its delivery truck could offer drivers the stability needed to maintain control under challenging conditions. The tests covered traction control, stability control, ABS, and regenerative braking, and results confirmed that the trucks performed according to plan.
Harbinger’s commitment to accelerating development is evident through its testing strategy—conducting winter tests in both the northern and southern hemispheres, ensuring year-round progress and faster technology development. This strategy helps bring Harbinger’s vehicles to market faster, meeting the growing demand for innovative commercial EV solutions.
Harbinger has developed a versatile lineup of medium-duty electric vehicles, including walk-in vans, box trucks, recreational vehicles (RVs), emergency response vehicles, and delivery vans. This versatility positions Harbinger as a crucial player in transforming the medium-duty vehicle market, which has long needed modernization and innovation.
In May 2024, Harbinger announced 4,000 binding pre-orders for its vehicles, valued at more than $400 million. This significant market traction underscores customer confidence in Harbinger’s technology and vision.
Harbinger remains committed to revolutionizing commercial electric vehicles, leveraging a proprietary in-house developed EV platform designed for medium-duty applications. This approach has enabled Harbinger to bring affordable, advanced electric trucks to market without a price premium, effectively addressing the needs of an industry eager for sustainable innovation.
For more information, visit Harbinger’s website.
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