Ryder's Approach to Ensuring Electric Vehicle Reliability

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

🔋 Ryder's Approach to Ensuring Electric Vehicle Reliability.

Ryder, a transportation solutions company, shares insights on its journey of integrating electric vehicles (EVs) into fleets. With a wide range of EV solutions, Ryder conducts comprehensive vetting processes and maintenance training to ensure reliability. They offer a turnkey EV fleet solution and emphasize the need for proper training, diagnostics, and understanding of EV technology to successfully incorporate EVs into fleets. Ryder continues to gather valuable insights on maintenance requirements and plans to improve the longevity and sustainability of EV operations.

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