Upgrading Maintenance Skills Crucial for Widespread Electric Vehicle Adoption in Trucking Industry
As the trucking industry explores electric vehicles (EVs), maintenance shops face the challenge of upskilling workers to handle the complexities of EV powertrains. Understanding battery behavior, managing battery health, ensuring interoperability with chargers, and training technicians in high-voltage cable maintenance are crucial for successful EV adoption and maximizing the lifespan of EV batteries. Standardization, advanced battery management software, and bidirectional charging technology are emerging solutions to address these challenges and optimize EV usage in fleets.
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