Janus Electric Wins a A$3.1m Repeat Order for Six U.S. Electric Truck Conversions
Australian battery-swap truck converter Janus Electric has won a repeat order of about A$3.1 million from U.S. customer King Fio. The order covers six truck conversions and six JBS-650 battery sets. It brings King Fio's total to 12 trucks and 14 battery sets.
By the Tesla News Wire staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Janus Electric has a second order from King Fio in the U.S. electrive and Proactive Investors report the deal, which Janus disclosed to the ASX.
The order
About A$3.1 million.
Six Class 8 electric truck conversions and six JBS-650 swappable battery sets.
The trucks haul containers around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. They will use the charging and battery-swap station installed for King Fio's first order.
King Fio's total: 12 trucks and 14 battery sets.
The bigger pipeline
Janus says its North American order book stands at 124 trucks, worth about A$64.6 million. The orders depend on California incentive funding. The reports also mention an equity stake of about A$2 million from battery maker Electrovaya.
How it works
Janus converts existing trucks to electric drive. It uses swappable battery packs so drivers can change batteries instead of waiting to charge, a different approach from the Tesla Semi's megawatt charging.
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