Phoenix Motorcars Surpasses 3M All-Electric Mile Mark
All Phoenix Motorcars electric vehicles are built on the Ford E-450 chassis, allowing for an extensive list of cutaway body options to select, including service trucks, utility trucks, flatbed trucks, box trucks, delivery trucks, shuttle buses, and school buses.

Phoenix Motorcars delivered its first medium-duty all-electric vehicle in 2014.
Phoenix Motorcars
Phoenix Motorcars, a subsidiary company of SPI Energy Co. Ltd., recently exceeded the three million electric mile mark, counting all its fully electric trucks and shuttle buses in operation. This includes its first-, second-, and third-generation products that have been driven across a wide variety of end-use applications.
Phoenix Motorcars delivered its first medium-duty all-electric vehicle in 2014. Since then, the company has continued to innovate, improving its technology, and is now providing its third-generation drivetrain that offers an industry-leading 160 miles of electric range, with four battery pack options to support various customer needs. All Phoenix Motorcars electric vehicles are built on the Ford E-450 chassis, allowing for an extensive list of cutaway body options to select, including service trucks, utility trucks, flatbed trucks, box trucks, delivery trucks, shuttle buses, and school buses. The flexibility of Phoenix Motorcars’ product offering has enabled it to support a wide range of fleet customers, ranging from seaports, airports, utilities, cities, municipalities, public transit agencies, U.S. Military, parking companies, hotels, universities, college and corporate campuses, and more.
Phoenix Motorcars is driving new innovations as it expands its portfolio of products, services, and technology, continuing its path of success in the EV industry, including a new residential and commercial charging division, a partnership with EasyMile on autonomous technology, and the upcoming launch of new all-electric vehicles.
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