The terminal tractor itself features a push-button start and an ergonomically designed cab for great driver comfort. Its quiet operation, operator visibility, and safe access all add to the OT2 EV’s safety performance as well. Finally, all of the terminal tractor’s high-voltage lines are encased and shielded, and if any connection is interrupted, the system shuts down.
The tractors are built with Kalmar Insight, the company's cloud-based telematics solution, which alerts customers to potential issues and allows them to make certain types of repairs on the equipment, said Eric Streich, manager of zero emissions sales for Kalmar Ottowa.
"Kalmar Insight has the ability to read fault codes, and it will notify our engineers at the factory, it'll notify our dealers at the dealer level, and it'll also notify the end customer of any particular fault that may exist on the tractor," he explained, clarifying that any repair involving high voltage should be handled by the company's trained local dealers.
Kalmar Ottawa also handled extreme climate charging performance testing over six months. The company offers charging solutions up to 150kW with CCS1 connectors for fast charging and offers three different Li-ion battery capacities. Each battery solution comes with a 6-year/2800-charge cycle warranty. The terminal tractor also comes with Kalmar’s Battery Monitoring System, which monitors the voltage, temperature, coolant, and current flow of the vehicle’s battery. This system also uses regenerative braking to charge the battery packs for efficiency.
