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Pre-Roll Commercial – TBD Welcome to a Farm4Profit episode Share their ideas at farm4profitllc@gmail.com The listener review today is brought to you by Geringhoff – head of the class no matter the crop(Add LIB) 812.257.xxxx Text You Guys Rock! You’re are the best podcast in Huxley! YOU can now text or leave us a voicemail – 515.207.9640 Chace Barber - CEO Edison Motors Chace is a truck driver with 14 years of experience. He ran his own trucking company started 5 years ago after university with a 1969 Kenworth. The trucking side of the company was shut down so that Chace & Eric could move to BC and focus on solar equipment manufacturing, production & installation. Chace is co-founder of SEI, a solar installation company that designs & manufactures it’s own racking systems. The company manufactures several products for Finning. Who is Chace Barber? What is Edison Motors? These trucks are built and designed by truckers and mechanics for truckers and mechanics to be able to service. Edison Motors was started by truckers, for truckers. These are going to work hard but be easy to work on we want them to look great, be fun to drive, and last forever. Diesel locomotive style hybrid - electric drive powertrain build for the logging/vocational industry A diesel generator and batteries working together to power electric drives Better fuel mileage, lower maintenance costs, more power. NO MORE UGLY ELECTRIC TRUCKS We’re manufacturing trucks for the logging and vocational industry Other team members? How are you going to accomplish a locomotive style semi tractor? Step 1 - 1962 LW-923 Proof of Concept We are currently building a proof of concept truck using a 1962 Kenworth. This will have a 3306 CAT diesel generator charging a battery bank, running a frame mounted electric drive motor into a traditional set of 46,000 rear ends Step 2 - Prototype with lessons learned from the 1962 proof of concept we will build the Edison truck This truck will integrate multiple electric drive motors. From lessons learned from our proof of concept, we will scale from one motor to e-axles (subject to part availability). This fully built prototype will be made with the same parts used in the retrofit kits Step 3 - Retrofit kit Once all the kinks are ironed out and prototype is hard tested, we plan to offer the complete parts package to retrofit any classic truck - We believe it’s better to recycle an old truck then make something brand new. This will allow Edison Motors to start scaling up manufacturing without having to jump fully into building a new truck from the very start. Step 4 - Edison Locomotive This is where we start building Edison branded trucks. These are purpose build logging and vocational trucks, custom ordered to the specifications of the end user. How is this project being funded? There are currently 1590 Investors and Edison has raised over $389,000 to fund the building of the electric truck. If this project is successful, what does it mean for the future of the industry? What is the timeline of the project? Any other questions we should be asking you about this? Podcast – Blue Collar Interviews with Jordan Willey and Chace Barber. Interviewing guys and gals from the blue-collar work force. Any other hobbies? What is the best advice you have ever been given? Summary Challenge Want Farm4Profit Merch? Custom order your favorite items today! https://farmfocused.com/farm-4profit/ Don’t forget to like the podcast on all platforms and leave a review where ever you listen! Website: www.Farm4Profit.com Shareable episode link: https://intro-to-farm4profit.simplecast.com Email address: Farm4profitllc@gmail.com Call/Text: 515.207.9640 Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR8c1BrCjNDDI_Acku5Xqw Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@farm4profitllc Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farm4ProfitLLC/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.