TICO Pro-Spotter EV next generation

TICO's electric terminal tractor, built around a Volvo Penta driveline - Volvo Group supplies the batteries, driveline and e-accessories, including a Volvo 2-speed gearbox, which makes TICO one of the few electric terminal tractors that has NOT gone direct-drive (Kalmar and Autocar both deleted the transmission in their current generations). TICO argues the 2-speed gives better gradeability under load. CONFLICTING BATTERY FIGURES - the editor must pick a generation. TICO's live product page still states '132 kWh total onboard energy' and a 45-minute full charge at 150 kW, which describes the earlier vehicle. The next-generation Pro-Spotter EV announced in May 2024, with full production from 2025, is a modular platform in 116-inch and 128-inch wheelbases offering 104, 208 or 312 kWh, a 175 kW maximum fast charge, a top-end 160,000 lb GCWR and 61,000 lb-ft (about 82,700 Nm) of wheel-end torque. This record describes the next-generation vehicle; the 132 kWh figure belongs to its predecessor. torqueNm is left null deliberately: the only published torque figure, 61,000 lb-ft, is WHEEL-END torque after gearing, not motor output torque, and putting it in a motor-torque field would misrepresent it by an order of magnitude against the other records here. Motor power is not published - the driveline is Volvo Penta's and TICO does not quote kW. Battery chemistry not published. gcwKg 72,575 is the top-end 160,000 lb GCWR; lighter configurations in the modular range are not individually rated in public material. Commercially, the interesting part is the BABA (Build America, Buy America) compliance, which unlocks EPA Clean Ports Program grant funding for US port operators - the single biggest driver of electric terminal-tractor sales in the United States right now.