Harbinger EV startup medium trucks NAIAS 2022

A new Los Angeles-based electric vehicle startup founded by veterans of Canoo and QuantumScape said Wednesday it’s preparing to shake up the medium-duty truck market with a ready-to-build electric truck platform coming next year.

The company, called Harbinger, has developed two EV platforms it says are optimized for medium-duty trucks such as delivery vans. The platforms use motors and other technology developed in-house specifically to meet the needs of a market segment where trucks are expected to be in service for up to 20 years – far longer than the average passenger car.

It’s a market segment that – so far, at least – hasn’t been…