REALLY Quick Charge with Range Energy electric trailer at ACT Expo 2026

On this really quick episode of Quick Charge, we talk to Range Energy Vice President of Product Collin MacGregor about how his electric trailer can help reduce freight costs, support the grid, and more – WITHOUT asking operators to switch trucks. More often than you probably think, the biggest obstacle a fleet faces when choosing to electrify isn't the high cost of entry or the utility's ability to provide power. Instead, it's the operators – the drivers who will be sitting behind the wheel of the fleet's new trucks, and who don't want to part with the big diesel rigs they've come to know and love. Range Energy has an interim solution that could help fleets save up to 70% on their existing fuel costs, get the fleet's techs and drivers used to electrification, and provide emergency energy storage at a moment's notice. If you've been paying attention, you already know I'm talking about Range Energy and its battery-powered, e-axle equipped semi truck trailers. The company was at ACT Expo this week, and announced that they've completed a multi-year winter testing program validating the performance of its production-ready eTrailer system, marking a key step toward commercial deployment of its trailer electrification platform. While there, Range's Vice President of Product, Collin MacGregor, took a few minutes in between sessions to talk a bit more about his big battery trailers, and we've got that interview right here. Source Links Range Energy’s electric trailer helps CA egg farm improve mpg by ‘up to 70%’ Range Energy announces two partners to electrify refrigerated trailers Range Energy’s electric trailer can improve semi-truck mpg by 36% Range Energy website Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are (allegedly) recorded several times per week, most weeks. We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage podcast series. Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show. <img decoding="async" width="750" height="150" src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/03/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_0797c2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-408967" srcset="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/03/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_0797c2.png 750w, https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/03/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_0797c2.png?resize=150,30 150w, https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/03/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_0797c2.png?resize=300,60 300w, https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/03/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_0797c2.png?resize=350,70 350w, https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3