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History

SEA Electric was founded in 2012. After five years of product development and testing, SEA Electric launched its commercial operations in early 2017, triggered by the reduction in battery kWh pricing that would allow commercial feasibility in offering electric drivetrains to the global market.

Headquartered in USA
Global innovation
Over 2 million miles driven
Over 250 vehicles on the road globally, in service operation

Company Milestones

Founded in Australia in 2012
2017 - 5 years of product development and field testing, SEA Electric launched first model
2017 - 5 SEA-Drive® models launched
May 2018 - Isuzu Australia begin pilot test SEA Electric EV’s
September 2018 - Melbourne factory facility opened
October 2018 – First SEA Electric refuse EV (hard-rubbish truck) in service for WM Waste Management Services
November 2018 – Woolworths deploy first SEA EV refrigerated truck
February 2019 – SEA Electric announces entry into USA market
March 2019 – IKEA Australia start trial of SEA Electric EV delivery truck (on the back of IKEA announcement for all IKEA fleet vehicles to be electric by the 2025)
March 2019 – NZ facility opens
April 2019 – SEA Electric exhibit SEA Isuzu NPR EV at Advanced Clean Transportation Expo USA
May 2019 – SEA Electric EV garbage truck deployed for Cleanaway
May 2019 – SEA Electric enters Europe market
June 2019 – First SEA Electric EV rubbish truck deployed in Wellington New Zealand, with a further order of 20 SEA EV’s in NZ on the back of this delivery
June 2019 – Toyota Australia engage SEA Electric to engineer and build Toyota Hiace EV prototype
August 2019 – Countdown NZ (Woolworths) deploys first of five SEA refrigerated EV delivery truck
September 2019 – SUEZ in Western Australia launch SEA fully electric garbage/recycling truck
September 2019 – Yarra City Council deploy first SEA EV Tipper Truck
September 2019 – WEL Networks in New Zealand deploy SEA Electric’s first EV Cherry Picker Truck
September 2019 – UPS trials SEA Ford F-59 EV in Detroit
October 2019 – SEA Electric start production of first F-59 EV in USA
October 2019 – Cleanaway deploy another SEA EV garbage truck in Fremantle Western Australia
November 2019 – SEA Electric donate SEA EV delivery truck to the Salvation Army
November 2019 – SEA Electric USA takes order of 100 units of the SEA Hino 195 EV from Zeem Solutions
November 2019 – Alsco NZ launch NZ’s first heavy EV road freighter (SEA Hino GH EV) and 3 SEA E4V delivery vans
December 2019 – All Purpose Transport deploy IKEA Australia’s first SEA EV delivery truck in Brisbane
December 2019 – Trial begins in Australia of SEA Toyota Hiace EV
January 2020 – Los Angeles, California facility opened
January 2020 – El Metate SEA Isuzu EV delivery truck deployed in California
January 2020 – SEA Electric forms relationship with Bucher Municipality in Australia
February 2020 – SEA Electric granted patent for Commercial EV management system in Australia
April 2020 – MaxiParts (part of MaxiTrans) convert a 13 year old Isuzu NNR with over 300,000 km to EV with a SEA-Drive® EV power-system
May 2020 – New Zealand owned waste management and streetscape maintenance company Civic Contractors deploys SEA EV truck to carry out sanitation and street cleaning (EV truck picks up wheelie bins and washes bin with hot water & steam)
May 2020 – Staples deploy first SEA Hino 195 EV delivery truck in California
July 2020 - Exro and SEA Electric announce partnership
July 2020 – Foodstuff NZ (large supermarket chain) launch SEA EV heavy-duty reefer truck
August 2020 - Jemena Utilities deploys SEA EV Cherry Picker Truck
August 2020 – Blacktown City Council in Sydney Australia trials Bucher EV Garbage Truck
September 2020 – Trial of SEA Ford Velocity EV
October 2020 – Hino Trucks announces zero-emissions ‘Project Z’ partnership with SEA Electric
October 2020 – Zeem Solutions deploy first SEA Hino 195 EV
October 2020 – Fedex start trial of SEA VIBE EV (Sprinter EV)
December 2020 – SEA Electric granted patent for Commercial EV management system in Canada
December 2020 – ACT Government launches first SEA EV tipper truck
February 2021 – SEA Electric and Exro strengthen partnership with strategic investment
March 2021 – SEA Electric announcements SEA Dealer Network in Australia with Hino Motors Australia
May 2021 – SEA Electric launches first SEA manufactured EV truck, the SEA 300, at Brisbane Truck Show
August 2021 - Meritor announces strategic investment with SEA Electric
August 2021 - The first SEA Electric branded semi-knock-down (SKD) build, the SEA 300-85 EV, is completed in Australia
September 2021 - SEA Electric's display at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in California is a major success during ride and drive experience
October 2021 - Largest truck order in SEA Electric history from GATR EV (a division of GATR Trucks) of more than 1,000 SEA Hino M5 EVs
November 2021 - SEA Electric's Australian factory has turned to rooftop solar power with the installation of a 100kW solar power system
November 2021 - SEA Electric wins the Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia’s Product Innovation Award
December 2021 - SEA Electric and Midwest Transit Equipment (MTE) partner to convert 10,000 school buses with battery-electric power-systems over the next 10 years in North America
December 2021 - Australian SEA Electric team gifted 500 trees as part of the Bushfire Recovery Program, supporting the Foundation for Wildlife & National Parks for Christmas 2021
February 2022 - The SEA 300 EV makes the top 10 list of commercial EVs emerging on the Australian market
February 2022 - SEA Electric arrives in Europe as a premier partner for powering commercial electric vehicles
March 2022 - SEA Electric reveals new SV6 EV step van at Work Truck Week in Indianapolis, Indiana
March 2022 - The SEA M5 EV is awarded the Green Car Product of Excellence™ by the Green Car Journal for its performance and value for money
April 2022 - The Australian SEA Electric team hosts the Inaugural SEA Drive Day Conference, welcoming Australia’s leading transport fleets, media and dealers