CategoryTrucks
Overview
Orange EV is a Riverside, Missouri-based manufacturer of pure electric terminal trucks. Deployed 2000+ trucks. Co-founded by Kurt Neutgens (CEO) and Wayne Mathisen.
Reality check
e-TRIEVER uptime (company-claimed)
e-TRIEVER has averaged over 97 percent uptime since 2018, versus diesel yard trucks down up to 20 percent of the time
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Product
Deployment
Orders
Pure-electric Class 8 yard trucks
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Orange EV on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Orange EV's robots are operating, by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Kurt Neutgens CEO & Co-foundersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Orange EV.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Orange EV2 deployments
Recent coverage
Orange EV in third-party press
Peer companies
- Waymo5 models
- Tesla4 models
- Volvo Autonomous Solutions4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Plus3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Orange EV.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
e-TRIEVER at United States
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
e-TRIEVER at Germany, Europe
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Orange EV.Peer companies
- Waymo5 models
- Tesla4 models
- Volvo Autonomous Solutions4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Plus3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Orange EV from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Orange EV: Pure Electric Terminal Trucks
Orange EV is the leading manufacturer of pure electric terminal trucks, with 2000+ deployed trucks and on-site service support.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/orange-ev.md
- RSS feed: /companies/orange-ev/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ca1ce571-9a02-4bda-ba64-2b11d3a03a95
- Revision history: /companies/orange-ev/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Waymo5 models
- Tesla4 models
- Volvo Autonomous Solutions4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Plus3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
Video
Heat Index
Serious50/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Orange EV draws attention at the 31st percentile but verifies reality at the 28th percentile among truck robots. Hype Gap +2.5, 20th widest among truck robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 6, 2026