Envirotech Vehicles Inc. of Osceola announced Wednesday it will supply one of each type of electric vehicle it manufactures every year to another Arkansas-based company, Strategic EV Solutions, to feature the vehicles in showrooms in eight states from Texas to Florida.

Envirotech will provide trucks, logistics vans, cutaway vans and right-handed drive vehicles for showrooms in Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida in the partnership with Strategic EV, which is an affiliate of Curtis Stout.

« Finding the most impactful go-to-market partners when selling EVs is critical to the success of a company as it looks to scale up, » Phillip Oldridge, chief executive officer of Envirotech, said in announcing the agreement. Strategic EV, Oldridge said, « has developed a wide network across the Mid-south that we plan to tap into to get our vehicles on the road in these markets. »

Strategic EV Solutions plans to establish dealerships in all 50 states.

« With our companies based in Arkansas, Curtis Stout and Strategic EV Solutions are proud to team up with an organization that is committed to manufacturing in our home state, » said Ron Smith, president and Chief Executive Officer of Curtis Stout.