The Realities of Electric Trucks
Truck makers and electric fleet pioneers laid out real-world lessons learned as electric trucks begin to move out of infancy and into wide-scale operations at TMC.
September 14, 2021
Truck makers and electric fleet pioneers laid out real-world lessons learned as electric trucks begin to move out of infancy and into wide-scale operations at TMC.
September 14, 2021
Nikola has announced that the Iveco manufacturing facility in Ulm, Germany, will be the production hub for the Nikola Tre electric heavy-duty truck in Europe.
February 6, 2020
A "messy middle" period of new alternative-fuel technology trials has already begun, a new report says. In a couple of decades, fleets will be moving freight in a zero-emissions mode both profitably and productively, it predicts.
December 10, 2019
DHL Express has begun testing new, improved versions of the electric StreetScooter Work and Work L delivery trucks in Europe. A North American evaluation program is planned as well.
December 10, 2019
At a recent conference at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Shell presented an array of speakers who sized up the state of alternative fuel technologies in trucking and a likely timeline for real-world adoption of these new means of moving freight.
November 27, 2019
The new Lonestar Specialty Vehicles electric terminal tractor unveiled at the NACV Show in Atlanta was designed, built and manufactured by Dana.
October 28, 2019
At the Technology Summit at the Volvo Customer Center in Dublin, Virginia, Volvo Trucks not only highlighted its latest technology; it also gave reporters a report on the state of the North American truck-building industry and the company's position within it.
September 12, 2019
Daimler Trucks North America presented the keys to its first two production eCascadia battery-electric tractors to Penske and NFI on Aug. 21 in Napa Valley, California.
August 21, 2019
A joint government-private sector venture in Sweden is developing a road network capable of charging electric vehicles – including trucks and buses – while they drive.
April 12, 2019
The Lion Electric Co. showed off its first all-electric Class 8 urban truck at the American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting in Atlanta March 19, saying it will be commercialized this fall.
March 19, 2019
Lion Electric has named Dana as a preferred supplier of both traditional and new electric drivetrain components for its all-electric, Class 8 urban delivery vehicle, Dana announced at TMC, along with a new medium-duty drive axle.
March 18, 2019
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency released a Guidance Report detailing what fleets can expect in the near term future as an effective charging infrastructure for electric trucks begins to take shape.
March 1, 2019
“ICE” – the internal combustion engine – “is the enemy. Not hydrogen or BEV,” said Nikola as it said in a tweet that it's going to produce both battery-electric and hydrogen-electric trucks.
February 11, 2019
In a series of tweets, CEO Elon Musk announced Tesla has gone into the trucking business.
November 16, 2018
A new Guidance Report from the North American Council for Freight Efficiency on total cost of ownership for medium-duty electric trucks in urban freight and delivery applications discovers there are still a lot of unknowns.
October 11, 2018
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