Mack Trucks announced several public fleets have purchased Mack LR Electric refuse trucks.
Xos revealed its new HDXT Class 8 electric tractor designed for regional haul, and its new MDXT medium-duty electric truck.
The Freightliner battery-electric eCascadia, scheduled to start production this year, comes with new management and safety features.
Nearly 470,000 Class 8 regional-haul trucks could convert to battery-electric technology today with no loss in productivity or efficiency, according to a report from the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.
Nikola marked the beginning of its commercial serial truck production of its Nikola Tre battery-electric Class 8 truck in Coolidge, Arizona.
Bidirectional charging ranked highest among electrified truck intenders, with 64% saying they wanted it. The technology can power appliances, tools, and TVs and serve as a generator for a house or even charge another electric vehicles.
OEMs control EV battery specs for the moment, but fleets eventually will be able to specify different chemistries and battery types for their battery-electric trucks based on their needs.
The calculator takes into account battery capacity, refuse body application type, ambient temperature, terrain, and the amount of stops on a specific route.
Five different FedEx Corporation independent service providers received vehicles during the month of March.
Matt Betz of DTE Energy shares some of the steps in his plan in hopes other vocational fleets can use it as a template for their own EV efforts.
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