ACT Expo's ride-and-drive in Las Vegas start Tuesday, May 21, but HDT's Jim Park was there the day before and shot photos of Nikola, Tesla, Kenworth, Peterbilt, and Mack trucks, plus newer clean-truck brands like Windrose, Hyundai, and Rizon.
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Inside the cab of the Windrose truck at ACT Expo.
Photo: Jim Park
Jason Roycht, previously of Nikola, just announced he's now Strategic Advisor for electric heavy-duty truck developer Windrose Technology.
Photo: Jim Park
ACT Expo attendees will have a chance to test the Achiever, RIDE's Type A battery-electric school bus. The Achiever has a range of up to 105 miles and a seating capacity of up to 30 seats.
Photo: Jim Park
The Tesla Cybertruck was on hand next to big-brother Tesla Semi.
Photo: Jim Park
A Freightliner outfitted with fuel-cell-electric technology.
Photo: Jim Park
Cummins X15N natural gas engine in the first Kenworth production truck (demo truck) equipped with Hexagon Agility's behind-the-cab (ProCab) 175 DGE fuel system. Production of Kenworth T680 and T880 models with the X15 is to begin in the third quarter.
Photo: Jim Park
Mack's ride-and-drive entry was a Class 6 MD Electric with an R/S Godwin 15-foot polished aluminum dump body. It features a 150 kWh battery.
Photo: Jim Park
It's not all about ZEVs at ACT Expo. This Peterbilt Model 579 has the Cummins X15N natural-gas engine under the hood.
Photo: Jim Park
The ACT Expo ride-and-drive features vehicles from the Tesla Cybertruck to Class 8 zero-emission and alternative-fuel trucks.
Photo: Jim Park
Rivian's electric cargo van.
Photo: Jim Park
Daimler's Rizon brand of medium-duty electric trucks.
Photo: Jim Park
The battery-electric Tesla Semi makes an appearance at ACT Expo.
Photo: Jim Park
Another view of the Windrose truck.
Photo: Jim Park
Hyundai recently started operating fuel-cell-electric Class 8 trucks in northern California.
Photo: Jim Park
AILO, a startup logistics service provider calling itself an "AI-PL,” came out of stealth mode recently, with a Nikola fuel-cell-electric truck sporting the AILO colors.
Photo: Jim Park