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Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicAugust 13, 2021

Volvo Enters East Coast Market with VNR Electric

Volvo Truck North America delivered the first Volvo VNR Electric to Manhattan Beer Distributors in New York City.

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Articlesby StaffJuly 26, 2021

Global News Roundup: HD Truck Manufacturers Team Up For Electric Charging

ICYMI: A roundup of trucking industry news from Daimler, Traton, Volvo, MAN, Mercedes, FedEx, Delihvery, Volkswagen, Britain and more.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJuly 8, 2021

How Will Utilities Deal with Electric-Vehicle Charging and Stressed Electric Grids?

California and other states are scrambling to find electricity this summer amid record heat, with a growing risk of blackouts. If our power grids already can’t handle the extremes being caused by climate change, how are they going to handle the addition of battery-electric vehicles?

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Newsby StaffJuly 6, 2021

Volvo, Daimler, Traton to Develop Electric Charging Network in Europe

Europe's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers will form a joint venture to develop a public charging network for battery-electric heavy-duty trucks by 2026.

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Newsby StaffApril 21, 2021

Daimler, PGE Open 'Electric Island' Charging Site

Less than a mile from Interstate 5 in Portland, Oregon, a new electric-vehicle charging site opened April 21 aimed at medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses.

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Guest Voices January 25, 2021

3 Cleantech Predictions for the 2020s

Why one cleantech entrepreneur is convinced the 2020s will one day be remembered as a golden age of rapid innovation in deploying clean energy solutions – including electric fleet vehicles – at scale.

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Guest Voices November 24, 2020

Electrified Trucking: Getting in Gear Should Begin Now

There are complex questions to address in adding electric trucks to your fleet, but that's all the more reason to get started sooner rather than later.

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NewsNovember 16, 2020

Proterra Names New President for Powered and Energy Team

As president of Proterra Powered and Energy, Gareth Joyce will lead Proterra's growing business as a provider of its electric vehicle technology to commercial manufacturers and charging infrastructure solutions for heavy-duty electric fleets.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeOctober 1, 2020

What Penske Learned About Charging Electric Trucks

Penske’s journey into the complex world of figuring out charging for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks began a little over two years ago when it teamed up with Daimler Trucks North America for the Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet of eCascadia and eM2 106 trucks.

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Newsby StaffJune 22, 2020

EV Study: Phase in Charging Sites Along I-5

Results of a study by electric utilities in Washington, Oregon, and California call for the installation of charging sites along the I-5 for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks to reduce pollution caused by freight transport along the Pacific Coast.

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