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Articlesby Stephane BabcockAugust 20, 2020

UPS Moves Down Electric Truck Path with New eCascadia

Recently, UPS dipped its toes a little deeper into the electric truck market with the acquisition of a Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric Class 8 truck.

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NewsAugust 20, 2020

COVID-19 Can’t Derail Electrification Momentum

Speakers at the opening session of ACT Virtual share progress on electric-truck development and deployment.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 17, 2020

Daimler Trucks North America ‘Not Standing Still’ on Electric Trucks

The COVID-19 pandemic has not significantly affected Daimler Trucks North America’s work on medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric trucks, and despite production shutdowns due to the pandemic, the company is back to building vehicles at the same rate it was before the pandemic hit.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 12, 2020

Sustainability Key Motivator for Early Fleet Adopters of Clean Vehicle Technologies

While diesel and gasoline engines will still be the main power source for commercial vehicles for the next decade, fleets are now testing and buying sustainable vehicle technologies in record numbers. That’s according to a new study of fleet use of sustainable vehicle platforms for medium- and heavy-duty fleets, such as natural gas, propane, electric, and renewable fuels.

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Newsby Jim ParkAugust 10, 2020

Nikola Inks Deal with Republic Services for 2,500 Electric Refuse Trucks

Nikola and Republic Services will partner on a battery-electric refuse recycling-collection truck based on the Nikola Tre chassis, a single platform with integrated bodies, service, and warranty.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 4, 2020

DTNA's New Engineering Chief on Autonomous Tech, Electric Trucks and More

When Rainer Müller-Finkeldei started working on artificial intelligence at Daimler in 1995, few people knew what AI was or had heard of neural networks. Now he’s in the thick of autonomous truck development and more as the new senior vice president of engineering and technology at Daimler Trucks North America.

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Newsby Jim ParkAugust 3, 2020

Nikola Could Roll Electric Trucks Off the Line by Late 2021

Electric heavy-duty trucks – including a Euro-style high cabover for the North American market – could begin driving off the assembly line at Nikola's new Coolidge, Arizona, manufacturing facility in as little as 12-14 months, albeit in hand-built, very limited numbers.

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On the Roadby Jim ParkJuly 27, 2020

Milton Reveals a Bit More about Nikola Two, But Questions Remain [Commentary]

The latest behind-the-scenes video from Nikola's Trevor Milton reveals more details about the hydrogen-electric truck and shows he has high expectations for its success. But HDT's Jim Park says at this point, he's still long on promises but short on mileage.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJuly 16, 2020

Volvo Forges Ahead with Electric, Vocational Trucks

Volvo Trucks North America isn’t letting the COVID-19-related drop in truck sales and corporate layoffs keep it from moving ahead with its electric truck development and its latest vocational truck models.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJuly 14, 2020

States Join Forces to Accelerate Truck, Bus Electrification

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have signed an agreement pledging to develop a plan to eliminate diesel emissions by 2050.

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