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Newsby StaffAugust 31, 2021

Electric Truck Project Deploys 100 Trucks in California

Daimler Trucks North America and Volvo Trucks North America will produce and deliver 100 Class 8 battery-electric trucks for deployment in Schneider and NFI’s Southern California fleet operations as part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative.

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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2021

Penske Takes Delivery of Volvo VNR Electric Models

Penske Truck Leasing took delivery of two VNR Electrics from Volvo Trucks North America, expanding its fleet of battery-electric Class 8 models available in Southern California.

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Newsby StaffMay 11, 2021

New Legend to Order 50 Freightliner eCascadias

New Legend plans to switch all of the company’s local running lanes to an entirely all-electric fleet by 2023, starting with the purchase of 50 battery-electric Freightliner eCascadias.

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Newsby StaffApril 6, 2021

Daimler Opens Orders for Freightliner eCascadia, eM2

With the order book open, Freightliner and DTNA are preparing to start production of the electric Class 8 eCascadia and medium-duty eM2 in late 2022.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 25, 2021

Utility Turns to eCascadia to Deliver Charging Equipment

When delivering a transformer to be used in an electric-truck charging array at a Schneider terminal, using a battery-electric truck was a natural move for Southern California Edison.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2020

Knight-Swift Sets Green Goals, Tests Electric Truck

Knight-Swift Transportation announced it plans to cut its carbon emissions in half by the year 2035 and is testing a Freightliner eCascadia electric truck.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2020

Schneider Enters Freightliner’s Customer Experience

Schneider is the newest fleet to join the all-electric Freightliner Customer Experience, an ongoing initiative to deploy electric trucks in real-world applications.

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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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Newsby StaffAugust 18, 2020

Black Horse Carriers, Penske Deploying Electric Trucks

Black Horse Carriers recently joined Penske Truck Leasing’s electric vehicle program, coming together to launch a battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia into the Black Horse Carriers regular operation.

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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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