Cummins is buying Meritor in a deal that will give the company a broad reach in traditional powertrains and components as well as accelerating its development of battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric propulsion systems.
February 22, 2022
While the chip shortage and other constraints have affected Daimler Trucks North America as they have other vehicle manufacturers, the company’s still number one in Class 6-8 market share and plans to stay there as it pushes forward with zero-emissions, autonomous, and connected-vehicle technologies.
November 11, 2021
If hydrogen fuel-cell trucks are truly part of the answer for a zero-emissions future, the upstream process of producing and transporting that hydrogen fuel also needs to be “green.”
August 19, 2021
Ten battery-electric yard tractors are now in operation in Port Newark, New Jersey, which Red Hook Container Terminals said it is the single largest deployment of battery-electric trucks in the eastern U.S.
August 13, 2021
Bridgestone is teaming up with Einride, a Sweden-based company developing electric and autonomous vehicles, to use its smart-sensing tires on Einride vehicles and bring them to the U.S.
August 12, 2021
While the mainstream headlines have been full of news about Nikola founder Trevor Milton’s indictment, the company he left last year has been busy continuing its work to bring battery-electric and fuel-cell trucks to market.
August 10, 2021
In Germany, they’ve been testing trucks that get electricity from overhead electric lines, similar to how many trains work. But unlike trains or streetcars, these trucks can also operate on regular roads.
August 6, 2021
Hyzon Motors is betting on liquid hydrogen to power its trucks, rather than the gaseous hydrogen being used by most fuel-cell-electric truck developers, saying it will enable an up to 1,000-mile range.
July 29, 2021
Companies such as UPS and FritoLay will have to wait a little longer for their all-electric Tesla Semi Class 8 trucks, as a second-quarter earnings report pushed production out to 2022.
July 28, 2021