Heavy Payloads and Commercial EV Range — a Real-World Test
How efficient is an all-electric Class 6 delivery truck in its regular duty cycle with payloads up to 11,000 lbs.? Weight is less of an EV range inhibitor than you’d think.
March 29, 2021
How efficient is an all-electric Class 6 delivery truck in its regular duty cycle with payloads up to 11,000 lbs.? Weight is less of an EV range inhibitor than you’d think.
March 29, 2021
The companies are creating an electric bucket truck capable of performing the full range of work that utilities require.
March 24, 2021
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy stated at a House appropriations subcommittee that with the proper funding, the USPS could increase the number of electric vehicles it orders.
March 12, 2021
Republic Services is working with Romeo Power to develop its battery technology for use in Republic’s electric garbage trucks.
January 29, 2021
Roush CleanTech’s Ford F-650 battery-electric truck has achieved the California Hybrid and Zero-emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) eligibility listing.
January 28, 2021
The Bobit fleet team got a chance to climb through a test version of the all-electric pickup at Lordstown Motors’ new facility in Irvine, Calif.
January 19, 2021
Dependable Highway Express has been piloting two Volvo electric trucks as part of its sustainability efforts and plans to order more.
January 14, 2021
Zero-emission freight vehicle technology is advancing rapidly and will eventually offer fleets lower cost of ownership than diesel-powered trucks, according to a new report from a consortium of groups led by Calstart.
December 14, 2020
A new, global effort is pushing to reach 100% zero-emission new truck and bus sales in just 30 years.
December 3, 2020
Electric Island will be a large public charging site for medium- and heavy-duty electric commercial vehicles, co-developed by Daimler Trucks North America and Portland General Electric. It's expected to be the first of its kind in the United States.
December 1, 2020
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In what has felt a bit this year like a headlong rush toward zero-emission battery-electric and hydrogen-fuel-cell vehicles, are we overlooking other potential environmental impacts?
November 20, 2020
Twenty companies illustrate how trucking can take the lead in sustainability in HDT's annual Top Green Fleet awards, honoring strategies such as electric vehicle and alternative fuel adoption, fuel-saving techniques, and green facilities.
November 16, 2020
A pair of Paccar zero-emission trucks — a Kenworth T680 fuel cell electric vehicle and a battery-electric Peterbilt Model 579EV — recently became the first Class 8 zero-emissions vehicles to drive to the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado.
November 9, 2020
Starting in 2021, European carriers will have access to all-electric versions of Volvo's line of heavy-duty trucks. The announcement came in conjunction with Volvo Group's Capital Markets Day, where the company laid out its strategy to provide solutions that are “100% safe, 100% fossil-free and 100% more productive.”
November 5, 2020
Volvo Trucks North America announced it will begin selling the Volvo VNR Electric truck model on Dec. 3. It will start producing the VNR Electric at its New River Valley manufacturing plant in Dublin, Virginia, in early 2021.
November 5, 2020