HDT recently spoke with Darren Gosbee, Navistar’s vice president of powertrains and advanced technology, to get his take on how and when medium- to heavy-duty electric trucks will come to market in North America.
Cummins has acquired Efficient Drivetrains Inc., a Silicon Valley-based company known for producing hybrid and electric power solutions for the commercial market.
German component manufacturer ZF Friedrichshafen AG showed off its vision of the future of trucking and logistics at the company's Technology Day, unveiling new electric and automated vehicle technologies.
Peterbilt showcased the Paccar Innovation Center in Sunnyvale, California, to demonstrate its continuing efforts to identify, develop and deploy emerging technologies in trucking.
Penske Truck Leasing and NFI have agreed to use Daimler Trucks North Americas' pre-production electric trucks, the eCascadia and eM2 106, in real-world operations to help the OEM test and develop the trucks for commercialization.
To capitalize on the growing vehicle electrification market, Eaton has created a new business unit called eMobility.
DAF's new CF Electric truck is a 4x2 tractor with a 40-metric ton capacity optimized for urban delivery applications.
Dana and Workhorse announced a new partnership on an electric city delivery vehicle using the new Spicer Electrified axle.
How fast are autonomous and electric trucks coming? That may be up for debate. But Jack Roberts says in his Truck Tech blog, it's the fleets that are already tracking new technology and considering its potential that will be the ones riding trucking's coming technology wave.
A new electric truck company thinks its modest approach will captivate regional-haul trucking fleets. The Thor Trucks team is focused on providing long-haul electric truck solutions that it says are “reasonable and profitable now.”