Alan Adler

Alan Adler is an award-winning journalist who worked for The Associated Press and the Detroit Free Press. He also spent two decades in domestic and international media relations and executive communications with General Motors.
Aug - 2024 -
16 August
Alan Adler

Will Nikola’s best year ever be good enough?

With fuel cell trucks on the road, Nikola is changing the game, but will it be enough to survive?

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09 August
Alan Adler

A diesel reality check and a rebranding

A name change to drop the word diesel from its title may have been the politically correct move. But diesel is not going anywhere.

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02 August
Alan Adler

Building an electrification business in reverse

Electrification startup Synop is carving a niche for itself focused on help electric fleets return electricity to the grid and get paid for it.

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Jul - 2024 -
26 July
Alan Adler

Kodiak’s autonomous course correction

Kodiak Robotics is delaying commercial on-highway driverless trucks to focus on autonomy in the Permian Basin.

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19 July
Alan Adler

After ELMS bankruptcy, James Taylor resurfaces as CEO of Bollinger Motors

James Taylor will take his second run at leading a commercial electric truck company as the new CEO of Bollinger Motors.

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12 July
Alan Adler

Hyzon focuses on US fuel cell market for survival

Hyzon is focusing its fuel cell efforts in North America, cutting operations in Europe and Australia as it seeks to survive.

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05 July
Alan Adler

Dueling approaches to AI in autonomous trucking

Autonomous trucking pioneer Chris Urmson and relative latecomer Raquel Urtasun do not agree on how to apply AI in autonomous trucking.

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Jun - 2024 -
28 June
Alan Adler

Can wireless EV charging become an infrastructure player?

Is wireless charging an idea whose time has come for electric trucks? In some use cases, the answer is yes.

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21 June
Alan Adler

Sitetracker: Speeding electric truck charging behind the scenes

Sitetracker helps companies like ChargePoint automate tasks surrounding getting electric charging points up and running faster.

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14 June
Alan Adler

‘Picky’ Gatik nearing mass-produced autonomous trucks

With new investments from Isuzu and trading giant Itochu, Gatik is on the path to mass production of short-haul autonomous trucks in 2027.

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07 June
Alan Adler

Nikola stats show H2-powered trucking is for real

Nikola releases stats on hydrogen fueling that show savings over diesel and a growing business for fuel cell trucks.

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May - 2024 -
31 May
Alan Adler

Workhorse on the bubble, or is it worse?

Perpetually troubled electric van maker Workhorse Group may be in worse shape than it appears. Little cash and slack orders are two factors.

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24 May
Alan Adler

Tesla to trucking industry: Step up your electric game

A newsier-than-typical Advanced Clean Transportation Expo featured the first appearance by Tesla and a single stage gathering of legacy OEMs.

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17 May
Alan Adler

Opposition grows to speedy electric truck transition

Regulators pushing to make the electric truck transition go faster are getting pushback from a range of industry stakeholders.

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10 May
Alan Adler

Unraveling the mystery of electric trucks’ residual values 

Fleets have practically no idea what electric trucks will be worth when it is time to trade them, one of the reasons for cautious adoption.

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08 May
Alan Adler

Daimler Truck marries electric and autonomous technologies

Using off-the-shelf technologies, Daimler Truck created a demonstration autonomous truck that runs on batteries instead of diesel.

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03 May
Alan Adler

Could autonomous trucks help save the planet?

The potential energy and environmental gains from autonomous trucking are laid out in a new white paper from Aurora Innovation.

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02 May
Alan Adler

Split-off gain masks some cracks in Cummins’ financial armor

Engine maker and power distribution giant Cummins Inc. reported Q1 declines in two of five divisions, but a huge one-time gain juiced profits.

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Apr - 2024 -
26 April
Alan Adler

Really cold hydrogen could bring driving range parity with diesel

A startup named for science fiction author Jules Verne is closing in on cryo-compressed hydrogen fuel for greater energy density.

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19 April
Alan Adler

Switcheroo: EV Realty secures electricity before launching charging sites

EV Realty flips the electric truck charging script: It buys future charging sites with power already there.

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