Electric Trucks

Prosecutors rested their federal fraud case against Nikola founder Trevor Milton on Friday after three weeks.

Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum has strong opinions on cabovers versus conventional trucks, fuel cells and other issues.

On demand on WTT: Ford needs badges for 40k vehicles; Nikola recalls all of their electric trucks; OOIDA fights for OT pay and more

Nikola Corp. is recalling 93 trucks — all it has built to date — because of improper installation of seat belt shoulder anchorage assembly.

Nikola CFO Kim Brady testified in Trevor Milton’s fraud trial that the founder’s statements “could be inaccurate or exaggerated.”

A few days in Germany revealed an inconvenient truth about real-world applications of battery-electric and hydrogen-powered trucks.

In a Q&A, supply chain industry executives provide their thoughts on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed climate disclosure rules that could put retailer pressure on fleets to share emissions data.

Two zero-emission-vehicle initiatives were announced at a meeting of the Intermodal Association of North America, just about the time the state was releasing its Clean Fleet rules.

Neither an “intervention” nor changing social media passwords deterred Trevor Milton’s social media frenzy, Nikola’s CEO testifies .

Nikola CEO Mark Russell testified in Trevor Milton’s fraud trial that Milton went on a publicity “blitz” to attract retail investors.

Daimler Truck is using exclusive battery chemistry to boost the range of its next long-haul electric truck beyond 300 miles.

A Nikola whistleblower collected $600,000 from a short seller of the company’s stock and could be in line for a bigger payday from the SEC.

Opening statements in Trevor Milton’s fraud trial paint a picture of greed contrasted by tales of tweets and corporate betrayal.

After a full day of questioning potential jurors, a panel was seated for Nikola founder Trevor Milton’s trial on federal fraud charges.

Nikola founder Trevor Milton’s fraud trial begins Monday, Sept. 12, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Now on demand WTT is live from FreightWaves Autonomous & Electric Vehicle summit with guests from Kodiak, Plus, Locomation, Voltera and Torc

The second FreightWaves Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit will feature leaders in autonomy and all things electrification.

A 3D printed generator; ups and downs of selling on Amazon; supply chain hidden gems and right to repair on demand on WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Rusty Rush not only operates more truck dealerships than anyone on the planet, he also knows technology. And he has opinions on just about everything. So, buckle up. It’s Rush hour. 

Nikola founder Trevor Milton bought 3 million shares of electric truck company stock weeks before his criminal trial is to start.

Lego bricks can help explain a lot of things, including a very messy supply chain. Penske Truck Leasing’s Paul Rosa got creative .

The Inflation Reduction Act has been signed into law. What do its climate measures mean for supply chains?

Hyliion Holdings is buying generator technology from General Electric Co. that can make electricity from a variety of mixed fuels.

Phononic and Sortimo have combined forces to create a temperature-controlled Ford E-Transit upfit option for grocery last-mile delivery providers.

The Class 8 Tesla Semi electric truck created the market for battery-powered freight movement. Is production edging closer?

Mark Hanchett, CEO of Atlis Motor Vehicles, has taken an unusual path to fundraising for his electric truck company, which soon plans to go public. Hear how he did it.

President Joe Biden plans to sign the Democrats’ inflation bill containing tax credits for all electric trucks — with a particular boost for last-mile delivery.

A new name in electric truck charging and infrastructure broke cover this week with $1 billion or more in private equity funding.

EV maker Arrival, which has a 10,000 van order from UPS, said it would only produce 20 vehicles this year, down from an estimated 400 to 600 just one quarter ago.

Hyliion still depends on its hybrid electric booster for its revenue, but the orderbook expanded 11% for the Hypertruck ERX in Q2.

Nikola Chairman Steve Girsky recruited Michael Lohscheller to lead Opel when Girsky was at General Motors. Now he’s done it again.

Workhorse Group recorded next to no revenue in the second quarter as CEO Rich Dauch’s transformation hits the one-year mark.

Hyzon Motors, which went public a year ago in a merger with a blank check shell company, is the latest electrification startup in trouble.

AskWaves dives into the different sources of emissions for electric vehicles compared to fossil fuel-powered vehicles.

Covenant VP of Sustainability joins WTT as co-host for this special electric truck edition of the show featuring solutions from Tandem, Hyliion, Nikola and more

Shareholder letters and earnings call transcripts don’t qualify as page-turning vacation reading. But they say a lot.

Nikola Corp. losses widened in Q2, but adjusted per share earnings and revenue topped estimates as deliveries rose.

Proxy hunters bagged enough votes to give electric truck maker Nikola the financial flexibility it had been seeking since June.

Sustainability experts discuss how the transition to net-zero emissions in trucking will not look the same for every company.

Unsure that financially struggling Romeo Power could keep supplying batteries for its electric trucks, Nikola is buying the company.

A proof-of-concept step van with four-wheel steering by wire and 57% better aerodynamics could revolutionize the segment

A multistate initiative focused on cutting emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles released an action plan for transitioning to zero-emission vehicles.

Trevor Milton claims Nikola Corp. is violating his constitutional rights by seeking a protective order to block use of company conversations.

Nikola’s could keep adjourning its annual meeting as it pursues unvoted proxies to raise the number of authorized shares.

New leaders, an electrification push and Scania influence mark the first year after the Traton’s $3.7 billion takeover of Navistar.

Volvo Group reported higher truck sales, profits and market share in the second quarter despite ongoing supply chain disruptions.

Nikola will try for a fourth time to win a proxy fight with indicted founder Trevor Milton as the electric truck maker fell short of votes again.

Layoffs get the attention but plenty of electric transportation startups are still hiring. They are getting creative with fundraising, too.

Pilot Co. will build a public network of high-speed charging stations with General Motors to get ahead of electric vehicle charging demand.

Canoo Inc. in May said its survival was iffy. With Walmart’s order of 4,500 electric delivery vehicles, the near term looks brighter.

Trevor Milton is angling to use privileged conversations at the electric truck maker in his criminal defense, but Nikola is fighting back.

Twin SPAC backer ArcLight Capital is investing $50 million in a truck-as-a-service business that handles Class 1-8 vehicles.

The management shakeup at TuSimple has become a full management house cleaning. Hyliion sees early benefits following Cummins’ partnership.

Nikola will keep trying to pass a proposal to increase the number of authorized shares by pressing company stock owners to vote their proxies..

Nikola founder Trevor Milton will be tried in September rather than July after a new fraud charge led to a plea for more time.

Cummins Inc., a threat to the survivability of hybrid powertrain developer Hyliion, will partner with the startup on certifying a natural gas engine.

Nikola founder Trevor Milton has been irritating the company he once led since leaving in September 2020.

After a new fraud charge was leveled against Nikola founder Trevor Milton earlier this week, his attorneys are seeking a 30-day delay to review the documents.

It’s the end of the line for Electric Last Mile Solutions as it becomes the first transportation SPAC to file for bankruptcy liquidation.

TuSimple co-founder Mo Chen launches Hydron, an autonomous trucking venture that would use hydrogen fuel to achieve zero emissions.

Some free money from California to buy down the cost of electric trucks remains, but you better hurry to apply.

Embark Trucks and BYD demonstrated what using electricity rather than diesel looked like in drayage with an autonomous truck.

Because electric vehicle charging infrastructure takes time to install, delivery fleets should be thinking about the shift to EVs now.

Last Mile Solutions told the Securities and Exchange Commission it is nearly out of cash and could run out of money this month.

Development of 48-volt battery systems for commercial trucks will serve at least three purposes but the most urgent is in helping reduce emissions.

Startup WattEV sees its Truck-as-a-Service startup as a modern day Pony Express with electric trucks being swapped instead of horses .

Nikola Corp. adjourned its annual meeting Wednesday after too few investors voted on a proposal to raise the number of shares in the electric truck maker.

New operating efficiencies could open the door to expanded fleet electrification, the Postal Service says.

Infrastructure. How important is a fixed base of electric charging for commercial vehicles? Maybe not as much as we’re told.

Drayage trucks in California with engines made before 2010 will have to be shut down at the end of the year on the road to zero-emissions vehicles.

Australia’s Tritium is making a charge in U.S. market with a move into direct current fast charging for electric trucks.

Food distributor Sysco Corp. intends to order up to 800 Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks from Daimler Truck North America..

Electric work truck startup Atlis Motor Vehicles has crowdfunded $32.6 million from nearly 29,000 investors as it readies a public offering.

Ree Automotive will team with EAVX on an electric Class 5 walk-in van that will enter trials this summer.

Electric trucks — battery and fuel cells — unsurprisingly overwhelmed the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo.

Lordstown Motors lives to fight another day with the $230 million sale of the plant it basically got for free from General Motors.

Startup Xos Trucks introduced full-fledged heavy- and medium-duty electric chassis cabs, signifying its graduation from a powertrain component integrator.

The production version of the battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia evolved from more than 1 million miles of real-world fleet testing.

Lightning eMotors, which electrifies commercial vehicle chassis, is teaming with Perrone Robotics to offer Level 4 autonomous vehicles for sale.

Is a bigger battery on wheels the best way to make autonomous trucks more efficient? Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies thinks so.

Electric truck maker Nikola posted its first gross profit in Q1 and racked up orders backed by California incentives.

Nikola is raising money to scale its production of electric trucks through sales of new stock and tapping an equity line of credit.

The survival of electric pickup truck startup Lordstown Motors likely hinges on completing the plant sale to Taiwan’s Foxconn.

Nikola is helping to bring electric infrastructure companies to the Arizona desert where it has begun production of electric trucks.

The group wants the contract with the Oshkosh unit blocked until the agency prepares a better environmental impact report.

Class 8 battery-electric trucks will generate the first meaningful revenue that Nikola can take to the bank.

Electric chassis startups from A to Z are tapping a legacy bodybuilder for help while one company creates its own complete electric van.

Three relatively small electric infrastructure grants speak volumes about the importance of direct current fast charging for commercial vehicles.

Mobility expert Larry Burns says getting the world off fossil fuels is a equation of ‘the power of and.’

A FedEx delivery driver just completed a 260-mile drive using a BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric van, setting a Guinness World Record.

Volvo reported record Q1 truck sales despite ongoing supply chain interruptions. The company took a $423 million charge for suspending Russia business.

FreightWaves interviewed the CEO of Titan Freight Systems to get insights about the company’s sustainability initiatives and why Earth Day matters.

Join FreightWaves for the Net-Zero Carbon Summit on April 22.

How did Navistar manage to build its assembly plant in San Antonio for a relatively paltry $250 million? Partly by ignoring a famous baseball movie line.

Workhorse may not have any electric vehicles to sell, but it also does not have any debt after paying off a hedge fund lender in stock.

Nikola has put wheels in motion to sell up to $1.2 billion in new stock to keep scaling its electric truck and hydrogen businesses.

Dirty trucks will pay $10 per TEU in and out of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports to raise money for zero-emission trucks and infrastructure.

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Gatik CEO Gautam Narang will detail middle-mile autonomy’s role in the future of the supply chain at FreightWaves’ upcoming The Future of Supply Chain conference.

With more than $200 million in incentive funding being released Wednesday in California, fleets are placing larger orders for electric trucks.