Class 8 electric trucks
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Exclusive first ride: Nikola electric truck can turn on a dime
Nikola puts FreightWaves in the passenger seat of a battery-electric Class 8 daycab nearing production in Arizona.
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Electric Trucks
Nikola execs play the long game and take $1-a-year post-SPAC salaries
Nikola’s top five executives are taking $1-a-year salaries with huge stock payouts ahead if they restore lost share value.
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Electric Trucks
Hyliion still shows no sales even as hybrid truck deliveries grow
The Q1 earnings call covers everything but financials as Hyliion Holdings reworks its filings to show stock warrants as liabilities instead of equity.
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Volvo to begin production of Class 8 electric trucks in December
Volvo Trucks North America will begin building Class 8 VNR Electric day cab trucks in Virginia in December, continuing an industry surge in bringing battery-operated…
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Trucking
The Daily Dash: HOS exemption denied; YRC boosting pay; OOIDA criticizes cost estimates for broker transparency
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA denies an HOS exemption for drivers with animals, YRC is boosting pay for some new drivers, OOIDA…
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Kenworth begins taking orders for Class 8 electric truck
The numbers will be small but the competition fierce as major truck makers debut their first fully electric Class 8 trucks in 2021. Kenworth will…
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Logistics giant NFI Industries adding 5,000 jobs
Logistics giant NFI is adding 5,000 new jobs before the end of 2020, further evidence of the demand on trucking to meet pandemic-induced and holiday…
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Minting millionaires and building buzz at Nikola
Nikola Executive Chairman Trevor Milton says buzz-building is part of the startup electric truck company’s growth strategy as its closes in on producing Class 8…
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J.B. Hunt gets dibs on trying out Freightliner electric eCascadia
J.B. Hunt Transport got first dibs on a Freightliner heavy-duty eCascadia in an expanded customer outreach that Daimler Trucks North America hopes will amp fleet…
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Fuel
Hydrogen fuel: Linchpin of electric truck maker Nikola’s business
The focus on stock price gyrations in Nikola Corp. overlooks a major part of its business plan -- making and selling hydrogen fuel for its…
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