Ford plans to invest $273 million at its plant in Irapuato, Mexico, to produce EV drive units for the Mustang Mach-E.
Big Brown is going small in test of e-cargo bikes
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Fleet management company Merchants Fleet has reserved 5,400 of the EV410, a small electric cargo and utility vehicle being developed by BrightDrop.
Pilot program could be rolled out nationwide if successful
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Here’s a look at whether deploying electric trucks makes sense for your company.
Wabtec, G&W and Carnegie Mellon ask Congress to help fund rail tech research and development.
Research firm Cowen has set a price target of $28.50 per share for EV startup Arrival – more than $10 higher than Monday’s trading price. Cowen cited its unique approach to manufacturing as one reason for its optimism.
FedEx Corp. unveiled plans to reach carbon neutrality across its global delivery network by 2040 with a fully electrified surface transport fleet.
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Electricity constraints are a barrier to the adoption of new technology.
China is embarking on an effort to become a leader in the electric vehicle market.
Uber Inc. has introduced ‘Clean Air Plan’ – a strategy that helps reduce air pollution in London by replacing Uber cars that run on gas with all-electric variants by 2025.
How can something as simple as a little public shuttle, shuttling less than two miles back and forth, get complicated? When it’s an autonomous shuttle.
Hyperloop is just one of the technologies that is looking to change the way goods and people move over the next 30 years.
Anheuser-Busch will purchase up to 800 Nikola Motor Company hydrogen-electric trucks as part of a plan to convert its dedicated fleet to alternative fuel by 2025.
Nikola Motor has sued Tesla for patent infringement on its Nikola One, at left. The Tesla model is at right. Nikola claims Tesla violated patents on door placement, wraparound windshield and the fuselage.
Oil or electric? The future of transportation power is still unclear, but electric is making a strong push amid oil price volatility.
On Tuesday, during the company’s shareholder meeting, Tesla founder Elon Musk updated investors on a number of initiatives and pushed back against critics of the Tesla Semi electric truck. Also, when is a fuel tax on a fuel tax, and inside the supply chain’s tech revolution.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been teasing audiences for months on the company’s secretive electric truck project. At a TED Conference in Vancouver, Musk posted this shadowed picture of what the truck may look like.
Much has been written about Tesla’s electric truck project and while opinions vary on the viability of a heavy-duty electric semi, some are wondering if the truck is only a vehicle to reach a different end game for Elon Musk.
Since last summer, Elon Musk has been teasing Tesla fans with word the company is building an electric “semi truck.” What form, shape and size that truck will take is still under wraps, but at least now we have a more definitive timeframe.
In a world of volatile diesel fuel prices that rise and fall on a daily basis, the biggest operational variable for any trucking fleet is not within their control. Nikola Motor is promising to change that with its hydrogen-powered electric tractor. U.S. Xpress, is one fleet that believes the future may be hydrogen.
