Peterbilt takes the convention audience to school on electric truck math while Volvo puts ist VNR Electric to work on its own plant deliveries.
Logistics operator NFI Industries will install 34 direct-current fast chargers and convert its Southern California drayage fleet to battery-electric trucks.
Schneider and NFI Industries will each get 50 battery-electric Class 8 trucks, with California environmental agencies paying a big chunk of the bill.
PACCAR projects low volumes of electric truck deliveries for a few years. The 10 Peterbilt Model 579EVs at the Port of Oakland are a case in point.
Precipitous fall in company stock is a backdrop to change at the top of struggling battery maker Romeo Power.
Commercialization and pace of growth are common themes among young companies seeking to lead in advanced technologies.
Daimler Truck, TRATON and Volvo Group will spend $593 million to build a truck charging network across Europe.
Here’s a look at whether deploying electric trucks makes sense for your company.
Seventeen Democratic House members introduced a bill to assure the Postal Service electrifies its delivery fleet. It could get Workhorse back in the game.
The Fuels Institute dives deep to find the impacts that different transportation-related environmental initiatives have on consumers and the environment.
A Canadian trucking and logistics company has put money down on 150 Tesla Electric Semis in what could be the biggest big rig order yet for the electric vehicle company.
Ryder and ABB executives explore why the adoption of electric vehicles is coming first to the last mile during FreightWaves’ Last Mile Logistics Summit.
Biden wants to build 500,000 EV charging station across the country.
PACCAR won’t rush in bringing battery-electric trucks to market, saying it will have them when customers ask. But it contends hydrogen fuel cells are five to 10 years away.
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Charging-as-a-service startup AMPLY Power raised $13.2 million from institutional investors Soros Fund Management and Siemens USA as it expands electric infrastructure management to commercial trucking from transit buses
Buttigieg proposal part of candidate’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan.
Ryder is partnering with In-Charge Energy and ABB to make transition to electric vehicles easier.
