A newsier-than-typical Advanced Clean Transportation Expo featured the first appearance by Tesla and a single stage gathering of legacy OEMs.
Using off-the-shelf technologies, Daimler Truck created a demonstration autonomous truck that runs on batteries instead of diesel.
Natural gas, battery and fuel cell electric vehicles all vie to displace diesel. Which will win? Maybe all of them.
Electric trucks and charging infrastructure should advance this year without some of the growing pains that held them back in 2023.
Nikola will replace battery packs in its electric trucks following several fires. The pack is a high-cost component.
An electric vehicle charger without data intelligence on when it is available and operating is like a hot dog without a bun.
Advances in the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 provide hints to the next Freightliner eCascadia.
Seeking clues in TuSimple’s delayed financials; a case for an autonomous trucking slowdown; and Kodiak Robotics’ dual-use approach to autonomy.
The production of electric trucks is still so small that it’s easy to overlook the hundreds subject to recall campaigns.
Megawatt charging is too much for pretty much every electric truck save for the purpose-built Tesla Semi. But that is slowly changing.
The Freightliner Class 6 battery-electric eM2 will go into production this fall with plans for a range of vocational models to follow.
The epicenter for electric trucks in Southern California is so far a small part of the massive Velocity Truck Centers.
Electric infrastructure and fuel cells are two areas where old ideas form the basis of new approaches.
Just before California regulators vote on a Clean Fleets rule, Daimler Truck has launched the U.S.-focused Rizon brand of Class 4-5 EVs.
Daimler Truck created capacity for 2,000 battery-electric trucks in 2022, but the lack of charging infrastructure stunted deliveries.
A theme emerges as you look around the electrification and autonomous trucking space. Practically no one does it alone.
The Volvo VNR Electric lacks a nifty interior, but two extra battery packs add serious range on a single charge.
Volvo Trucks North America is making vehicle as a service mandatory for buyers of its Class 8 electric trucks.
Lego bricks can help explain a lot of things, including a very messy supply chain. Penske Truck Leasing’s Paul Rosa got creative .
Embark Trucks and BYD demonstrated what using electricity rather than diesel looked like in drayage with an autonomous truck.
