Solar power
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Equipment
Wabash National and eNow release solar-powered reefer
Wabash National says using the sun to power batteries on a refrigerated trailer could save 50% over the cost of diesel power with none of…
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Business
Additional suppliers reveal investments in Nikola’s fuel cell-electric trucks
Nikola Corp. revealed two more funding sources of its heavy-duty fuel cell truck on Thursday, September 5. German supplier Robert Bosch LLC and South Korean…
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Legal issues
How truck stops could drive the electric revolution
The nation’s top electricity regulator gives exclusive insight into how the infrastructure behind electric trucks could fuel the coming transportation transformation.
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News
IAA 2018: Germany has a long way to go to honor its emissions reduction goals
Germany has spent $580 billion towards renewable energy infrastructure, but still would fall woefully short of its emissions reduction goals of 2020. Andreas Kuhlmann, chairman…
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News
The Saudis should buy Tesla, but not at $420 per share
There are strategic reasons for the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund to consider a Tesla acquisition: the Saudis have the least diversified economy of any…
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Equipment
Solar power has its place in trucking, NACFE report says
Solar power may not be the cure-all for reducing fuel costs, but it can provide assistance and achieve payback in relatively short time if used…
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Economics
eNow sees solar playing a larger role in trucking going forward
All week at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta, nearly every presenter has mentioned electric trucks and the growing electrification of the trucking…
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Fuel
What happens to electric vehicles when the power goes out?
Electric vehicles have come a long way, yet there is an important question that never seems to get addressed when discussing electric cars and trucks:…
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Economics
Solar stakes out its trucking niche, hopes for more
Solar power is most known as a source of electricity, but it is now proving that it belongs in other applications. Within the trucking industry,…
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