Using electric trucks for inbound logistics includes Daimler Truck with a 2026 goal of zero-emissions truck deliveries to its plants.
Autonomous trucking pioneer Chris Urmson and relative latecomer Raquel Urtasun do not agree on how to apply AI in autonomous trucking.
Fleets have practically no idea what electric trucks will be worth when it is time to trade them, one of the reasons for cautious adoption.
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.
Torc Robotics has the autonomous truck nearly ready. Now comes the hard work of making a business from it.
Stack AV founder Bryan Selesky is keeping most of the details of his autonomous trucking startup to himself for now.
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.
Predictive maintenance analytics for autonomous trucks could provide a reverse benefit for human-driven trucks.
El servicio de camión como servicio podría permitir a Uber Freight utilizar camiones eléctricos
Big fleets can afford them, but are electric trucks a solution for 3PLs? Uber Freight and WattEV are working together to find out.
A cross-section of Industry experts offer thoughts on how transportation management systems will integrate with autonomous trucks.
Volvo Group set a fourth-quarter record for deliveries, but the OEM said supply chain disruptions and energy costs would impact business.
It is pretty much acknowledged across the trucking industry that a consolidation of players in autonomous trucking is coming.
Uber Freight and Volvo Autonomous Solutions are stressing patience over hype in working to digitally schedule loads for the truckmaker’s one-stop shop for all things autonomy.
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.
A Nikola whistleblower collected $600,000 from a short seller of the company’s stock and could be in line for a bigger payday from the SEC.
Rusty Rush not only operates more truck dealerships than anyone on the planet, he also knows technology. And he has opinions on just about everything. So, buckle up. It’s Rush hour.
Some free money from California to buy down the cost of electric trucks remains, but you better hurry to apply.
Embark Trucks and BYD demonstrated what using electricity rather than diesel looked like in drayage with an autonomous truck.
Startup WattEV sees its Truck-as-a-Service startup as a modern day Pony Express with electric trucks being swapped instead of horses .
Nikola is helping to bring electric infrastructure companies to the Arizona desert where it has begun production of electric trucks.
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With more than $200 million in incentive funding being released Wednesday in California, fleets are placing larger orders for electric trucks.
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Fleetmaster Express recently ordered 10 Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks to transition from a diesel fleet to an electric one.
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.
Volvo’s first Class 8 VNR Electric truck on the East Coast goes to a beer distributor dedicated to cleaning air in New York City’s South Bronx.
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It’s a good day to breathe a bit easier. The number of all-electric trucks headed out to make local deliveries is growing. Whether you’re in Southern California or a major Canadian city, all-electric trucks will be coming your way by the end of 2022, with some going into service by this fall. Volvo announces largest-ever […]
Incentives help make Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks affordable for a food logistics supplier, whose 14-unit order benefits from a $3.9 million grant.
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Brett Pope, director of electric vehicles for Volvo Trucks North America, suggests waiving the 103-year-old federal excise tax to help make the Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 regional hauler it will begin selling in 2021 more affordable.
Volvo Trucks North America will begin building production versions of its 50-state regional haul VNR Electric truck in early 2021 that include remote battery monitoring.
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 commercial vehicles to market.
Two Volvo VNR electric trucks enter testing; Kenworth dealers taking orders for medium-duty battery-powered trucks; and reverse merger vote date set for startup Hyliion.
The hype surrounding zero-emission electric trucks is evolving into real-world results for two major freight haulers. Both Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries have crossed 10,000 miles of battery-powered, zero-emissions freight hauling.
Anheuser-Busch is one of the biggest customers in line for hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric trucks from Nikola Corp., iNow, it is jumping into California’s electric truck demonstration race with 21 BYD battery-electric beer delivery trucks.
