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A Rational Approach For Installing Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Hubs

Heavy-duty trucks are only 5 percent of all the vehicles on the road in the US but are responsible for 25 percent of vehicle emissions. Since emissions from cars and trucks are the single greatest source of the nation’s emissions,…

Hitachi and Penske Launch Large-scale Electric Truck Charging Pilot

California, March 19, 2023 – Hitachi America, Ltd. (Hitachi), Hitachi Energy, and Penske Truck Leasing today announced the launch of a large-scale, centralized electric truck charging solution. This groundbreaking project supports Penske’s electric truck deployments for its customers in the…

Renault Expects to Close Electric Van JV With Volvo Trucks Within Weeks

Renault Group expects the closing of its joint venture in electric vans with truckmaker Volvo Group and the French shipping group CMA CGM to happen by the beginning of April, a spokeswoman said. Renault and Volvo signed binding agreements last…

Automaker Rivian Pauses Construction of Its $5 Billion Electric Truck Plant in Georgia

The CEO of Rivian Automotive announced Thursday that the electric truck maker is pausing construction of its $5 billion manufacturing plant in Georgia to speed production and save money. California-based Rivian had planned to start building its new R2 midsize…

Xos And Winnebago Team up to Develop Specialty Electric Vehicles

The partners expect the specialized chassis for Winnebago to utilize Xos’ platform technology, which will allow for scalability, access to parts, software improvements, and service support. The chassis is also compatible with Xosphere, Xos’ fleet management software. While Winnebago has…

Bollinger B4 Electric Truck Production Set for Late 2024

Mullen Automotive, Inc., an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, announced today that its subsidiary Bollinger Motors has partnered with LaFontaine Automotive Group to become its first authorized dealer. LaFontaine will facilitate sales of the all-new Bollinger B4 Chassis Cab, an all-electric…

Einride Partners With Heineken to Support Electric Trucks Moving Precious Beer Through Europe

Einride has announced it is helping world-renowned brewery Heineken electrify its freight operations between the Netherlands and Germany. Heineken put several electric trucks into operation last month as it looks to deploy Einride’s entire ecosystem across its fleet operations in…

Workhorse Group Names W.W. Williams as a Service Provider for Electric Vehicles

Workhorse Group Inc. (Nasdaq: WKHS) (“Workhorse” or “the Company”), an American technology company focused on pioneering the transition to zero-emission commercial vehicles, will partner with The W.W. Williams Company LLC (“Williams”) to be a service provider for Workhorse electric vehicles….

Holcim to Deploy 1000 Mercedes-Benz Trucks Long-Distance Electric Vehicles

Holcim will deploy a total of 1000 units of Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ new eActros 600 battery-powered electric truck, which premiered in October 2023, to its European fleet. This enlargement of its electric truck fleet will contribute to Holcim’s 2030 goal of…

Hyzon Delivers First Four Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles to Performance Food Group

Hyzon Motors Inc. (Hyzon) (NASDAQ: HYZN), a leading hydrogen fuel cell technology developer and global supplier of zero-emission heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), today announced that it delivered four FCEVs to leading food distributor and supplier Performance Food Group…