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DHL was the first major company to put an all-electric class 8 yard truck into service in 2015. Now, DHL has 50 electric yard trucks from Orange EV in its logistics fleet, with plans to fully phase out diesel trucks by 2025. Whether you call them terminal trucks, yard dogs, mules, or anything else, these heavy-duty trucks do work that’s ideally suited to electrification. It’s all low-speed, extreme-torque, short distance, high-precision operation, all the time. And the quiet, vibration-free, instant…

When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was at risk than just $108 million worth of development and equipment. The agency earned the ire of the Native American Navajo people, who made a bid to stop the launch because of an unusual inclusion in the payload.China's Plan to Land Astronauts on the MoonThe Peregrine lander (which completed its controlled re-entry into the atmosphere late last week) was carrying human ashes, including those of famed science fiction author…

DHL Group is making some interesting moves in its efforts to decarbonize its operations, deploying mail-carrying robots in Germany, flying delivery drones in Tanzania and lining up all-electric cargo planes for the US. Its latest steps mightn’t be its most adventurous but aren’t any less significant, with the logistics giant placing an order for 2,000 electric Transit vans with Ford.DHL Group's new vehicles arrive via an agreement between it and Ford to ramp up the use of electric vans for logistics around the world, and…

Delivery giant DHL and Club holding Ford Motor (F) struck an electric van and software deal that bolsters the automaker's multipronged EV strategy, an approach that's central to why we own the stock. The news DHL will acquire 2,000 Ford E-Transit cargo vans by the end of 2023, the companies announced Monday. The agreement also includes access to Ford Pro's fleet management software and charging programs. Ford Pro is the company's commercial vehicle division. DHL— owned by Germany's Deutsche Post — said it has already…

<!----> Ford Pro and Deutsche Post DHL Group sign a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at speeding up electrification of delivery van fleet Ford Pro and Deutsche Post DHL Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the deployment of electrified vans used for…

Ford Pro, the automaker’s software and commercial fleet division, announced today it has entered into a new agreement with logistics leader Deutsche Post DHL Group (DHL). The deal is designed to accelerate electric van deployment, starting with Ford supplying over 2,000 E-Transit EV vans to DHL by the end of 2023. Ford unveiled the E-Transit in November 2020. It’s the fully electric version of the automaker’s best-selling cargo van that’s popular among commercial customers. The introduction…

DHL is turning to Ford for help to electrify 60 percent of its delivery fleet by the end of the decade. On Monday, the automaker’s Pro division announced it would supply the logistics company with 2,000 E-Transit electric vans by the end of 2023. The order is part of a €7 billion investment DHL has set aside through the end of the decade to build a zero-emissions fleet. Ford notes it has already delivered some of the vans covered by the deal to DHL, and that the vehicles are handling express deliveries throughout Europe…

Many years ago, or so it seems, Elon Musk announced the semi truck. Now we may finally see them on the roads.Photo: Veronique DuPont / AFP (Getty Images)Amid revived drama with Twitter that’s causing whiplash across the internet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is doing one of the things he’s best at: distracting the public with a shiny new statement. On Thursday evening, Musk tweeted that Tesla would finally deliver its long-promised semi trucks, an all-electric vehicle the company says iscapable of traveling 500 miles (805…

A vicious Gmail scam which used to steal financial data of victims has made its return. The scam uses a very unique method to trap people. Know how it works and how to protect yourself. Gmail scam: In 2021, during the second wave of the pandemic, a new scam broke out. On the surface, it was just a new take on the classic phishing scam, but it added a new layer to it which made duping people easier. For the unaware, phishing scams are those scams where scammers…

DHL, the logistics giant, announced a deal with Volvo Trucks to cooperate on accelerating the electrification of its operations – starting with ordering a large fleet of electric trucks. DHL has been early amongst the big logistics companies to realize the potential of electrification in helping its business. The company quickly realized that converting its fleet to electric vehicles would save a lot of money in gas savings and maintenance – on top of the environmental benefits, of course. It was so convinced…