Electric Trucks

The iconic Mack Trucks brand has been taking the medium duty market by storm, bringing big truck features and functionality to the segment like never before. The market has responded, and Mack is selling as many as they can make — so they’re going to start making more. Mack Trucks has announced plans to add 72,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space to their existing Roanoke, VA, adding significant capacity for their hot-selling Mack MD models and making room for what Mack calls, “an emerging…

Commercial Trailer Leasing (CTL) recently announced a groundbreaking partnership with Orange EV to bring a fleet of zero-emission electric yard trucks to various terminals across the US. With more than 1,000 pure-electric Class 8 terminal trucks already put in operation in terminals across the country over the last eight years, Orange EV has established itself as a go-to provider of electrified yard dogs, drayage trucks, terminal haulers, hostlers, spotters, shunt trucks, yard horses, goats, and…

By packing batteries and an electric drive axle into a tandem trailer that fits between a conventional semi truck and trailer, Revoy EV promises to “electrify” trucking and cut a fleet’s fuel bill in half. It sounds amazing – but eleven tons of questions remain. The Revoy EV concept is deceptively simple. A tractor’s 5th wheel pairs up with the Revoy’s hitch. Then the trailer that the semi is set to haul attaches to the Revoy’s 5th wheel. Some AI embedded in the Revoy’s electronic control units…

Ford Pro will collaborate with global sustainability leaders Ecolab to speed up the electrification of its vehicle fleet, with a goal of transitioning to a 100% fully electric commercial fleet by 2030. Ecolab has worked with Ford to reduce and reuse water in Ford’s manufacturing plants since 1925, and the two companies’ joint release celebrates that nearly century of collaboration. Ecolab’s journey towards 100% fleet electrification will begin in California with the conversion of its sales and…

Canadian grocery chain Loblaw announced that its doubled the size of its fleet of zero-emission semi trucks by deploying 10 new, battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 trucks in Vancouver. The new Freightliner eCascadia electric semi trucks were initially delivered to Loblaw late last month, and are now in full operation throughout Vancouver and British Columbia. “(The city of) Vancouver stood out as the ideal location,” says Wayne Scott, senior director of maintenance at Loblaw…

This week, Caterpillar successfully demonstrated a prototype of an all-new battery electric underground mining truck at its Australian proving grounds, making it the latest addition to a rapidly-growing portfolio of battery electric and semi-autonomous mining machines. Cat has been on something of a roll lately, announcing new OEM-level collaborations and showing off more additions to its electric equipment ecosystem almost continuously since the launch of its 793 above-ground electric mining truck…

Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO of German heavy truck maker MAN Truck & Bus, told reporters that it was, “impossible for hydrogen to effectively compete with battery electric trucks.” But if that’s true, why is MAN still working on hydrogen fuel cell technology? Whether you find yourself among industry insiders or a group of keyboard warriors on Facebook, odds are you’ll have no trouble finding someone willing to argue that hydrogen, not batteries, will be powering the vehicles of tomorrow. But one…

With manufacturing kinks still to be worked out, Tesla delivered the first dozen or so of its futuristic Cybertruck pickups to customers Thursday, two years behind the original schedule amid uncertainty over when large-scale production will begin.CEO Elon Musk showed off the angular electric trucks with an event at the company’s factory outside of Austin, Texas, that was broadcast on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that he bought last year.The ceremony started with Musk driving the truck on a stage…

Last Updated: December 01, 2022, 16:28 ISTLordstown Motors Shipping Out First Batch of Electric Trucks. (Photo: Lordstown Motors)The company announced that the first units of the initial batch of 500 trucks were leaving the plant after they passed safety testsCommercial electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors has received approval to ship the first batch of its first model, the Endurance pickup.The company announced Tuesday that the first units of the initial batch of 500 trucks were leaving the plant after they passed…

When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you’ll picture a car. But there’s a quiet revolution going on in transport. It turns out electrification can work wonders for almost all of our transport options, from electric bikes to motorbikes to buses to freight trains and even to tractors and heavy trucks. There will soon be no need to burn petrol and diesel in an internal combustion engine. This matters, because electric transport will be vital in our efforts to stem climate change. If all cars on the road became…