Semi

Elon Musk says that Tesla will bring Tesla Semi, its electric semi truck, to production at Gigafactory Berlin. However, it will be important to start volume production in the US first. The CEO attended the reopening of Gigafactory Berlin after it had to shut down for just over a week following an arson attack that crippled its power supply. Tesla is currently only making the Model Y at Gigafactory Berlin. Local German media are reporting that Musk mentioned at the event that Tesla is looking…

A new 38 port electric truck charging depot and maintenance hub is coming online to service Southern California’s ports and logistics centers, along with 50 new electric trucks from Volvo and Daimler. Today’s charger opening is part of California’s Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI), a cooperation between various levels of California government to increase electric truck deployment, particularly in vulnerable communities. This is the second stage of the JETSI project, with the first stage…

Photo: Eli Ramstad/Norwegian Public Roads Administration For the first time, Norway has used a semi electric truck with 1,000 kWh battery capacity to clear heavy snow on challenging mountain passes. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has been trialing the electric truck as a snow plow on the E6 highway, right over the scenic yet challenging Dovrefjell mountain range. It cleared a hefty snow dump this week, so they’re feeling pretty upbeat about using EVs to keep the winter…

The California Highway Patrol has shared a video of a Tesla Semi electric truck handling a closed icy road. Electric semi trucks are still quite new and there are a lot of naysayers about them. Bill Gates was one of them. He didn’t believe that a battery-electric truck could travel 500 miles, but he was proven wrong by the Tesla Semi. But battery-electric trucks still have a lot to prove. Tesla Semi is working on it by putting in the work. Tesla is operating a fleet of Tesla Semi trucks…

Swiss building materials and solutions provider Holcim took a significant step towards meeting its stated sustainability goals by placing an absolutely MASSIVE order for 1,000 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric semi trucks. (!) Mercedes-Benz just launched its new battery-electric semi in October of last year, and the order from Holcim is by far their largest, yet — but it’s not a move that’s completely surprising, given the long history of partnership between the two brands in Europe. “Holcim is…

The port cartage and drayage specialists at Coyote Container successfully completed a 400-mile delivery in a Nikola Tre semi truck powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. William Hall, Managing Member and Founder of Coyote Container, drove the hydrogen Nikola over the hilly, 400-mile route that took the truck and its 17.7 ton trailer through California’s Altamont Pass and Grapevine Canyon on the I-5 interstate between the Port of Oakland and the Port of Los Angeles in Long Beach. One part of the trip,…

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…

Tesla finally moved forward with Gigafactory Nevada expansion for Tesla Semi and 4680 cells a year after the original announcement. Tesla Gigafactory Nevada was the first major step in Tesla’s effort to secure battery cell supply for its ambitious growth. The automaker partnered with Panasonic to deploy new battery cell production capacity at the facility, and Tesla used those cells to build battery packs for its vehicles and energy storage products. When originally announcing the plan for…

In a high-stakes operation, a Texas SWAT team resorted to a robot battering ram to end a dramatic hours-long standoff with the driver of  semi truck on a Houston highway on December 27th. The standoff, which caused significant traffic disruption, concluded with the driver sustaining only minor injuries. The incident unfolded around 1 p.m. local time when deputies noticed the truck stalled on Interstate 10 in East Houston. As they approached, the truck unexpectedly drove away, leading to a slow chase. Authorities…

In a world dominated by fully automatic washing machines,Samsung 7kg semi-automatic washing machine models hold their own. These machines offer a unique blend of affordability, efficiency, and user control, making them a compelling choice for many households. Unlike their fully automatic counterparts,Samsung semi-auto washers require some manual intervention. They typically have two separate drums: one for washing and one for drying. Users fill the washing drum with clothes and water,…