electric trucking

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Until this month, the U.S. had only one all-electric automaker, the all-mighty Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA).  Last week, Rivian Automotive Inc. rolled its first pickup truck for regular customers off its assembly line in its Normal, Illinois plant with first deliveries just around the corner....

Carrier profitability is tight. The driver shortage is worsening. Sustainability efforts are in the spotlight with a focus on the greening of commercial transportation. Trucking industry insurance rates continue to climb due to fatal accidents and costly verdicts. While there are technological...

Troubled electric delivery van manufacturer Workhorse Group is the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission probe, the latest electric truck company drawing scrutiny over short-seller allegations of shady business practices. The investigation surfaced Wednesday as part of a report by Fuzzy...

A reporter's notebook from the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach, California Like coins dropped into a jar at the end of the day, the number of heavy-duty electric trucks continues to grow by nickels, dimes, and quarters. But measuring success requires more than counting up pocket...

Electric commercial vehicle maker VIA Motors is being acquired by Ideanomics in a deal that values the company at $450 million. Under the terms, Ideanomics (NASDAQ: IDEX) will purchase Orem, Utah-based VIA in an all-stock transaction, with VIA stockholders receiving 162 million shares of...

CARSON, Calif. — Is this thing running? The fuel cell powertrain in the Hyzon Motors Class 8 Freightliner 2022 Cascadia-based demonstration truck is so quiet that a windows-down ride on Interstate 405 in Southern California allowed shouting-free conversation.  Oh, and the truck emits no pollution...

Longtime automotive supplier executive Daniel Ninivaggi will take over as CEO at struggling Lordstown Motors Corp. (NASDAQ: RIDE), where legal, financial, and production woes contribute to the company's repeated declaration that it might not be in business a year from now. The startup still plans...

This week, we're talking trash. Not what's in it, but what moves it. The frequent stop-and-go operation of garbage trucks make them ideal for electrification. So why aren't they being adopted more quickly? Waste Not Is there a better vehicle candidate for electrification than the unlovable...

Autonomous trucking software leader TuSimple is running six months ahead of schedule in building out the first phase of its autonomous freight network, and should reach Charlotte, North Carolina, and Orlando, Florida, by the end of the year. TuSimple Holdings (NASDAQ: TSP) on Wednesday opened a...

The departure of Jerome Guillen, who was overseeing the oft-delayed Tesla Semi program, renews questions about when the electric trucks will be on the road as more than prototypes. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) announced Guillen's departure Monday in a two-sentence filing with the Securities and Exchange...

Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) is paying $50 million to settle claims that it overcharged the U.S. Marines for suspension systems on armored military vehicles, clearing another issue ahead of its merger with Volkswagen AG's TRATON Group. The allegations against Navistar Defense LLC,...

Trucks idling in lines to check in at distribution centers due to inefficient yard operations have no place in the "yard of the future," Andrew Smith, CEO and founder of Outrider, told FreightWaves. In this future yard, electric trucks autonomously and efficiently reshuffle and move trailers from...

Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) booked its largest order of electric last-mile delivery vans to date. But the order is contingent on Workhorse being able to fulfill it. Pride Group Enterprises, which operates 17 retail and rental truck locations in the U.S. and Canada, ordered 6,320 vans for...

Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) will deploy 70 Class 8 electric heavy-duty trucks in Southern California using $21.7 million in air-quality improvement grants. The money is from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD). Volvo is...