A new super-sized electric truck from the company Scania is hitting the road in Norway. Photo courtesy of Scania.
“Don’t weaken CO2 standards for trucks,” European businesses urge the EU, as they signal strong demand for electric Dear President of the European Commission Ms Ursula von der Leyen, Dear Executive Vice-Presidents, Dear Commissioners, We are writing as European businesses and organisations committed to the decarbonisation of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). … [continued]
Reach stackers look like difficult battery applications, but their short-distance, high-power duty cycle and natural charging opportunities increasingly favour electrification.
A reach stacker looks like exactly the sort of machine batteries should struggle with. Large models can weigh more than 70 tonnes before picking anything up, then lift loaded shipping containers weighing another 40 tonnes or more several rows deep and several containers high. They work in busy freight terminals … [continued]
As EU hauliers face another diesel price shock, electrification offers the only realistic option to protect them against future oil crises. Electric trucks deliver a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) in six out of nine major EU markets, which together account for 46% of all new heavy trucks sold … [continued]
Ports need more investment for bigger ships, resilience and decarbonization just as some of the bulk cargoes that funded them begin to decline.
Ports are being asked to make infrastructure decisions that will last thirty, forty or fifty years while several of the assumptions that paid for their existing infrastructure are changing at the same time. Ships are getting larger, requiring deeper channels, larger cranes and more capable tug fleets. Climate disruption is … [continued]
Tugboats combine brief demands for very high thrust with repeated operation inside the same ports, making their duty cycle unusually well suited to electrification.
Tugboats do not initially look like good candidates for battery propulsion. A harbour tug has to shove, pull and control ships weighing tens or hundreds of thousands of tonnes, sometimes in wind, current and confined channels where losing thrust is not an acceptable outcome. Modern ship-assist tugs consequently carry propulsion … [continued]
Ferry charger for electric-powered ferry at Sulesund. (Photo by Johan Holmquist for Innovajon Norge)
IT HAS been almost a year since the first Norway-Philippines Electric Ferries Conference was held in Manila in November 2025, and interest in electric and hybrid propulsion for ferries appears to be gaining some traction. The conference brought Norwegian ferry and maritime technology companies together with Philippine government agencies, ferry … [continued]
DNV says shore power, plug-in hybrids and fully electric ships could materially reduce future shipping fuel demand, but those pathways sit outside the simulation producing its headline 2050 fuel requirement.
DNV’s new Maritime Forecast to 2050 puts a very large number on shipping’s future demand for low-carbon molecules. In its strongest global-regulation scenario, internationally operating ships above 400 gross tonnes require about 185 million tonnes of oil equivalent of low-GHG fuel in 2050, roughly 7.7 to 7.8 exajoules. That implies … [continued]
SAN PABLO CITY, Philippines — The Philippines’ first locally designed and built electric passenger ferry is no longer just a demonstration project. It is now carrying passengers on the Pasig River in Metro Manila. The M/B Dalaray was developed by engineers at the University of the Philippines Diliman with funding from … [continued]
HANOVER, Germany — Stellantis Pro One brought a broad selection of electric commercial vehicles to IAA Transportation 2026, with battery-electric vans and smaller urban delivery vehicles making up a substantial part of its display–a total of 13 commercial vehicles from its Citroën, Fiat Professional, Opel and Peugeot brands on its stand … [continued]
A new heavy duty, long haul electric truck from Scania sports an extended front and extra battery packs, achieving a driving range of almost 720 kilometers (about 474 miles) on a single charge (courtesy of Scania via Cision).
A new heavy duty, long haul electric truck from Scania sports an extended front and extra battery packs, achieving a driving range of almost 720 kilometers (about 474 miles) on a single charge.
