Last year, Volvo Trucks started delivering heavy electric trucks to its customers in South Africa. In another major boost for the uptake of heavy electric trucks in South Africa, Volvo Trucks South Africa has now launched Equipment-as-a-Service (EaaS) model for electric truck rentals in the country. The local Volvo electric … [continued]
Before I got into EVs, I was into hypermiling. When everyone else around the shop and the school parking lot were talking about getting more power and lower times, I started to wonder if there was a way to come up with a more efficient commuter that wasn’t a busted … [continued]
Tech Progress, Supportive Policies, and Infrastructure Investments Drive Down Costs and Spur Technology Adoption Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) account for just 5% of vehicles on the road in the United States, yet they are responsible for 21% of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing MHDV emissions is vital to mitigating … [continued]
Ain’t nobody got time for a low or flat tire, especially if you’re in a pickup truck, off-roading somewhere remote (not that this has ever happened to me…). I was able to try out the portable and cordless Fanttik X9 Ultra Tire Inflator on a Toyota Tacoma and was pleased … [continued]
In some recent videos, we’ve seen Out of Spec pit a Cybertruck, a Rivian R1T, a Silverado EV, and an F-150 Lightning against each other in races across the country (final results not released yet), range to dead testing, and more. Now, the channel has given the four trucks a … [continued]
Norway has set a target for all new trucks sold in the country to be electric by 2030. That will require adding many new charging stations capable of providing at least one megawatt of power.
This EV charging solution isn’t the most environmentally friendly one, but given that it’s only used to provide a few miles of range to get back to a charger after running dead, it’s not that big of a deal.
Recently, a number of popular EV guys from YouTube took a trip across the United States in four electric trucks to see whose truck would get across the South and Southwest first. The Cybertruck, of course, would rely on Tesla’s Superchargers. The F-150 Lightning was able to play on either … [continued]
Annually, trucks in the United States move 10 billion tons of goods over 300 billion miles. This travel emits more than 400 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent — 23 percent of the US transportation sector’s carbon footprint. With this sizeable contribution to emissions, electrifying medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles will … [continued]
Turin, Italy and Seoul, South Korea — Hyundai Motor Company and Iveco Group (EXM: IVG) are strengthening their partnership to drive innovation in the commercial vehicle sector. Today the two companies signed a Letter of Intent (LOI), reinforcing their partnership with a forward view towards electric heavy-duty truck solutions, including both … [continued]
