"For the manufacturing process of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, Fraunhofer ISE focuses on the so-called “hybrid route,” a combination of vacuum and wet chemical processes."
The idea of putting solar panels on vehicles has been around for decades. I can’t say how many companies I’ve seen come and go that planned to produce and sell solar-powered cars. It’s just not the safest and most efficient place to deploy solar panels. However, I’ve never really seen … [continued]
Failure to secure an agreement on Weights and Dimensions file would create uncertainty for operators investing in zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles. IRU and T&E call for urgent political support to secure a compromise in the ongoing trilogue negotiations on the Weights and Dimensions Directive, in coordinated letters sent to European Commissioner … [continued]
It was just a bit ago Tesla announced its first semi truck coming off of its high-production line. Now, 370 Tesla semi trucks have been ordered by WattEV. “More than 300 of the Tesla Semis will be deployed under a joint program with the Port of Oakland. Delivery of the … [continued]
Despite our vast distances in Australia, most trucks operate along transport corridors north–south on the east coast. With a will and some investment, this corridor can be electrified. Here are a couple more stories of progress along the route to electrification. It is certainly not China speed and can get … [continued]
Last year, Greenlane shared some details with CleanTechnica about its truck charging expansion in southern California and Arizona. In May of this year, Greenlane announced it is expanding its truck charging offerings into the state of Texas, with charging sites planned for Houston and Dallas along Interstate 45. This area … [continued]
Battery-electric concrete mixers are becoming one of heavy transport’s more interesting electrification stories, not because they are glamorous, but because they are difficult-looking vehicles that are proving easier to electrify than many expected. In China, they have moved from niche to major new-sales category in five years. Outside China, they … [continued]
In the lead-up to the first-ever EU truck CO2 target in 2025, major truckmakers have come to increasingly prioritise their shareholders over making the necessary investments in their own clean transition. In doing so, they risk losing out to new competition. The European Union adopted its first CO2 standards for trucks … [continued]
LAS VEGAS — Today, a group of environmental, health, and environmental justice advocates hosted a press conference outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center during the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo to highlight the benefits of a rapid transition to electric trucks and call out greenwashing by truckmakers such as Volvo and Daimler, … [continued]
Fresh from losing the argument that electric vehicles would ruin your weekend, Australia’s conservative politicians and their media enablers are now hell bent on attacking battery-powered semi-trailers. Of course, they have not admitted that they were wrong about the weekend, and won’t when Twiggy Forrest wins the heavy trucking argument … [continued]
ChatGPT generated infographic showing how electric garbage trucks are moving from pilots to scaled deployment
The electric garbage truck is not the poster child for vehicle electrification. It does not have the consumer glamour of an electric pickup, the political visibility of an electric bus, or the freight-sector drama of battery-electric and hydrogen tractor-trailers fighting for long-haul mindshare (batteries for the win, as usual). It … [continued]
