The Geely Homtruk, An Electric Semi, Is Coming In 2024
The Homtruck electric semi from Geely is expected soon.
The Homtruck electric semi from Geely is expected soon.
The Challenge of Designing Fast Charging EV Stations for Electric Semi Trucks
From smooth, quiet running to industry-leading active safety systems, Volvo VNR electric semis offer plenty of compelling reasons for fleet owners to buy them. Now, there’s even more — 120,000 more to be exact, because the Volvo VNR is now officially eligible for California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus … [continued]
Those of us who follow Tesla closely, and especially those of us who consider the Tesla Semi to be the most exciting Tesla vehicle, were feeling a little bit of excitement rising about the Tesla Semi program. Personally, I was hoping for a surprise announcement sometime later this year that … [continued]
Electric buses, electric garbage trucks, and even electric construction equipment are becoming more and more commonplace in urban landscapes, but there’s still some debate over whether or not battery electric vehicles will take over open-road, long distance trucking any time soon. To help make the case that electric trucking is … [continued]
Europe’s seven largest commercial truck makers have jointly agreed to end the sale of diesel-engined trucks by 2040. Instead, Daf, Daimler, Ford, Iveco, Man, Scania, and Volvo will switch focus to hydrogen fuel cell and battery-electric vehicles, allowing them to achieve their zero-emissions goals a full decade earlier than previously planned.
German tech supplier Bosch steps back from its investment in Nikola Motor not too long after General Motors did the same thing!
Volvo Trucks announced that its full range of heavy duty trucks and haulers would be available with battery-electric drive trains as early as next year. The move is seen as a massive step towards eliminating fossil-fuel use throughout Europe, and a realization of Volvo’s commitment to be a fully “climate-neutral” company by 2040.
EPA & South Coast AQMD spend $21.7M to put 70 Volvo electric trucks on the road and lay the groundwork for an EV revolution!
Mack is on the verge of releasing its heavy-duty, all-electric work trucks to the market at large, and the very first of these is an electric garbage truck that is already on its way to customer hands.