Elon Musk’s DC Visit Stirs EV Charging Standardization Pot, Again
With EV charging standardization still up in the air, Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes to Washington.
With EV charging standardization still up in the air, Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes to Washington.
GM and Navistar will collaborate to make long haul trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Do they know something the people at Scania don’t?
US researchers spark new electric vehicle battery battle with breakthrough on reversible lithium metal energy storage technology.
The US Energy Dept. is aiming a green hydrogen fuel cell truck mashup straight at the heart of coal, oil, and natural gas.
Representatives of several large truck manufacturers told the audience at the ACT Expo last week that they favor not changing the fuel economy rules put in place by the Obama administration.
You can add another competitor who has its sights on Tesla in the emerging electric truck (e-truck) industry. Actually, we wrote about some of trucking giant Navistar’s plans in October (not to mention its autonomous trucking plans), but recent comments seemed noteworthy themselves.
The commercial trucking company Navistar International and Volkswagen AG’s Truck and Bus will be jointly launching an electric medium-duty truck in the North American market by late 2019, company execs have revealed.
Proterra and LG Chem are blowing the lid off a new battery cell that the pair have co-developed. The announcement comes as Proterra brings its new battery manufacturing facility online, which is capable of cranking out over 500 MWh of high-voltage packs per year for its heavy-duty electric vehicles.
The tech that would allow for fully autonomous semi truck travel in limited circumstances, such as on highways, should arrive on “this side of 2025” — though, commercial adoption may have to wait, depending upon regulatory actions — according to the CEO of truck manufacturer Navistar International.
Electric cars are pretty great, for a number of reasons. They’re also expensive and there isn’t a lot of infrastructure to support them (yet), but apparently a number of US transport industry stakeholders feel that the advantages are enough to kickstart a national electric vehicle […]