Q&A with EO Charging’s John Walsh How is providing charging infrastructure for EV fleets like running a web site or a cell phone network? All of these worthy endeavors (among others) depend on a stack, which is a hip way of describing a system of interrelated hardware and software products that function together. Some layers… Read more »
Search Results Found For: "proterra"
Synop is one of the few doing V2G projects commercially: Q&A with co-founder
Q&A with Synop co-founder Gagan Dhillon Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is a hot topic—many EV industry execs say it has the potential to transform the transport and energy industries (we hear the term “game-changing” a lot). However, others have told Charged that they expect it to be more of a niche technology, useful only in certain… Read more »
Bus maker Gillig acquires assets from Lightning eMotors, launches new engineering center in Colorado
The commercial EV market has always been a volatile one, and several high-profile startups, including Proterra, have recently gone belly-up. Fortunately, larger (and presumably better-funded) companies have been snapping up their assets. In the latest rising-from-the-ashes deal, Gillig, one of the largest US manufacturers of transit buses, announced that wholly-owned subsidiary Gerco has acquired select… Read more »
The heavy-duty electric truck market could break out in 2024
Electrifying heavy-duty trucks is essential if we’re to fight climate change and air pollution, but the pace of the transition has been painfully slow—many, many pilots, but few truly large-scale orders. For example, shipping giant Schneider acquired 92 Freightliner eCascadias in 2023—a good start, but only that, considering that the company currently operates over 10,000… Read more »
Volta Trucks becomes the latest electric truck maker to file for bankruptcy
Electric truck makers are having a rough time these days, as rising interest rates make fundraising harder. The German company B-ON, maker of the Streetscooter, filed for insolvency in September. In the latest chapter of Lordstown Motors’ colorful history, a bankruptcy court approved the sale of the company’s assets to its founder. Arrival is undergoing… Read more »
Amtrak puts its first electric bus into service
Amtrak has replaced a diesel-powered bus on the Pacific Northwest’s Cascades route with its first electric bus. Amtrak uses buses all over the US to run thruway connecting services, which are scheduled to connect with Amtrak trains. The new electric bus will run between Seattle and Bellingham, filling the gap between the morning and evening… Read more »
Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks
Q&A with electric truck expert Rustam Kocher Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up a small fraction of the vehicles on the road, but they generate a disproportionate amount of pollution. Therefore, electrifying them is critical to reducing emissions. Furthermore, the case for electric trucks and buses would seem to be an easy one to make…. Read more »
Nikola liquidates Romeo’s battery assembly assets: auction ends July 13
Electric truck maker Nikola is liquidating the assets of battery maker Romeo Power, which it acquired last August for about $144 million. Nikola, which also sources batteries from LG Energy Solution and Proterra, hoped that bringing battery manufacturing in-house would enable operational improvement and cost reductions. For whatever reasons, it doesn’t seem to have worked… Read more »
Electric truck expert: Tesla Semi is a great product, but may struggle against more established OEMs
The market for heavy-duty electric trucks is heating up—long-established OEMs and startups alike are moving on from the pilot stage, and filling substantial orders from customers. During a recent conversation with Rustam Kocher, once Charging Infrastructure Lead at Daimler Trucks North America and now a consultant (watch for the full interview in the next print… Read more »
South Carolina to deploy 160 Thomas Built electric school buses
Electric school buses are not just for blue states. The South Carolina Department of Education will deploy 160 Thomas Built Buses electric school buses over the next year. The deployment will be funded entirely by the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program. Thomas Built Buses and its partner Proterra (which has a manufacturing facility in the… Read more »
