Pilot Travel Centers, in cooperation with GM and EVgo, is building a new national fast EV charging network. Now the company has opened the first 17 locations, located in 13 states. The partners aim to deploy fast charging at around 25 Pilot and Flying J travel centers by the end of 2023, and at 200… Read more »
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A Look at the Polaris Off-Road/On-Road EV Charging Pilot
Join this session where we will discuss the early learnings from a first-of-its-kind off-road/on-road electric vehicle charging infrastructure pilot located in the rural Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Presented by Polaris, the maker of the all-electric RANGER XP Kinetic UTV. Presented by: Kevin Dwyer, Sr. Project Engineer – Global Electrification, Polaris
U.S. Steel pilots battery-electric locomotives
U.S. Steel has converted two of its diesel switcher locomotives at the Mon Valley Works’ Edgar Thomson and Clairton Plants to battery-electric drive. The locomotives travel within the facilities carrying steel, coke, scrap metal, iron ore and other materials. U.S. Steel invested some $2.3 million in the locomotives. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection provided… Read more »
GreenPower highlights key findings from electric school bus pilot program
GreenPower Motor Company, a manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty EVs, recently announced the results from an electric school bus pilot program in West Virginia (a successful pilot, as it resulted in school bus orders for the company). GreenPower shared its findings at the recent Green Bus Summit in Reno, Nevada. The nine-month pilot program covered… Read more »
Caltrain to pilot battery-electric train
Caltrain, a commuter rail line serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley, is in the process of electrifying its system to enable electric trains to operate from San Jose to San Francisco. Now the transit agency has received funding to pilot a dual electric/battery-powered train. The California Transportation Commission approved funding for one… Read more »
Turner Construction pilots Volvo EC230 Electric excavator
One of the world’s largest construction companies is now testing one of the world’s largest EVs. Turner Construction Company is conducting a pilot of Volvo Construction Equipment’s 23-ton EC230 Electric excavator. Turner is using the e-excavator on a light manufacturing reconfiguration project for Applied Materials in Silicon Valley. The enormous EV will be used for… Read more »
Lyten opens pilot line in the US to produce lithium-sulfur batteries
Battery material supplier Lyten has commissioned a lithium-sulfur battery pilot line with a capacity of 200,000 cells per year at its facility in Silicon Valley. It will begin delivering commercial battery cells to early-adopting customers within the defense, automotive, logistics and satellite sectors in 2023. The Lyten battery pilot line will produce lithium-sulfur cells in… Read more »
Bollinger Motors begins pilot builds of its electric B4 chassis cab
Bollinger Motors has begun design validation pilot builds of its B4 electric Class 4 chassis cabs for testing and demonstration. Manufacturing of the pilot vehicles kicked off in partnership with Roush Industries at its facility in Livonia, Michigan. The first 5 completed chassis cabs are expected to roll out this summer, and at least 15… Read more »
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling to use Volvo VNR Electric trucks in pilot program
Volvo Trucks North America has announced that its electric trucks will be used by Coca-Cola Canada Bottling as part of a pilot program in the Greater Montreal Area. Coke Canada operates a fleet of 650 heavy-duty trucks. On April 13, Volvo Trucks hosted a demo day for delivery drivers, who learned to extend range by maximizing… Read more »