Sany Group has announced four new off-highway electric vehicles including excavators, crawler cranes, telehandlers and e-rollers. The new SCC2000A-EV is Sany’s largest pure electric lattice boom crawler crane. It features a 422 kWh high-capacity CATL battery that will support up to nine hours of operation. The SCC2000A-EV uses a 234 kW Danfoss motor that the… Read more »
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Kenworth launches two new battery-electric trucks
Kenworth introduced two new battery-electric trucks at the recent ACT Expo: the T880E, a Class 8 vocational electric truck for the North American truck market; and the Next Generation T680E, designed for short and regional haul, LTL and drayage operations. Both are now available for order from Kenworth dealers in the US and Canada, and… Read more »
Walmart to own and operate EV charging stations at thousands of locations by 2030
As anyone who makes long drives in an EV will tell you, we need more public DC fast charging. Well, help is on the way. Back in 2023, Walmart announced plans to install chargers at thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations by 2030. Now the company has opened up three locations on a pilot… Read more »
Volvo and Putzmeister showcase battery-electric concrete pump truck
Volvo Trucks and German manufacturer Putzmeister have developed an electric concrete pump truck to be delivered to the Swedish construction company Swerock. The concrete pump was developed in response to a request from Swerock, which is a long-time customer of Volvo Trucks. The four-axle electric pump truck has a total weight of 32 tonnes and… Read more »
A new report suggests US EV charging networks are slowly improving—and getting more prevalent
EV charging stations: more plugs, standardized pricing, and reliability rises a little. The whole topic of charging an electric vehicle remains a mystery to EV-curious car shoppers. Dealership sales staff often know little more than their customers. YouTube videos with horror stories about dead public charging stations, long lines, and slow charging—not to mention outright… Read more »
UK EV charging provider Paua adds Milence’s high-power electric truck charging sites to its network
Paua, a UK-based EV charging network for fleets, has partnered with charging solution provider Milence. Paua will integrate Milence’s high-power charging sites for electric trucks into its network, allowing fleet customers to gain access to Milence’s strategically-located charging hubs using Paua’s charging platform. Paua’s EV fleet charging platform provides seamless access to a UK-wide network… Read more »
Tadano debuts 100-ton rough-terrain electric crane
Japanese firm Tadano, considered one of the largest manufacturers of hydraulic cranes in the world, has released its new eGR-1000XLL-1 EVOLT, a 100-ton electric rough-terrain crane that offers customers the same lifting capacity as its diesel fuel-powered counterpart. The company’s founder started as a steel fabricator in 1919 and founded Tadano in 1948 as a… Read more »
Ford distributes 140,000 free NACS EV charging adapters
Tesla announced plans to open up its Supercharger network to drivers of other brands’ EVs some years ago, but making this a reality remains a work in progress. EVs equipped with a CCS connector need an adapter to work with Tesla’s NACS (also known as SAE J3400) connector, and the Supercharger network’s software must be… Read more »
Wallbox opens pre-orders for Quasar 2 bidirectional charger
EV charging hardware manufacturer Wallbox has taken a step towards the day that EV drivers will be able to use the batteries in their vehicles to provide backup power for their homes and to save money on their electric bills. The company is now taking pre-orders for its new bidirectional DC charger, the Quasar 2,… Read more »
Felten introduces Charge Qube mobile EV charging solution for remote, temporary or semi-permanent site
Battery pack maker Felten has announced the debut of its new mobile energy storage product, the Charge Qube. The Charge Qube is a rapidly-deployable, modular mobile battery energy storage system (BESS) that repurposes second-life batteries and ISO containers. “The Charge Qube delivers immediate energy solutions for fleet operators, public charging stations, construction sites and remote… Read more »
