Volkswagen has formed a new subsidiary to manage its $2 billion penance for the dirty diesel scandal. The new company, Electrify America, will be based in Reston, Virginia, and Volkswagen Group of America Chief Operating Officer Mark McNabb will serve as its CEO. Electrify America will build and maintain a “high-speed, cross-country” network of over… Read more »
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Making The Move: The Road to School Bus Electrification
Join us for a fireside chat with Kevin Matthews, Head of Electrification at First Student. In the session, we will explore the realities, pitfalls, lessons learned, and successful outcomes on the road to electrifying school fleets at scale across the US and North America. Presented by: Kevin Matthews , Head of Electrification, First Student
Software and maintenance—the keys to making fleet EV charging work?
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 »
Bollinger Motors counts down to September start of production for new B4 electric truck
Bollinger Motors, a US manufacturer of all-electric commercial chassis cab trucks, has announced it plans to start production of the Bollinger B4 on September 16, 2024. The B4 is a chassis cab electric truck. Thus far only pre-production evaluation vehicles have been manufactured but, in a few weeks, saleable B4 trucks will be coming down… Read more »
Revel to develop EV fast charging site with 42 stalls in Los Angeles
Revel, the urban EV infrastructure provider, has signed its first lease in Los Angeles. Revel is planning to develop 42 fast charging stalls on a 19,000-square-foot lot next to the Crypto.com Arena and LA Convention Center. Revel’s new Downtown LA Charging Station is slated to open in 2026. Revel operates a network of fast charging… Read more »
Daimler Truck partners with Salem Carriers and Electrada on logistics electrification project
Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), based in Portland, Oregon, and Salem Carriers, a dedicated contract logistics company headquartered in North Carolina, have collaborated to electrify DTNA’s inbound logistics operations at the Salem Carriers hub near Charlotte. Also involved are Daimler Truck Financial Services (DTFS) and Electrada, a fleet electrification services company headquartered in Cincinnati, which… Read more »
Oakland school district now has a 100% electric, V2G-capable school bus fleet
The transition to electric school buses is well underway in California—school districts in the state had ordered over 2,000 electric buses as of late 2023. In May, the Oakland Unified school district announced the conversion of its entire school bus fleet to EVs. (And none too soon—the American Lung Association recently reported that the Bay… Read more »
First Student receives $200 million in third EPA school bus funding round
US-based school transportation provider First Student has received $200 million in rebates from the third round of funding of the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program. The new funding brings First Student’s total program awards to $401 million across the three funding rounds. This round will enable the company to deploy up to an additional 670… Read more »
Einride orders 150 Peterbilt 579EV electric semi tractors for its US fleet
American truck brand Peterbilt has announced its biggest electric semi sale to date: 150 of the company’s 579EV battery-electric trucks to Swedish transport company Einride. This fleet of new EVs will service Einride’s North American customers. Einride’s Freight Capacity as a Service offerings are designed to make it easy for fleets to go electric by… Read more »
Daimler Truck continues to choose Proterra battery technology for electric school buses and delivery vehicles
Proterra’s August bankruptcy filing sent a shock wave through the EV industry, partly because several EV builders depend on Proterra’s well-respected battery technology. Fortunately, the Volvo Group quickly snapped up the company’s battery business, and it appears that business as usual will continue. Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has announced plans to use Proterra’s battery… Read more »