From job sites to farms to mines, off-road vehicles are steadily electrifying. Bobcat, an American manufacturer of compact farm and construction equipment, has introduced what it calls the world’s first all-electric skid steer loader, a follow-up to the electric track loader Bobcat introduced two years ago (a skid steer uses differential steering—its wheels or tracks… Read more »
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New version of Chargeway EV routing app embeds real-time charger info for drivers
EV drivers shouldn’t have to understand kilowatts—or drive up to a dead charger. Chargeway has an answer for all that. The Chargeway EV charging app may still be the best electric-car idea you’ve never heard of. Not as well-known or as widely distributed as Plugshare or A Better Route Planner (ABRP), it remains among the… Read more »
Orange EV produces its 1,000th heavy-duty electric terminal truck
Since Orange EV produced its first electric terminal truck in 2015, we’ve seen many a commercial EV manufacturer boom and bust, as Orange quietly went about its business. Now the company is celebrating the production of its 1,000th electric terminal truck. (Terminal trucks, also known as drayage trucks or yard goats, shuttle cargo around ports… Read more »
Electrada and Daimler Truck Financial Services to deliver Charging-as-a-Service
Daimler Truck Financial Services has partnered with Electrada, a fleet electrification solutions company, to offer Electrada’s 360 Charging-as-a-Service solution to medium- and heavy-duty EV fleet operators. The all-in-one solution will be provided to projects with selected customers in the US in the first half of 2024. Electrada’s 360 Charging-as-a-Service (CaaS) is an end-to-end, technology-agnostic system… Read more »
UK auto industry execs slam Sunak’s abandonment of net zero pledges
In UK politics, climate change policies cut across party lines. Boris Johnson’s Tory government set an official goal of reaching “net zero” emissions by 2030. This translated to a wide range of pro-EV policies, and the results can be plainly seen in London, which has become one of the world’s most charged cities. Now Rishi… Read more »
Siemens VersiCharge XL fleet EV charging structure now available
Siemens has announced commercial availability of the VersiCharge XL, a sustainable EV charging structure designed for electrifying fleets at high-demand charging sites. Designed and produced in partnership with Nexii Building Solutions, the VersiCharge XL is comprised of sustainable, low-carbon building materials, and features a modular and scalable design that enables quick and efficient installation. The… Read more »
TITAN Freight Systems receives first battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia
TITAN Freight Systems, a less-than-truckload carrier headquartered in Portland, Oregon, plans to add three battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 trucks to its fleet by the end of the year. The trucks will be manufactured at Daimler Truck North America’s Portland Truck Manufacturing Plant, and delivered by Premier Truck Group of Portland. The new Freightliner eM2… Read more »
bp invests £4 million in fleet optimization software provider Dynamon
US-based venture capital firm bp ventures has made a £4-million investment in Series A funding of UK-based software company Dynamon, which specializes in developing data analytics and simulation tools for commercial transport and logistics companies. The purpose of the funding is to commercialize and scale up Dynamon’s ZERO platform and to expand its operations in… Read more »
Advertising watchdog bans Toyota and Hyundai EV ads over charging time claims
Seemingly every press release about an EV or charging station includes a claim about charging time. “It can charge from X to X% in X minutes…” This is understandable, because it’s the first thing most potential EV buyers ask about (once they become actual EV owners, the fixation on charging time tends to fade). However,… Read more »
Letter from London: Red buses, black cabs and private cars are going electric
Traveling in Europe (and nearby countries) these days is in some ways like traveling to the future. London has been an electrification leader for some years, and the streetscape this summer looks even more electric than it did on my last visit 4 years ago. I saw no evidence of the “hollowing out” of downtown… Read more »