The non-profit North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) is all about pushing environmentally beneficial, cost-effective efficiencies in the trucking industry, which they back up with deep research and real-world data. After studying the developing battery electric (BE) truck market, they came up with a balanced list that gave plenty of ammunition for both sides of the big rig EV discussion.
SF Motors unveiled an upscale crossover electric vehicle and showed off some of the company’s technology. While the car itself may be a bit of a me-too (high-power, connected, autonomous-capable in a conventional SUV coupe-like shape), the back story of the technology this well-funded formerly stealth start-up has developed tells a much more interesting story.
Ford Future was on show this week—its cars and trucks are getting electrified. The subtext was: Ford is not going to be left behind, but the company is also not going to step away from its cash cow pickups and SUVs.
The best evidence will be shown to the European public for the first time this week at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. The Polestar 1 will be the flagship of this new sub-brand focused on electric performance.
Something special happened this week and we just want to let you know. Clean Fleet Report published its 1,000th story.
Chevrolet announced that its 2019 Chevrolet Silverado pickup will get a healthy dose of car tech along with a stout diesel engine that will allow it to go toe-to-toe with the just-announced 2019 Ford F-150 diesel and two incumbents, the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel and Nissan Titan XD.
Hyundai announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that an all-new fuel cell electric vehicle, the Hyundai Nexo, is coming in late 2018 as a 2019 model.
Green Car Journal awarded its 2018 Green Car of the Year trophy to the Honda Clarity family of vehicles, which comes as a fuel cell electric, battery electric or plug-in hybrid.
The incremental cost of the Delphi 48-Volt system is in the hundreds of dollars to the OEM, according to Delphi. The company expects systems like this to grab 20 percent of the new car market by 2025.
This has been a great year for us, but we think 2018 promises to be even more exciting. Glad to have you along for the ride.