Toyota’s commitment to fuel cell technology is evidenced with the recent introduction of the company’s second iteration of its Toyota Project Portal hydrogen fuel-cell electric Class 8 semi-truck.
UPS announced that it would be testing Thor’s new, medium-duty, fully-electric trucks. Developed with input from UPS, the electric trucks will reportedly have a range of about 100 miles and are expected to be ready for deployment later this year.
Daimler, the world’s biggest truck-maker best known in the U.S. for its Freightliner brand, unveiled two new battery-powered models as it looks to protect its market dominance. One, an all-electric Class 8 big rig called the Freightliner eCascadia, will compete directly with Tesla’s semi-truck, the Semi.
We have plans to release several derivatives over the next few years including 16 battery electric vehicles and 24 battery electric hybrids, for a total of 40 new models. We asked ourselves what will Ford’s strengths be that our customers would love?
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.
Toyota created a set of challenges for itself that go beyond just minimizing the company’s global environmental impact and aspire to set goals that allow the company to build a net positive change to the global environment.
This week, Mercedes-Benz Trucks introduced the Mercedes-Benz eActros. An initial test fleet of 10 trucks will be deployed with customers in Europe in a few weeks. Mercedes plans to begin full-scale production of the eActros in 2021.
In addition to the usual diesel- and gasoline-powered models, the truck and carmaker Daimler revealed an all-electric Mercedes-Benz eSprinter.
Industry giant Volvo Group announced this week that it will sell electric trucks in North America; but it’s not saying when electric Volvo Trucks will appear.
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.