News: Volvo Announces Electric Trucks To Come To North America–Sometime
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.
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News: Thor Electric Semi To Challenge Tesla’s Battery Truck
Thor has become the name of a Los Angeles-based startup that plans to bring its heavy-duty Class 8 electric truck to market before the battery-powered Tesla Semi hits the streets in late 2019.
News: Tesla Semi & Roadster Surprise
The Tesla Semi truck promises to be the same kind of distrupter than Tesla cars have been in the light-duty market.
Flash Drive: 2017 Chanje V8070
The Chanje V8070’s ground-up design as an electric truck for the U.S. market gives it an edge. He added that the evolving economics of this class of fleet electric vehicle should allow it to compete at “price parity” with existing diesel models because of lower operating costs.
News: Plug-in Hybrid Truck Can Help Keep the Lights On
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, with Efficient Drivetrains Inc., think they may have a solution to power problems in the industry’s first plug-in hybrid Class 6 truck.
News: Daimler Shows Off Class 8 Electric Truck
Daimler Trucks and its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus, debuted the E-Fuso Vision One electric heavy-duty truck at Tokyo Motor Show.
News: Daimler Launches Fully Electric Truck
According to Daimler, the Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter is the world’s first series-produced all-electric medium-duty truck.
News: Toyota Tests Fuel Cell Heavy-Duty Truck
Toyota didn’t get to be one of the largest automotive companies in the world by thinking small. So, a Toyota fuel cell-powered Class 8 truck should only be slightly surprising.
News: GM Shows Autonomous Fuel Cell EV Platform
General Motors presented its Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure (SURUS), a flexible fuel cell electric platform with autonomous capabilities, at this week’s meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA).