Categories: Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Operations, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM

With a record order in Europe and several recent orders in the U.S., Volvo says electric-truck adoption is gaining momentum.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10153615/european-shipping-company-orders-100-volvo-electric-trucks

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Technology, Vehicle OEM, Zero Emissions

The collaboration plans to leverage Nuvve’s technology and Stonepeak’s and Evolve’s capital through Levo to offer fully financed, V2G-enabled BYD medium-...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10153473/byd-levo-announce-collab-to-deploy-battery-electric-vehicles-to-u-s-fleets

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Maintenance, Operations, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

Tire designs for electric trucks will need to account for greater stresses from weight and torque — but they will need to remain interchangeable with...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10151115/what-will-electrification-mean-for-truck-tires

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Products, Small Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM

ELMS showed off its new medium duty all-electric Urban Utility vehicle to attendees of the NAFA Institute and Expo in Pittsburgh.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10150667/elms-reveals-medium-duty-all-electric-urban-utility-vehicle

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Legal/Legislative, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

Citing a “sense of urgency,” Volvo Trucks took a leadership position in the fight against climate change at the 2021 Advanced Clean Transportation Expo,...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10150543/volvo-gets-serious-about-climate-change

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Products, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

BYD unveiled two third-generation electric trucks. The Class 8 Gen3 8TT drayage, regional haul, and distribution work, and the 6F for regional haul and...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10150505/two-new-electric-trucks-from-byd

Categories: Equipment, Global Fleet, Vehicle OEM

Volvo Trucks plans to acquire JMC Heavy Duty Vehicle and start production of new heavy-duty Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX trucks in Taiyuan for customers...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10149862/volvo-trucks-to-expand-operations-in-china

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Fleet Forward, Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Operations, Vehicle OEM

Waymo is the latest autonomous-truck developer to partner with Ryder to help scale its operations but likely won't be the last.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10149570/waymo-partners-with-ryder-on-autonomous-truck-uptime

Categories: Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs), Global Fleet, Operations

Although there are still no certified electronic logging devices available to meet new Canada’s new ELD mandate, its government has added a third body...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10148042/canada-adds-third-eld-certification-body

Categories: Drivers, Global Fleet, Safety

The most distracted truck drivers are nearly 72% more likely to be involved in a “near collision” than other drivers, according to new data insights...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10147748/omnitracs-reports-on-risks-and-costs-of-distracted-truck-drivers