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

The roadblocks to full electric truck adoption are electricity supply and demand, production, and the status of truck-charging, according to ATRI research.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10188555/3-critical-challenges-to-electrifying-americas-truck-fleet

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Small Fleet

Mercedes-Benz said its Sustaineer “technology demonstrator,” based on the eSprinter battery-electric van, is “a tangible impression of just how...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10155069/mercedes-benz-sustaineer-sprinter-based-van-shows-sustainable-solutions

Categories: Charging, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

Volvo Trucks North America is working to complete product development to bring its VNR Electric Class 8 truck and tractor to market here by the end of this...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/350958/volvo-it-takes-more-than-the-truck-to-switch-to-electric-power

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

Sweden’s Volvo Group has developed electric concept trucks for construction and regional-distribution applications in Europe.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/346220/volvo-fielding-electric-concept-trucks-for-heavy-duty-regional-and-construction-use

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

The OEM revealed a prototype for a battery-electric drive version of its International MV medium-duty truck, dubbed the eMV, which is slated to come to...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/343408/navistar-unwraps-electric-truck

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

The battery-electric version of Volvo Trucks North America’s VNR Class 8 regional hauler— dubbed the EVNR-- is now slated “to go on sale at the end of...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/341895/volvo-to-start-selling-electric-class-8-truck-here-at-end-of-2020

Categories: Electric, Equipment, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Safety, Technology

Michelin Group will support Sweden-based startup firm Einride by deploying its autonomous and all-electric T/Pod transport truck starting next year at the...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/333223/michelin-to-deploy-einride-electric-autonomous-truck

Categories: Electric, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

Dana is expanding its presence in the electric truck arena, given a trio of announcements made on April 24 that lead off with the launch of a new...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/330524/dana-boosting-presence-in-electric-trucks

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

At the Green Truck Summit, Carlton Rose, president of global fleet maintenance and engineering at UPS, said the desire for clean and quiet trucks is growing...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/326541/ups-sees-bright-and-possibly-transformational-future-for-electric-trucks

Categories: Electric, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

A battery-electric heavy-duty hauler fitted with the Mercedes-Benz three-point star may be on the market in just three years.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/278828/daimler-testing-heavy-duty-electric-actros-truck