Electric trucks meet hydro power at one of Canada’s busiest ports
Electric trucks meet hydro power at one of Canada’s busiest ports

Electric work trucks are earning their keep at one of Canada’s busiest container terminals, where Peterbilt’s battery-powered box vans are keeping cargo moving without the air pollution of diesel and propane. And now, they’re getting recognized for it….

As electric semi truck race heats up, SoCal is getting another charging hub
As electric semi truck race heats up, SoCal is getting another charging hub

As record-breaking diesel prices drive demand for electric big rigs, so, too is the demand for commercial truck charging climbing. To meet that demand, EV Realty as announced a new, Inland Empire site for its next electric semi truck charging hub.

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BYD builds 150,000th commercial NEV – an 800 hp Q3 electric semi truck
BYD builds 150,000th commercial NEV – an 800 hp Q3 electric semi truck

The BYD Q3 battery-electric semi truck shown here marked a major production milestone this week, becoming the 150,000th new energy commercial vehicle to roll off the assembly line at BYD’s truck plant in Huai’an, Jiangsu province.

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Tesla files permit for Semi service center in Las Vegas as ramp begins
Tesla files permit for Semi service center in Las Vegas as ramp begins

Tesla is preparing a dedicated Tesla Semi service center in Las Vegas, according to a new building permit filed with Clark County, Nevada.

It’s one of the first concrete signs of the service network Tesla needs to support its electric Class 8 truck,…

Autonomous Orange: YMX adds Outrider self-driving tech to its electric yard trucks
Autonomous Orange: YMX adds Outrider self-driving tech to its electric yard trucks

The logistics experts at 3PL provider YMX know a thing or three about running an efficient fleet, but even they are feeling the nationwide shortage of qualified yard operators. To help keep the goods moving and the wheels turning, the company is turnin…

FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel
FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel

In a record-setting commercial truck deal, international shipping giant FedEx has placed an order for 2,000 all-electric box trucks from American startup Harbinger in a deal that’s reportedly worth more than $300 million – but the ROI could be much hig…

Commercial EVs take off as Workhorse announces fresh, 200 truck order
Commercial EVs take off as Workhorse announces fresh, 200 truck order

Commercial delivery operator Gateway Fleets ordered 100 medium-duty electric box vans from Workhorse earlier this year. That experiment seems to be going well, because the company just ordered 200 more.

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Full Self Hauling: Volvo moves 3 million tonnes of Earth, autonomously
Full Self Hauling: Volvo moves 3 million tonnes of Earth, autonomously

The deployed fleet of ultra heavy-duty trucks and mining equipment assets powered by Volvo Autonomous Solutions reached a major milestone last week, hauling their 3 millionth tonne of material out of the mines without a human driver.

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JUNA puts more than 100 Scania electric semi trucks to work
JUNA puts more than 100 Scania electric semi trucks to work

You-know-who might be grabbing headlines by rolling a few trucks off the assembly line, but fleets overseas have been putting electric semi trucks to work for years – and shipping fleet JUNA just announced the deployment of its 110th (!) big BEV.

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Tesla Semi finally enters volume production, 7 years behind schedule
Tesla Semi finally enters volume production, 7 years behind schedule

Tesla officially launched high-volume production of the Tesla Semi last night at its new dedicated factory in Nevada, a plant it says can build 50,000 electric trucks per year.

The Class 8 truck was unveiled in 2017 with production promised for 2019…