Orange is the new green as University of Tennessee electrifies its garbage fleet
Orange is the new green as University of Tennessee electrifies its garbage fleet

Orange is the new green at the University of Tennessee, which deployed a new McNeilus Volterra ZFL electric garbage truck at its Knoxville campus this week, bringing together advanced, battery-electric waste collection technology and Made-in-Tennessee …

Back in the real world: electric equipment is saving job sites BIG MONEY
Back in the real world: electric equipment is saving job sites BIG MONEY

For a lot of fleet managers, whether or not electrified equipment assets will lead to real world savings that are worth the higher up-front costs might feel theoretical, but early adopters Groupe Bellemare have been operating battery-powered heavy equi…

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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Port of Helsingborg scores two new electric reach stackers from Kalmar
Port of Helsingborg scores two new electric reach stackers from Kalmar

The world’s ports operators work in confined spaces, moving massively heavy loads with incredible precision in perilous conditions with razor-thin margins. It’s no wonder, then, that they’re moving to electric equipment – and the Port of Helsingborg is…

E-quipment highlight: AMT’s hot-swapping battery electric rail excavator
E-quipment highlight: AMT’s hot-swapping battery electric rail excavator

Rarely seen by the general public, rail road excavators are a critical piece of the infrastructure puzzle – one that can travel directly on the tracks while digging, lifting, and clearing obstacles from the track, working on everything from track maint…

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…

Watt’s up, doc? Huddig hybrid loader gets a big battery boost [video]
Watt’s up, doc? Huddig hybrid loader gets a big battery boost [video]

Swedish heavy equipment brand HUDDIG has given its 1370 hybrid wheel loader platform a major battery upgrade for the new model year, boosting its battery capacity from 44 kWh to fully 61 kWh – an impressive, 40% upgrade!

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E-quipment highlight: 16-tonne Hyundai 160B-X battery-electric forklift
E-quipment highlight: 16-tonne Hyundai 160B-X battery-electric forklift

A fresh batch of battery-electric forklift reveals from Hyundai completes the brand’s heavy forklift range, allowing Hyundai dealers to confidently offer a high-voltage electric counterbalance forklift in 4-to-18 tonne capacities, extending electric fo…

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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