Tag: electric truck

November 21, 2023

A prototype of a battery-electric Class 8 truck with an expected range of 500 miles is set to begin its first pilot tests in Florida in the first quarter of 2024, according to vehicle developer Terraline Inc. Fremont, Calif.-based Terraline […]

November 9, 2023

Hyliion Holdings Corp. plans to exit the Class 8 electric powertrain business, the company said in a statement Nov. 8, less than a month after beginning a strategic review of its options for the unit. Instead, the Austin, Texas-based original […]

November 6, 2023

Chinese electric truck maker Windrose Technology has started preparatory work for an initial public offering in the U.S. next year as it plans the commercial rollout of its first vehicle. The company is selecting investment banks and aims to raise […]

October 23, 2023

TeraWatt Infrastructure acquired two sites in California’s Inland Empire region to build heavy-duty electric truck charging sites, the company said. Terms were not disclosed. With the largest concentration of warehouses and distribution centers in the United States, the Inland Empire […]

February 7, 2023

Electric trucks produce far fewer planet-warming emissions than their diesel counterparts over a lifetime, a report in Europe showed Tuesday, emphasizing that the biggest climate impact comes from driving vehicles and not manufacturing them. The transport sector accounts for about […]

September 2, 2022

Tesla adds more job openings for its ‘Semi Service Program’ for the first batch deliveries of the upcoming Tesla Semi Electric Trucks, as reported by Electrek. 2017 when the large vehicle was introduced, followed by the production that started in […]

February 3, 2022

Electric trucks comprise a fraction of the commercial vehicle fleet in the U.S., but orders in the pipeline — including one from a prominent online seller — could make the numbers spike in coming years, a study said. According to […]

January 14, 2022

The Volvo VNR Electric is one of Volvo Trucks six all-electric heavy truck models and is specially designed for the North American market. Sales start was in December 2020. The first generation of Volvo VNR Electric had an operating range […]

August 2, 2021

Rivian Automotive Inc., the electric truck startup backed by Amazon.com Inc. and Ford Motor Co., is in talks with the U.K. government on building its first manufacturing plant outside the U.S. near the English city of Bristol, Sky News reported. […]

June 18, 2021

Struggling electric truck maker Lordstown Motors said June 17 it doesn’t have any firm orders for its vehicles, just days after its president said the company had enough to maintain production through 2022. Questions have been mounting about whether Lordstown […]

April 23, 2021

The one constant thing — in any industry — is change. Dealers and other fleet-­servicing shops are coming to terms with the growing shift toward electric fleet vehicles. If enough truck dealerships are slow to adopt, “it may slow down […]

September 8, 2020

General Motors is taking an 11 percent stake in startup electric truckmaker Nikola Corp. under a partnership that calls for GM to engineer and assemble Nikola’s first vehicle, the companies said Tuesday. Under the agreement, which is expected to close […]

November 16, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Thursday will unveil a prototype electric big-rig truck, which may be able to drive itself, throwing the company into a new market even as it struggles to roll out an affordable sedan […]