Commercial leasing company Volt Mobility boasts clients that include UPS, DHL, and FedEx. And now, they’ll be able to boast about having one of the largest electric vehicle fleets in the world – because they just ordered 3,000 electric trucks from Mullen. Volt Mobility placed a $210 million order for 3,000 class 1 and class 3 … Continue reading “Mullen scores a solid, 3,000 unit electric truck order from Volt Mobility”
CASE’s new 580EV electric backhoe loader delivers instant torque and silent, emission-free operation
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Yellow machines are going electric. CASE Construction Equipment debuted its Project Zeus electric backhoe concept at CONEXPO in 2020. Since then, the company has used customer feedback to guide the development of a production electric model: the 580EV electric backhoe loader. CASE’s next-generation EV offers a zero-emission, low-noise solution suitable for work in urban centers … Continue reading “CASE’s new 580EV electric backhoe loader delivers instant torque and silent, emission-free operation”
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“Industrial heat accounts for one-quarter of the global energy consumption and is a massive, $450 billion market,” Juha Lindfors, a partner at Lifeline Ventures, said on Monday in a statement. “Decarbonizing industrial heat presents a huge opportunity.” Meskanen, a Finnish entrepreneur, said she first met her co-founder, Nate Weger, in 2023 through a DOE-funded program called Cradle to Commerce, which aims … Continue reading “This startup has a plan to clean up industry: electrified bricks”
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Porsche EVs won’t pretend to be gas-powered cars The automaker explored the idea of fake shift points Porsche has two EVs in its lineup and a third en route Porsche seemingly won’t follow Hyundai’s lead. Porsche development driver Lars Kern told Drive that the automaker doesn’t see a need to put fake shift points in … Continue reading “Porsche won't make EVs with simulated shifts”
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The first such application is at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase campus, where Brenmiller worked with the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to install a bGen system alongside a combined heat and power (CHP) system at the university’s gym. CHP systems, also known as cogeneration systems, are fairly common at university and corporate … Continue reading “Heat-based batteries are a surprisingly versatile tool”
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It’s official – Isuzu has announced the official start of production for its highly anticipated new electric cab and chassis, the Isuzu NRR-EV (and I’m super excited about it). I’ve been a fan of Isuzu’s medium duty cabover trucks for more than two decades, and often try to dream up reasons to weasel one into the … Continue reading “It begins: Isuzu NRR EV electric medium duty truck is in production”
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Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries are cheaper to produce and more stable than traditional nickel-based chemistries. A new study from a Tesla-funded lab found that LFP batteries degrade faster when fully charged. Repeated charging at a higher state of charge increases negative reactions within a pack. Electric vehicles powered by lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries … Continue reading “LFP Battery Health Degrades At Full Charge, Study Finds”
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Can you travel around Australia (a distance of about 10,000 miles) in an electric vehicle, towing a 2-ton caravan without stinting on any of the luxuries? Despite many naysayers (including our illustrious ex-prime minister Scott Morrison), you can! It … Continue reading “Glamping with the Kia EV9”
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Honda’s CEO doesn’t believe consumers can be incentivized to change to EVs Honda’s spending $700M to retool plants and $3.5B to built a battery plant for mass EV production The exec believes the future is electric, but it’ll take time Electric cars and hybrids are currently having an inverted moment. Speaking with The Drive at … Continue reading “Honda CEO on EVs: "Can't force people to change their minds"”
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Located in Perth, Western Australia, EPCA became famous for its “Green Machine,” a CAT 777 100-ton haul truck it converted to electric power. Now, the company says it has plans to produce 50-70 more of the battery electric mining trucks … each year. After showcasing its Green Machine at two major mining events in Australia … Continue reading “EPCA plans to convert 50-70 mining trucks to electric power annually”