Consulting firm TRC has made a name for itself in the clean trucking space both for managing the ACT Expo and helping commercial fleets navigate the increasingly complex world of ZEV incentives. This week, the company reached a major milestone: $2 billion in funding! Over the last few years, GNA (which was acquired by TRC … Continue reading “Milestone: TRC reaches $2 billion in commercial ZEV funding”
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Renault Trucks doesn’t get a lot of headlines outside of France, but the company is serious about electric trucking – and its new 2025 MY E-Tech T electric semi truck is packing serious range, too: more than 600 km (about 375 miles) per charge! Renault claims its trucks have logged nearly 19 million all-electric miles, saving … Continue reading “Renault E-Tech T semi truck gets 600 km range for ’25, logs 19 million miles”
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French infrastructure specialists Proviridis have partnered with EVSE manufacturer Kempower to deliver a novel, underground charging solution for electric semi trucks designed to easily integrate into existing truck depots. By installing its high-powered charging cabinets underground and integrating the charging cables into a solid metal pipe, Kempower and Proviridis have been able to make room for … Continue reading “Kempower, Proviridis partner on novel electric semi truck charging solution”
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Leading yard operation 3PL YMX Logistics has announced plans to deploy fully twenty (20) of Orange EV’s fully electric Class 8 terminal trucks at a number of distribution and manufacturing sites across North America. As the shipping and logistics industries increasingly move to embrace electrification, yard operations have proven to be an almost ideal use case … Continue reading “YMX Logistics deploys 20 new Orange EV electric yard trucks”
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Owner-operators are a huge part of the heavy truck market, and they’ve been among the most hesitant groups to transition from diesel to electric semi trucks. That may be changing, however, as Saldivar’s Trucking becomes first independent owner-operator in the US to deploy a Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 truck. The higher up-front cost of … Continue reading “Saldivar’s Trucking: first owner-operator to deploy Volvo VNR Electric semi”
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Daimler Truck North America has helped alcohol distributor Reyes Beverage Group deploy fully 29 zero-emission Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 electric semi trucks in its California delivery fleet. Reyes Beverage Group (RGB) plans to deploy the first twenty Freightliner electric semi trucks at its Golden Brands – East Bay and Harbor Distributing – Huntington Beach warehouses, … Continue reading “Reyes Beverage Group adds 29 Freightliner electric semi trucks to California fleet”
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In a bid to clean up its streets in more ways than one, the city of Madison, Wisconsin has added two Class 8 electric trucks to its garbage fleet earlier this year in the form of a pair of Mack Electric LR HDEVs … and the city already has plans to add two more. In … Continue reading “Mack Electric LR is Wisconsin’s first electric garbage truck”
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On today’s episode of Quick Charge, we find out what a one-ton Tesla Cybertruck looks like, check out some clever, off-road Kia overland EVs, witness the electric rebirth of Plymouth with a plugin street rod, and more! We’ve also got a bunch of new, $300/mo. EV lease deals and talk up the rapid rise of … Continue reading “Cybertruck dually, overland Kia concepts, and electric Mopars at SEMA”
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Maryland-based nonprofit Climate United announced its intention to spend $250 million to buy up to 500 electric semi trucks over three years in what the group is calling “the biggest single order of zero emission Class 8 trucks in the country.” First, we should state the obvious: as hard as it is to imagine a … Continue reading “US nonprofit set to buy 500 electric semi trucks by 2028 in $250M deal”
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European logistics firm DFDS placed a massive, 100 unit order for Volvo’s long-range electric semi truck earlier this year. Last week, they put their first 10 examples on the road delivering goods in northwest England and Ireland. Since 2022, DFDS has been continually expanded its electric semi truck fleet, operating dozens of the zero-emission tractors … Continue reading “DFDS puts 10 Volvo electric semi trucks to work in UK, ‘only’ 115 more to go”