Electric trucks

Lordstown Motors, the startup electric vehicle maker that promised to revive a shuttered GM plant in Ohio, is running low on cash and may have to halt its Endurance pickup truck production. In a regulatory filing on Tuesday,… Continue reading

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) have been praised as a promising alternative to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for long-distance transport, especially for heavy trucks that need more space and power. However, a Cambridge professor and… Continue reading

Four engineers made an electric range test of Tevva's dual-energy truck prototype, which they used to test the hydrogen-electric truck. Tevva is still focusing on building and delivering its 7.5t battery-electric vehicle, but it is also… Continue reading

The Ram brand has officially announced that the name of its first fully electric pickup will be the Ram 1500 REV. The disclosure of the vehicle's name is the most recent step in Ram's electrification strategy, which aims to provide the… Continue reading

The battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eEconic was tested in freezing conditions just months before series production began. Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks development team tested the electric truck designed for municipal usage in Rovaniemi,… Continue reading

Daimler Trucks has unveiled the new Mercedes-Benz eActros, the brand's first series-production electric truck. It comes with the latest Mercedes-Benz technology at all levels and a range of up to 400 kilometres in real-life conditions… Continue reading

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus (VWCO) started mass production of its first all-electric truck in Brazil on Monday. After a comprehensive test period, VWCO manufactures the e-Delivery distribution truck in the Brazilian city of Resende and is… Continue reading

More and more logistics companies are using electric trucks. The electric models tested in the first pilot projects are mostly designed for use in urban areas since large ranges with a fully electric drive still entail technical challenges… Continue reading

The electric heavy truck Mercedes-Benz eActros is now operating in everyday traffic for DB Schenker in Leipzig. The electric truck, which has a total weight of 25 tons, runs in the inner city and rolls about 100 km a day. Electric trucks will… Continue reading

The FUSO eCanter SensorCollect concept is a garbage truck based on the eCanter electric model. The innovation is that the operator can control the truck from outside, the whole operation becoming more efficient. The control is done wirelessly… Continue reading

DPD Switzerland has ordered a purely electrically powered Futuricum Logistics 18E truck from the Swiss company Designwerk Products AG in Winterthur. The Logistics 18E electric truck from Designwerk has a range of up to 760 kilometres. At 680… Continue reading

Renault Trucks will begin mass production of the D ZE and D Wide ZE electric trucks at its Blainville-sur-Orne, Normandy plant this month. The plant was expanded for the assembly of the e-distribution trucks. This start of production… Continue reading

Renault Trucks has signed a contract with the Carlsberg Group for the delivery of 20 fully electric 26-ton D-type ZE trucks. The electric trucks are to be delivered to the Swiss brewery Feldschlösschen later this year. The heavy… Continue reading

The Canadian manufacturer Lion Electric, which was previously known for its electric school buses, is expanding its range of electric utility vehicles with the launch of its first electric truck called Lion8 - a Class 8 vehicle -… Continue reading

Volvo Trucks has started delivering the first fully electric trucks. It is a garbage truck for the waste and recycling company Renova and a distributor truck for the Schenker service provider TGM operating in Sweden.  The electric… Continue reading

The truck manufacturer Volvo Trucks, which plans to start production of its first e-truck in 2019, intends to make battery technology available to its other brands in future in order to reduce development and production costs. According to… Continue reading

Volvo Trucks introduced its first fully electric truck for commercial use. The truck is called FL Electric and is intended for use by urban services, in particular in the field of waste disposal, local delivery of goods and… Continue reading