Volvo Trucks - Thu October 24, 2024
TEC Equipment, Saldivar's Trucking Pioneer Battery-Electric Transition as First Owner-Operator Deploys Volvo VNR Electric Truck
Volvo Trucks North America, in collaboration with its dealer TEC Equipment, has achieved a significant milestone with customer Saldivar's Trucking becoming the first independent owner-operator in the United States to deploy a Volvo VNR Electric truck for drayage operations at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach....
Volvo Trucks - Wed October 09, 2024
Volvo Trucks Achieves Electromobility Milestone
Volvo Trucks North America leads the market in deployment of Class 8 battery-electric trucks, with more than 570 Volvo VNR Electric trucks in customer operations since commercial orders began in December 2020....
Volvo Trucks - Mon October 07, 2024
Volvo to Launch Long-Range Version of FH Electric Truck
The electrification of heavy trucks is continuing across the world and longer distances are now becoming a possibility. Next year Volvo will launch a new long-range version of its FH Electric that will be able to reach up to 373 miles on one charge....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed September 25, 2024
Chicago Asphalt Contractor Embraces Electric Vehicles
Nearly 100 years old, Gallagher Asphalt is a fourth generation, family-owned business with 225 employees. The Chicago-based company has four asphalt plants and numerous vehicles. Dan Gallagher, CEO of the company, recently participated in the industry group The Road Forward....
Volvo Trucks - Tue September 24, 2024
Volvo Trucks Completes Delivery of 70 Volvo VNR Electric Trucks as Part of $21.5M Grant Program
Volvo Trucks North America has successfully delivered 70 Volvo VNR Electric trucks as part of a $21.5M funding initiative supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD)....
Caterpillar - Mon September 23, 2024
Caterpillar Demonstrates Automated Energy Transfer Solution for Battery Electric Large Mining Trucks
Caterpillar Inc. showcased a new solution to support battery electric truck charging — the Cat Automated Energy Transfer System (Cat AETS). The company successfully demonstrated this new technology for customers at its Tucson Proving Ground in Green Valley, Ariz....
Volvo - Thu August 22, 2024
Volvo Receives Order for 300 Electric Trucks From DSV
Volvo Trucks and global logistics company DSV have signed a cooperation agreement for 300 electric heavy trucks. The deal is one of the largest commercial orders to date for Volvo electric trucks. With the order, DSV will have one of the largest company fleets of heavy electric trucks in Europe....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 25, 2024
Fed Funding to Increase U.S. Battery Production
In July, the Biden administration announced it would fund $1.7 billion for electric vehicle component production at 11 manufacturing plants across the country. In doing so, the fed made progress toward both ending the nation's dependence on China for batteries and meeting its 2030 goal of making 50 percent of all new U.S....
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed July 24, 2024
Construction Nearing Its Finish at $7.6B Hyundai EV Metaplant Near Savannah, Ga.
The Hyundai brand logo, a stylized H slanting to the right, is meant to symbolize forward motion. When it comes to the South Korean automaker's electric vehicle (EV) assembly factory under construction near Savannah, Ga., the H logo might as well feature racing stripes....
CEG - Tue June 11, 2024
Construction to Begin Soon On Central Florida Roadway Built to Charge Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicle owners in central Florida may soon be able to charge their cars while driving, due to a roadway that will be equipped with an electrified charging element. Based on technology used in armrests at Orlando's airport that power phones wirelessly and stoves that heat skillets without burners, the coming toll expressway will be equipped to replenish batteries of electric cars and trucks as they zip along the state route....
