Elon Musk’s DC Visit Stirs EV Charging Standardization Pot, Again

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 03:27:16 +0000

ev charging stations electrify americaWith EV charging standardization still up in the air, Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes to Washington.

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Electric Trucks Hitting the Road in Australia

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:20:00 +0000

Team Global Express (TGE) plans to run 36 medium and 24 light rigid electric trucks in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The move is partially funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). TGE is running the large-scale trial to judge the emissions reduction before assessing the replacement of the rest of its 6500-strong […]

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Europe Electric Car Sales Report — 13.6% Of New Cars Fully Electric

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:00:56 +0000

23.2% of new automobiles sold in Europe have a plug.

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Sysco Receives First Battery-Electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 Truck

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 07:08:44 +0000

SyscoThe first series-produced battery electric Freightliner eCascadia was recently delivered to Sysco Corporation, the top global distributor of food service equipment. Sysco could be paving the way for the future of sustainability in the food service distribution industry. Keep in mind that it manages one of the biggest private fleets in the country. At the […]

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Daimler & Amazon Are Testing Electric Long-Haul Trucks In Germany

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:00:32 +0000

One of the tough things about designing any kind of machine is that the real world can be a little more punishing than the math. It’s not that math isn’t a great tool for figuring out how things work in the real world, but that it’s easy for humans to not know what they missed […]

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Mercedes-Benz Electric Trucks Now Shipping, More Coming

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:38:23 +0000

Large electric trucks are easy to get excited about. They can cut a lot of emissions — CO2 emissions as well as other types of pollution that cause cancer, asthma, and various other human ailments and death. This is why, since the Tesla Semi was unveiled in 2017, many of us have been eagerly awaiting […]

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Auto Expert Says Tesla Semi Is “Pointless,” Seems To Miss The Point

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:07:28 +0000

Markus Lienkamp is the chair of Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. It seems that would make him a full blown auto expert (hence the title). Lienkamp says that “this is technically not easily feasible and it’s also pointless both economically and ecologically.”

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7% Plug-In Vehicle Share In Germany!

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:38:54 +0000

The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market started the year on fire, jumping 128% year over year (YoY), to a record 16,131 registrations. That smashed the previous record (12,026 units) set last October, so it seems the German locomotive has (finally) been set in motion

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