Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 18:40:30 +0000
EU needs stricter truck CO2 standards to help its laggard manufacturers compete with Tesla and BYD.
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:05:37 +0000
I have spoken with a lot of dealerships in several countries on the African continent. Whenever I ask them why they have not yet introduced electric cars and vans from the brands they represent in the respective countries, yet these same brands have had a number of fully electric models in Europe and other markets […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 03:01:44 +0000
A new super-sized electric truck from the company Scania is hitting the road in Norway.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 03:27:16 +0000
With EV charging standardization still up in the air, Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes to Washington.
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 05:31:40 +0000
Reliance Transport, with the help of the Low Emission Transport Fund, administered with the help of funding from New Zealand’s Energy Efficiency and Conversation Authority, has commissioned two battery-powered Scania electric trucks to take the road in New Zealand. Reliance Transport is a last-mile cartage specialist based in South Auckland. The first-generation 29 tonne (GCW) […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:00:28 +0000
The new Sion electric vehicle from Sono Motors sports an eye-catching silhouette and an unusual interior touch, too.
Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 21:50:43 +0000
Modularization, not customization, is how Scania builds BEV trucks that perform various tasks, from mining transport and tipping, waste management, and food delivery. Using a series of modular components, the company can make trucks for different functions, picking up cabs, powertrains, bodies, chassis and wheel configurations from a “bin” which now includes lithium battery layouts. […]
Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 16:50:38 +0000
If Tesla’s Semi is taking charge of hauling in the US, Scania has already over the period of two years shifted its own R&D and manufacturing to find the best route to move away from diesel and into complete BEV-based solutions for regional long-haul. Last month the company reported how it assisted DB Schenker to […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:50:37 +0000
Climate change is affecting islands everywhere in bad ways. Floods, droughts, water shortages and damage to infrastructure are just some of the problems. The Gotland region in Sweden is trying to counter these effects by working towards a goal of becoming fossil-free in 2040, five years ahead of Sweden’s national deadline. One way they’ve made […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:00:13 +0000
SCA, a manager of forestry operations in 2.6 million hectares of forest land in northern Sweden and 60,000 hectares in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, recently unveiled a new logging truck for its wood business. This is the world’s first electric timber truck, and has a capacity of 80 tonnes. It was designed in a collaborative […]