The John Deere electric tractor is here and it is spectacular. When John Deere first announced that it was building an electric tractor prototype back in 2016, critics were skeptical….
Continue readingIn 2018 the top 3 pickup truck manufacturers sold a combined 2 million trucks in the US according to this report on vehicles sales. With such a large slice of…
Continue readingAmazon founder Jeff Bezos put his company firmly on the path towards ecological responsibility by announcing plans to co-found “The Climate Pledge”, which calls on its signatories to achieve zero…
Continue readingElectric trucks are the holy grail of the EV market. Typically replacing high-pollution diesel trucks that idle in heavily populated urban environments for hours and hours every day, their harmful…
Continue readingDepending on who you believe, there will be more than 300,000 electric work trucks hitting the highways and byways of the world in the next three years. Companies like Kenworth,…
Continue readingProtean is best known for building compact and powerful electric motors that fit inside a vehicle’s wheels. It’s a fun concept that could, in theory, allow car designers to get…
Continue readingIn case the launch of the flagship Polestar sub-brand and the acquisition and subsequent electrification of the storied Lotus Cars brand didn’t clue you in, Volvo is dead serious about…
Continue readingWith the proliferation of electric cars and the improvement of emissions-curbing technology in recent years, it shouldn’t surprise you to hear that short-haul municipal vehicles are by far the heaviest…
Continue readingIt’s the first day of summer, and nothing says summer quite like the sound of the ice cream truck pulling up to a park full of kids. As fun and…
Continue readingCompanies like Volvo, Tesla, and Navistar are pushing hard to develop commercial-grade electric trucks, but it’s hard to imagine how electric trucks– which still require more downtime for recharging than…
Continue readingFans of Swedish automaker Saab have something to be happy about this week, because the brand’s trucking division, Scania, has just revealed a radical new transportation concept that promises to…
Continue readingToyota and Kenworth have taken the wraps off a collaboration that will see the two companies jointly developing 10 zero-emission trucks powered by Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell energy storage technology.
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