JBM Electric Vehicles (JBM EV), a global electric bus manufacturer and electric vehicle ecosystem player, has launched its all-electric city bus, ECOLIFE e12, at Singapore Urban Mobility Week (SUMW) 2026. The launch was officiated by Dr Shilpak Ambule, High Commissioner of India…
Fleet managers preparing to add electric vehicles often spend considerable time assessing range, charging and whole-of-life costs. But there is another question worth asking before signing the purchase order: who is going to repair the vehicle after an accident? Dmitri…
Fleet electrification is progressing, but charging infrastructure, funding and organisational confidence remain hurdles to wider adoption. For fleet managers attending MOVE Australia, a panel discussion offered practical advice from people already working through those challenges—and a clear invitation to…
Liebherr’s new R 9300 G8-E, an electric-powered upgrade to its R 9300 G8 excavator, is now available for commercial deployment. The machine expands the company’s 250–tonne portfolio, offering a greener alternative to the diesel-powered version, while maintaining the same hydraulic power and bucket…
For the first time, electric equipment assets are being put to work in the National Wildlife Refuge System, where a battery-powered, zero-emission ECR25 Electric compact excavator and L25 Electric compact wheel loader made by Volvo CE are making the wild more accessible…
Technological Innovations for a Better Life | BYD USA LONG BEACH, CALIF. (12/6/2022) – BYD (Build Your Dreams) will showcase U.S. assembled battery-electric 8TT and 8Y trucks Wednesday at the Harbor Trucking Association’s Ride and Drive, a free event open to the general public. The…
Six of 36 electric truck and charger combinations ran into trouble when their charging power was adjusted automatically in Dutch tests. Four failed to restart after a pause and two stopped when they should have carried on. When hauliers invest in…
NIO has reached 130 million battery swaps across its growing network, marking another milestone for the Chinese automaker just months after it surpassed 100 million swaps earlier this year. According to NIO founder, chairman and CEO William Li, the company completed its…
Alexander Dennis and Volvo Buses have announced a feasibility study for the development of an 18-metre tram-style electric articulated bus for the UK market, combining Volvo’s BZL Electric chassis with a new Alexander Dennis body design named Enviro Max. The…
Jakson Green E-Mobility has emerged as the winning bidder in a CESL tender for the deployment of 220 electric buses across three cities in Gujarat, India, under the government’s PM-eBus Sewa Programme. The project covers 120 electric buses in Vadodara, 80 in Gandhidham…
Electrifying a car is hard; electrifying an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer that may run 500 miles a day is a different order of problem. Electric trucks have become one of the most consequential fights in the auto world, because heavy trucks burn an outsized share of road-transport fuel and emit a large share of its pollution. Get them right and the payoff in clean air and lower running costs is enormous. Get them wrong and fleets pay for it in downtime and lost payload.
The first wave of battery-electric trucks focused on jobs that suited the technology: urban delivery, refuse collection, port drayage and regional runs that return to a depot each night. Now long-haul models are arriving, from the Tesla Semi to electric versions of the Freightliner Cascadia, Volvo FH and VNL, Mercedes eActros and Scania's longer-range trucks. In China, battery-electric heavy trucks have taken a fast-growing share of new sales, with battery swapping helping to keep them moving.
The debates are about money and infrastructure. Electric trucks cost far more up front, carry heavy batteries that can eat into payload and need high-power charging that few depots or highways yet offer. Hydrogen fuel-cell trucks promise quicker refueling and longer range but face scarce, costly hydrogen. Government incentives and emissions mandates, and their political reversals, shape the pace on every continent. Coverage here includes new electric and hydrogen trucks, fleet orders, charging and swapping networks, startups and failures, policy changes and real-world operating results.
Battery and hydrogen heavy trucks, from the Tesla Semi and eCascadia to Chinese EV tractors, plus the charging, costs and rules behind the switch.
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