Battery-Electric Truck News Updates

Tesla is attempting to facilitate demand by offering low-cost charging equipment on an industrial scale to carriers.

Amplify Cell Technologies’ planned battery cell production facility in Mississippi is facing more delays, one of the joint venture’s shareholders said May 6.

Volvo Trucks North America introduced mechanical electric power takeoff for the VNR Electric tractor during ACT Expo 2026.

The Le Series is available in both 25,950-pound and 33,000-pound configurations. Production is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2026.

ABM and Lane Valente Industries will join InCharge Energy and Heliox as turnkey solutions providers supporting Mack’s battery-electric models.

Tesla previously said manufacturing of the long-awaited Class 8 battery-electric tractor would ramp up in 2026 after factory construction finished in October.

The Appalachian region holds enough lithium — a key ingredient in EV batteries — to curb U.S. reliance on imports for centuries, the U.S. Geological Survey says.

Hyundai has grappled with U.S. tariffs, along with supply disruptions and uneven demand for electric vehicles, since its new CEO took over at the start of 2025.

Windrose Technology expects by 2030 to be producing Class 8 battery-electric trucks with a range of more than 621 miles.

Customer deliveries of Windrose tractors are expected to begin in May, Xos CEO Dakota Semler told Transport Topics in an exclusive interview.