Plodding down DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn is a bus moving under the power of an eerily quiet motor. It looks newer than most buses on the route, with a vivid digital display facing the driver and doors that part with a futuristic pneumatic swoosh. Commuters trundling aboard at rush hour don’t seem to realize this is one of the few electric buses—300 last year, to be exact—in America.
May 15, 2019electric
Business, Technology, Equipment
Electric-Powered Reefer Units Gaining Momentum
As truck manufacturers and suppliers begin to move toward electric-powered vehicles and components, the same trend is emerging for trailer refrigeration.
May 24, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel
An electric bus charges. (Getty Images)
In Shift to Electric Buses, China Is Ahead of US
An electric bus charges. (Getty Images)
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Editorial
Editorial: Old Man Winter Can’t Stop Freight
With quarterly earnings underway, we’re getting a look at how the industry fared during the first three months of 2019, a year which some have predicted could mark the beginning of a cooldown from last year’s red-hot freight market. Turns out the start of this year for freight haulers wasn’t marked so much by a cooldown as it was cold and snowy weather.
April 25, 2019
Business
Roger Nielsen outlines his vision for the future of electric trucks. (Jim Stinson/Transport Topics)
End of Diesel Engines Is In Sight, Daimler’s Roger Nielsen Says
Roger Nielsen outlines his vision for the future of electric trucks. (Jim Stinson/Transport Topics)
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The beginning of the end is here for the internal-combustion truck engine, said Roger Nielsen, CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, the largest truck manufacturer on the continent.
April 25, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel
NFI's Bill Bliem. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Industry Task Force to Tackle Electric Vehicle Charging System Standard
NFI's Bill Bliem. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
ATLANTA — A task force comprising trucking and transportation industry stakeholders is set to vote on adoption of recommended standards for power cables, connections and other equipment for high-powered electric charging stations for commercial vehicles.
April 1, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel, TCA
Bloomberg News
Growth of Electric Vehicles Could Jeopardize Iowa’s Road Fund
Bloomberg News
In about 20 years, the growing use of electric vehicles could take a quarter-billion-dollar-a-year hit on a state fund relied upon to finance better roads, the Iowa Department of Transportation said Jan. 29.
January 30, 2019
Business, Equipment, Safety
Quality Transport Co. President Dave Dettman watches as a technician runs diagnostics on a truck. (Quality Transport Co.)
Tackling Electrical Systems
Quality Transport Co. President Dave Dettman watches as a technician runs diagnostics on a truck. (Quality Transport Co.)
Technicians often don't troubleshoot a truck's electrical system to the extent they could, according to a recent assessment by the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations. Here's why.
January 25, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel
Left to right: LiveOnWeb panelists Dan Ronan and Seth Clevenger of Transport Topics, Keith Brandis of Volvo Trucks North America
Replay: LiveOnWeb's 'Plugging Into an Electric Future'
Left to right: LiveOnWeb panelists Dan Ronan and Seth Clevenger of Transport Topics, Keith Brandis of Volvo Trucks North America
On our Dec. 19 LiveOnWeb program, we were “Plugging Into an Electric Future” as we assessed the rapid escalation of development and deployment of electric vehicle technology. Watch the replay.
December 12, 2018
Business, Technology, Fuel
A preview of the Volvo VNR Electric. (Volvo Trucks North America)
Volvo Trucks to Introduce All-Electric Version of VNR Model
A preview of the Volvo VNR Electric. (Volvo Trucks North America)
WASHINGTON — Volvo Trucks will bring electric-powered commercial trucks to North America in 2019 by introducing a battery-electric version of its VNR regional haul model.
December 11, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel
Thor intends to market in 2019 the ET-1, a battery-electric Class 8 day cab that will have a 100-mile range and cost $150,000. (Thor Trucks Inc.)
AxleTech, Thor Trucks Partner to Build Heavy-Duty E-Powertrain
Thor intends to market in 2019 the ET-1, a battery-electric Class 8 day cab that will have a 100-mile range and cost $150,000. (Thor Trucks Inc.)
AxleTech and Thor Trucks have partnered to create a fully electric commercial vehicle powertrain, according to an Oct. 16 press release. The two will integrate AxleTech’s e-axle technology with Thor’s proprietary battery technology.
October 22, 2018Pages
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