electric trucks News Updates

Pilot and Tesla opened heavy-duty electric truck charging sites at travel centers in Georgia and California in October.

The Chinese battery giant introduced battery upgrades and plans to open more battery swap stations for electric trucks.

The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring manufacturers to provide suggested retail prices for incentive-eligible, electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Electric trucks already account for about 30% of the Chinese market and ZF expects that share to rise toward 50%, CEO Mathias Miedreich told reporters.

How Electrification is Rewriting the Rules for Mobile Hydraulic Power : As electrification reshapes the commercial trucking industry, vocational fleets face a unique engineering challenge: how to efficiently power auxiliary hydraulic functions such as dumping and lifting. In this RoadSigns Extended Cut, Eaton Mobile Power Group's Brad Gulick explores the operational shifts, maintenance realities and technological compromises that define the modern vocational truck.

The San Francisco-based company has built a detachable unit with an electric motor and batteries that sits between the truck’s tractor and trailer.

Windrose expects to start assembly of its R700 Class 8 battery-electric tractor at sites in Georgia and Washington state by the end of 2026.

ACT Expo 2026 signaled momentum shifts in the clean transportation movement and growing acceptance of connected vehicle technology, AI and autonomous driving.

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.