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Peterbilt is formally teaming up with Dana on electric powertrain development for its Model 220EV. The announcement was made at CES, the annual electronics show in Las Vegas, where Peterbilt also brought reporters up to speed on its electric-truck development progress overall.
HDT recently sat down with XOS COO and Co-Founder Gio Sordoni at the company’s North Hollywood facility to discuss the future of electric trucks in both the medium- and heavy-duty industries.
Autonomous truck developer TuSimple said the results of a recent fuel economy study proved that trucks under autonomous control get up to 10% better fuel economy than similarly equipped trucks operating with human drivers.
Mercedes-Benz has been testing its all-electric eActros commercial trucks in real-world usage for about a year. So far, it has received positive feedback for using the electric vehicles in short range distribution applications.
Volvo Trucks has started selling its Volvo FL and Volvo FE electric trucks within select markets within Europe, the company announced.
Maxion unveiled several new commercial vehicle wheels and related innovations designed to tackle some of the challenges faced by North American fleets.
The OEM revealed a prototype for a battery-electric drive version of its International MV medium-duty truck, dubbed the eMV, which is slated to come to market by early 2021.
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Total Transportation Services announced that it is replacing its entire diesel trucking fleet with natural gas trucks to reduce emissions and plans to fuel the new vehicles with renewable natural gas.
Even as the Trump Administration attempts to roll back California’s right to implement stricter-than-federal vehicle emission rules, the Golden State has acted to further choke off diesel emissions from trucks.