Mar 29, 2023 - 02:22 pm

Sandvik wins its third largest BEV order to date

The Swedish industrial group Sandvik has received a major order from the Canadian mining company Torex Gold Resources to supply a fleet of mining machines for the Media Luna project in Mexico, including 15 battery-electric vehicles.

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Mar 24, 2023 - 09:51 am

RV company Bowlus to go fully electric

Bowlus wants to become the first fully electric RV company in the world. The American company launched the all-electric Bowlus Volterra last year, claiming it such a success that it now wants to electrify its entire lineup.

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Mar 15, 2023 - 03:37 pm

Volvo CE is bringing electric loaders to Singapore

Volvo Construction Equipment is preparing to launch sales in Singapore. The company’s new online portal is open for Singapore companies to register their interest in using electric machines from Volvo CE with the first to arrive in the next quarter.

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Mar 15, 2023 - 01:38 pm

EMPOWER: EU project to develop both BEV & FCEV truck

Austria’s Institute of Technology, AIT, has kicked off the new EU project EMPOWER. Over the next few years, the AIT and partners will work to develop two zero-emission 40-ton trucks. And here’s the challenge, EMPOWER will look into both battery-electric and fuel-cell electric drives.

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Mar 15, 2023 - 01:05 pm

Arrival catches a lifeline by Westwood Capital

Struggling EV developer Arrival has secured a $300 million injection from Westwood Capital, giving the company access to additional liquidity under certain conditions. The financing line may come as a lifeline to the British company to pull through the year.

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Mar 10, 2023 - 02:52 pm

Ex-Tesla staff launches electric RV trailer Lightship L1

Lightship, a start-up for zero-emission RVs (recreational vehicles), has unveiled its first trailer. The Lightship L1 comes with a battery-powered drive that helps tow it without needing (much) more fuel or electricity. Behind it are former Tesla engineers.

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Mar 10, 2023 - 02:41 pm

Hino Trucks expands electric truck lineup

Hino Trucks has announced that it will offer an electric version of their M- and L- Series medium-duty trucks branded ‘Me’ Series and ‘Le’ Series available in 2024. Hino Trucks will begin production of these new vehicles integrating SEA Electric’s SEA-Drive power system.

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Mar 9, 2023 - 02:10 pm

Scania delivers 66-tonne electric truck to Norway

We have written several times about Scania’s extra-long heavy-duty electric trucks. Now another such vehicle has been delivered, this time in Norway, to haul lime with its 66 tonnes total weight, sparing the atmosphere the combustion of almost 60,000 litres of diesel per year.

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Mar 9, 2023 - 01:35 pm

Mack Trucks presents second electric vehicle model

US commercial vehicle manufacturer Mack Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, has unveiled its second battery-electric model. Similarly to its diesel counterpart launched in 2020, the medium-duty Mack MD Electric will compete in US vehicle classes 6 and 7.

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Mar 6, 2023 - 01:36 pm

Fendt presents hydrogen tractor prototype in Germany

The agricultural machinery manufacturer Fendt has presented the first prototype of a hydrogen tractor. Together with other partners, Fendt is participating in the agricultural model project H2Agrar in Lower Saxony to research a hydrogen infrastructure for agricultural use.

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Mar 6, 2023 - 11:05 am

Ballard and First Mode convert more mining trucks to FCVs

Ballard Power Systems will supply 30 fuel cell modules with a total capacity of 3 megawatts to First Mode to convert diesel dump trucks to combined hydrogen-battery propulsion. The converted dump trucks will operate at First Mode’s test site in Centralia, Washington State.

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Mar 3, 2023 - 04:09 pm

Change in management at Mercedes Trucks

Rainer Müller-Finkeldei will take over responsibility for product development at Mercedes-Benz Trucks in May 2023. He will succeed Uwe Baake, who has contributed to product developments such as the GenH2 truck and the Mercedes-Benz eActros and is retiring as planned at the end of April.

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Mar 1, 2023 - 12:14 pm

Volvo Trucks offers more e-trucks for the construction industry

Electric vehicles are perfectly suited for construction sites, as Volvo Trucks demonstrates with its heavy-duty electric trucks. The manufacturer now offers trucks with simple chassis and various superstructures, such as tippers, mixers or cranes – all with an electric drivetrain.

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