Renault Trucks says it is ready to launch an all-electric range next year, after testing had commenced with partners over ten years. It is thus not only one truck but a whole line of utility vehicles the French are gearing up for. A dedicated production line in the Normandy will start rolling by 2019.
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Nikola Motor announced plans to set up shop in Arizona to make its H2 semi truck. A new factory will be build close to Phoenix from 2019 with production to start 2 years later. The start-up earmarked 1 billion dollars and says it will create 2,000 jobs.
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Founded by former Google engineers, Nuro is out to make goods delivery autonomous and electric. Their mini delivery van is modular on the inside and convinced investors to spent 92m dollars on the Silicon Valley-based start-up.
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SAIC Mobility Europe’s brand Maxus has delivered the first few EV80 electric vans in Europe. Distributor Maske Fleet added EV80 vans to a courier service’s fleet based in Hamburg.
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The Polish manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach has announced to build a bi-articulated trolleybus called Trollino 24 and to kick off a trial period by mid-2018 in several European cities.
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Bolloré subsidiary BlueSG and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University are starting a partnership to test Bolloré’s flash-charging shuttle based on a prototype of the BlueTram, first revealed in 2014.
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Utility vehicle manufacturer Scania and Swedish Northvolt signed an agreement to jointly develop and commercialise battery cell tech for heavy duty vehicles. Scania says that it will invest 10m euros.
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San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) wants to install a charging network for medium and heavy duty vehicles. 3,000 such charging stations may be installed once the regulator CPUC grants SDG&E permission.
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Norway’s Pon Equipment joint hands with Caterpillar to electrify their digger Cat 323F. The electric excavator is currently biting its time testing but is set to show at a fair this May.
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Geely’s New Energy Vehicle subsidiary is joining forces with VIA Motors to develop a medium-duty electric truck with Volvo range extender. Software and systems control will come from Via and the e-truck is to launch in China and the Americas by 2019.
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The company says that it wants to kick off sales of its upcoming electric-powered utility vehicle next year in Europe. Initially, the model shall be deployed in the good transport industry in metropolitan areas. A selection of clients will put first units into operation before the year’s end.
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Deutz will debut electrified drive solutions for off-highway applications at the Intermat this April. The drives may be utilised in construction and material handling equipment and BMWi delivers the battery.
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Japan will see the start of an electric bus project that will utilise technology of the Nissan Leaf. Headed by Kumamoto University testing of the Yoka ECO Bus is to commence this February. The bus comes with three electric drives, batteries as well as the inverter of Nissan’s bestselling EV.
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Supplier BorgWarner presents its electric drive system used in the all-electric Fuso eCanter truck in-depth. Customers in Europe had just recently received Daimler’s first electric truck but BorgWard envisions a range of applications.
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American Workhorse has opened the order books so that anyone that fancies an electric pick-up truck may reserve. Each name entered calls for a 1,000 dollar deposit and Workhorse hopes to start deliveries by late 2018.
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With its versatile concept e-Palette put on display at CES, Toyota gives an idea of its vision of future mobility. The adaptable vehicle – of course, all-electric and autonomous – can be transformed into many different vehicle types. An alliance shall help to develop the vehicle.
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The Japanese manufacturer has opened its order books for the upgraded e-NV200 with 40 kWh battery – and rewards early clients with its limited edition called 2.ZERO.
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Toyota wants to add several utility vehicles based on fuel cell tech to its line-up, according to Japanese business daily “Nikkei”. In this context, the carmaker just closed a deal with supermarket chain Seven-Eleven.
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After taking over Swedish carmaker Volvo 2010, the Chinese Geely group is now also owning parts of the separately operating truck specialist AB Volvo. Geely replaces investor Cevian Capital and thus acquires shares worth 2,8bn euros.
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Tesla has opened the order books for its electric truck Semi in Europe – or let’s say in several European countries such as Norway, the Netherlands and Great Britain. Besides that, more and more Model 3 cars are about to get delivered to external clients.
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UPS joins the growing circle of large businesses that trust in Tesla to launch its electric truck Semi in time for them to reach the climate goals. The carrier ordered 125 units and added data for customisation.
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Volkswagen’s utility unit has delivered the first e-Crafters to commercial clients. They will test the new electric delivery van in real-life until mid-2018 before a roll-out later that year.
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Building works have started on Germany’s first electric highway that will see electric trucks run along overhead wires, thus charging dynamically. The technology comes from Siemens.
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Austrian K-Bus uses a Nissan e-NV200 as the base for its new electric bus that has been certified and delivered to the first customer today. Solar panels serve as range extender.
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Renault and Brilliance have closed a deal to build light commercial vehicles together in China and to advance the electrification of powertrains. The joint venture is called Renault-Brilliance-Jinbei.
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The first twelve units of Daimler’s all-electric Fuso eCanter have been handed out to European clients. Six of them go to Deutsche Post DHL, three to Rhenus, two to Dachser and one to DB Schenker.
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Heavy industries are rolling since Tesla launched the Semi. With Thor Trucks, another start-up presents a prototype of an electric truck and the ET-One may beat Tesla to market.
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The Californian EV maker has installed an official reservation option on its website, paving the way for everybody to reserve one of the company’s electric trucks. PepsiCo directly orders 100 Tesla Semi trucks in the largest preorder to date.
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US commercial vehicle manufacturer Mack Trucks has introduced the prototype for a new heavy-load truck with a plug-in hybrid system called the Mack Pinnacle DayCab model.
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Vehicle manufacturer Voltia has introduced its new electric Van in the UK. The van is based on the Nissan e-NV200 model.
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