Jason from Engineering Explained breaks down the numbers. What size battery is needed to hit the 500 mile range? How will conditions affect the range?
Image: Courtesy of California Clean Transportation Local carriers test-drive new electric truck BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Oct 5, 2022 Monty Mann finally got the chance on Wednesday to test drive one of the electric heavy-duty trucks he’s been hearing about. When he did, it was impressive in ways he expected — good acceleration, regenerative braking and a…
Tesla Semi Truck – Updates on range, battery size and first deliveries.
VOLVO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THEIR VOLVO LIGHTS PROJECT Volvo Trucks has started to call an end to its Volvo LIGHTS Project after three successful years. The pilot focused primarily on learning about class 8 Volvo VNR electric trucks that go through the South Coast Air Basin of California, one of the major cargo pathways in the…
Truckers across America collectively travel around 450 billion miles annually. These professionals contributed to 27% of the total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2020. Since heavy-duty truck transportation is an essential service that carries the products we use, these figures are likely to grow as consumerism continues rising. Luckily, establishing the Inflation Reduction Act…
As fleet managers and operators amplify their effort to go green, just TCO for electric trucks, certain challenges become more apparent. The learning curve for electric trucks and EV (electric vehicle) operation is relatively easier to address, but electric car charging presents a lot of complications. Thanks to these challenges, many are still hesitant to…
First off, let’s address what LCFS credits are exactly, and how they can best work for EV producers and users – What is the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program? The Low Carbon Fuel Standard, (LCFS) program was established in 2009 by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to aid the state’s efforts in achieving…
Tesla unveiled their Battery Electric Semi concept to the world in 2017, and those who held their breath in anticipation of its arrival, who haven’t already done so, can finally take a nice deep inward breath or plan to before the year end. Earlier this week at the time of this publication, 8/26 Tesla announced…
Electric truck stops are the next phase of advancing the electric trucking market Electric truck stops are the next phase in achieving the national and global goal of carbon negative emissions for the electric vehicle (EV) industry. As a host of companies, such as Volvo and Tesla, are producing zero-emission trucks, the need for charging…
