Europe Electric Car Sales Report — 13.6% Of New Cars Fully Electric
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:00:56 +0000
23.2% of new automobiles sold in Europe have a plug.
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Sysco Receives First Battery-Electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 Truck
Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 07:08:44 +0000
The first series-produced battery electric Freightliner eCascadia was recently delivered to Sysco Corporation, the top global distributor of food service equipment. Sysco could be paving the way for the future of sustainability in the food service distribution industry. Keep in mind that it manages one of the biggest private fleets in the country. At the […]
Daimler & Amazon Are Testing Electric Long-Haul Trucks In Germany
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:00:32 +0000
One of the tough things about designing any kind of machine is that the real world can be a little more punishing than the math. It’s not that math isn’t a great tool for figuring out how things work in the real world, but that it’s easy for humans to not know what they missed […]
Daimler Launches First Mercedes-branded Electric Semi
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:55:33 +0000
Mercedes-brand Daimlers get serious about electrifying European trucking lanes.
Mercedes-Benz Electric Trucks Now Shipping, More Coming
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 05:38:23 +0000
Large electric trucks are easy to get excited about. They can cut a lot of emissions — CO2 emissions as well as other types of pollution that cause cancer, asthma, and various other human ailments and death. This is why, since the Tesla Semi was unveiled in 2017, many of us have been eagerly awaiting […]
Auto Expert Says Tesla Semi Is “Pointless,” Seems To Miss The Point
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:07:28 +0000
Markus Lienkamp is the chair of Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. It seems that would make him a full blown auto expert (hence the title). Lienkamp says that “this is technically not easily feasible and it’s also pointless both economically and ecologically.”
7% Plug-In Vehicle Share In Germany!
Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:38:54 +0000
The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market started the year on fire, jumping 128% year over year (YoY), to a record 16,131 registrations. That smashed the previous record (12,026 units) set last October, so it seems the German locomotive has (finally) been set in motion
Auto Industry: Incentivized To Not Change
Credit to Author: Alex Voigt| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 21:41:41 +0000
Every nation of this world will do its best to protect its industry for the good of the country’s economy and its people. Politicians are elected to make sure industries and jobs are doing well, to stabilize income, and to reduce risk. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this protection. Unfortunately, politics can, by trying its very best to support its industry, destroy it without even realizing what’s happening. This has happened before, and there is a large risk that it’s happening today in the largest automotive producing countries, like Germany, Japan, and the
Tesla Semis Are Cheaper Than Rail Enough Of The Time To Reshape Ground Freight
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:00:07 +0000
All transportation is electrifying. All transportation is moving to lower labor costs. All transportation is becoming more loosely coupled. All transportation is moving to lower carbon models. But the Tesla Semi is going to have a substantial advantage once it’s on the roads and for a decade after that
Opel Ampera-e (Opel Who?!?) Wins January In The Netherlands — EV Sales Report
Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:00:15 +0000
With a sales rush in the last days of 2019, one would imagine January would bring a big hangover for the plug-in vehicle market. But turns out, it hasn’t. Yes, the Dutch plug-in market was down 2% year over year (YoY), to 3,184 registrations, but because the overall market fell even more (-6% YoY), the plug-in vehicle (PEV) share (7.2%, 4.3% for fully electric vehicles alone) actually grew compared to 12 months ago (6.9% in January 2019). So … why is this happening