Electra announces $9 billion in preorders for new EL9 Ultra Short hybrid...
Electra Aero, a maker of hybrid electric short takeoff and landing aircraft, says it has received some 2,200 preorders, worth about $9 billion for its new EL9 Ultra Short hybrid electric aircraft. The...
View ArticleLucid Motors buys Nikola’s Arizona factory at bankruptcy auction
It’s an ill wind indeed that doesn’t blow something good someone’s way. Back in 2010, an opportunity to buy a factory in Fremont, California at a bargain-basement price gave a certain EV startup a...
View ArticleSwiss transport and waste disposal company buys a FUSO eCanter electric truck
TIT Imhof, a transport, construction and disposal company based in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, has added an electric FUSO eCanter 9C18e skip loader to its truck fleet. The 8.55-tonne light-duty truck,...
View ArticlePage Trucking becomes first fleet customer for ReVolt’s hybrid truck
Page Trucking, a specialty hauler that operates a fleet of some 500 trucks, has signed on as the first fleet customer for ReVolt Motors’ hybrid truck. ReVolt will initially deliver five Peterbilt 579...
View ArticleABF Freight orders five more Orange EV electric terminal trucks
Orange EV, a manufacturer of Class 8 all-electric terminal trucks, has announced that ABF Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, has placed an order for five additional Orange EV terminal...
View ArticleUpfit UTV and OMI unveil Fusion-Drive hybrid powertrain for off-road vehicles
Upfit UTV, a Fox Factory subsidiary that produces purpose-built custom vehicles, and OMI, a specialist in electric powertrain engineering, have partnered to introduce off-highway vehicles with OMI’s...
View ArticleZapi, Technotrans, Moog and ZQuip target the off-highway electric vehicle...
The bauma construction trade show in Munich, Germany presented an opportunity for a number of companies to showcase their off-highway electric vehicle (OHEV) products, including Zapi, Technotrans,...
View ArticleVideo: Volvo CE’s electric construction equipment—practical considerations,...
Charged recently chatted with Fredrik Tjernström from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) to learn about the OEM’s electrification journey. Tjernström detailed Volvo CE’s gradual and strategic...
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