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Old empires could be the key to a new car future – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Last year it put 30 of its heavy-duty XCIENT trucks on the road in California to haul freight from ports in Oakland and Richmond. Download ETAuto App Get Realtime updates Save your favourite articles Scan to download App The post Old empires could be the key to a new car future – ET Auto appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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The heavy-duty electric truck market could break out in 2024 – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

As Alan Adler writes in a recent FreightWaves article, 2023 was not the long-awaited Year of the Electric Truck. Forum Mobility supplied four electric trucks and EVSE to Hight Logistics in Long Beach in 2023, and plans to open a depot with 90 truck charging points near the Port of Oakland this year.

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It's Got a Name: Chevrolet "Volt" Plug-in Hybrid

Plugs and Cars

With an Auto Show overview article dated tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 7, the New York Times becomes the first publication to name the much-anticipated GM plug-in hybrid vehicle. in Oakland, CA, the Volt might actually be a GM car people would buy. says the Volt, a plug-in hybrid, could deliver the equivalent of 150 miles a gallon.

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

Resurrection of NUMMI auto plant by Tesla and Toyota lifts spirits all over Fremont. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. Resurrection of NUMMI auto plant by Tesla and Toyota lifts spirits all over Fremont. By Patrick May. pmay@mercurynews.com. Posted: 05/22/2010 05:17:54 PM PDT.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

WEBSTER • FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR• April 21, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article Del.icio.us Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. Later, he went on to work at auto supplier Delphi Corp.

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