Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The pursuit of contradictory goals is a basic fact of human nature, and the commercial truck industry is no exception. WattEV opened a charging depot at the Port of Long Beach last May, and at least a dozen more charging sites are in the construction phase—but it’s true that many more will be needed.)

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Charging Sierra North America Volvo 52

Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. But today, heavy trucks remain a diesel world. Its first model was an electric adaptation of its conventional diesel-powered VNR tractor. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. That’s about to change.

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Volvo Fleet Electric Electrical 131

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Here at Charged , we’ve been covering the commercial EV market for a decade. After many discussions with players in the commercial EV field, we realized that the problem was proving the performance of EVs. Rustam Kocher has been a pioneer in the commercial EV field. Everything on a commercial vehicle has to be more rugged.

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Fleet Portland Charging Building 52

Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

Geoffrey Schwartz, Business Development Manager at Littelfuse Commercial Vehicle Products, told Charged some stories to illustrate the chaotic situation that’s delaying the move to EVs. The EPA requirements are that commercial vehicles will have to be 40% electric by 2035. I don’t come home smelling like diesel.

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Standards Market Volt Vehicles 73

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Remember the Balqon container truck I wrote about a while back, the Port of Long Beach truck that can haul 60,000 lbs and that’s starting to replace diesel spewing internal combustion trucks? Plugging into the SoCal grid, in this case, SoCal Edison, this PHEV tug is significantly cleaner than its diesel burning brethren.

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Long Beach Los Angeles Lead Acid Electric 100

Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Electrifying commercial vehicles is a critical part of reducing emissions, so it’s frustrating that the pace of fleet electrification has been so slow. Viable commercial EVs have been around for years, but fleet operators insisted on conducting years-long pilots to prove their reliability. Salim: Yeah, absolutely.

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Charging Re-Charge Volvo Hydrogen 91