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Battery-electric advocate Scania, Cummins developing 20 fuel-cell-electric trucks for HyTrucks project

Green Car Congress

Scania has been part of various development projects for hydrogen technologies for a number of years to gain insights into the technology. The HyTrucks project will enable Scania to learn even more about how to install fuel cell systems, the operations and what customers experience.

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Glencore orders full fleet of Epiroc battery-electric mining equipment for Onaping Depth nickel and copper mine in Canada

Green Car Congress

All units will be equipped with Epiroc’s Rig Control System, making them ready for automation and remote control, and will also be installed with Epirocs telematics system, allowing for intelligent monitoring of machine performance and productivity in real-time. Onaping Depth Project.

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How EV Connect Can Help With EV Fleet Management

EV Connect

It continues on through how you think about deployment — which cars have sufficient battery power available and where will they recharge along the route? And it affects questions of maintenance — you no longer need to worry about oil changes and similar maintenance, but how are you maximizing battery life and efficiency?

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Shell ditch Hydrogen Refuelling

EV Info

The closure of the Shell sites means there are now only 11 hydrogen refuelling stations open in Britain, according to Hydrogen Insight , the specialist publication supported by the Hydrogen industry. Number 1 has been Toyota with an insane love of Hydrogen and a similar dictate for Battery Power, even after the highly successful Toyota Prius.

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The Kiwi business journey to Carbon Zero

Drive Electric

This 5-step guide contains insights from FleetPartners for fleet managers and business owners looking to transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to hybrid and electric alternatives, whether you have 1, 20 or 500 vehicles. Consider the maintenance required for charging particular vehicles, and their battery power.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

And GM’s charging partnership with EVgo to install 2,700 fast charging stations over 5 years, which I covered here , amounts to a very modest 500 ports per year. But even more telling, GM is apparently actually investing very little of its own money.

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The world needs more batteries — but not this many – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The wave of battery factories under construction around the world will be able to produce far more cells than the global economy needs, BloombergNEF warns in a new report. Demand for lithium-ion cells is growing fast, as automakers electrify their fleets and utilities install big batteries to stabilize the power grid.

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