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Revoy’s battery trailer turns a semi-truck into a hybrid – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

At Revoy’s swapping station in Dallas, the Revoy EV, with a pre-charged battery, is attached between a tractor and a semi-trailer. When the truck leaves Dallas, it drives 234 miles to a station in Arkansas for another quick swap. When the truck leaves Dallas, it drives 234 miles to a station in Arkansas for another quick swap.

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Proterra introduces 35-foot electric bus

Green Car Congress

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will be the first customer for the new bus, receiving seven 35-foot Catalyst FC buses and two overhead semi-autonomous fast chargers. Proterra has demonstrated that this option can travel more 700 miles in 24 hours. This system can be recharged on-route in less than ten minutes at a 500kW charge rate.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

Green Car Congress

Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) SuperTruck program has achieved 115% freight efficiency improvement (gallons of fuel consumed per ton of goods moved per mile traveled)—surpassing the Department of Energy (DOE) program’s goal of 50% improvement and exhibiting the best results of all reporting OEMs. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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