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Daimler, Navistar, Volvo ally for heavy-duty truck charging

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Electric Island – Daimler Trucks North America and PGE – Portland OR Indeed, the Department of Energy lists only nine fast charging stations in the U.S. The first, a joint developed of utility Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America called Electric Island , opened in 2021 in Portland, Oregon.

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Daimler Truck North America and partners to form JV for nationwide charging network for MD and HD commercial vehicles

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Moreover, the planned joint venture with the TRATON GROUP and Volvo Group for a European high-performance charging network will also make a contribution to paving the way for a carbon-neutral transport industry.

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Tesla Semi makes a Super Bowl appearance

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and E Portland St. Daimler, Volvo, Nikola, and others had sold all-electric class 8 units before Tesla did. Tesla will broaden Semi output in the coming years to help companies offer more sustainable fleets. A Tesla Semi was spotted in Glendale, and an image was posted to the r/TeslaMotors subreddit. Parent company PepsiCo.

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Unicom to order 11 Volvo electric trucks for concrete mixers

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The 11 Volvo FM Electric trucks will start being delivered in the end of the year. After gaining good experience with a Volvo FE Electric, Unicon is now taking the next big step towards emission-free distribution by introducing a new generation of electric truck mixers with longer range and higher payload.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Fleets don’t want to go electric at scale until they’ve done years-long pilots, but the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation will artificially constrict that timeframe. He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. Soon they won’t have a choice.

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Ener1 To Supply Li-ion Packs to Hyundai Heavy for Electric Buses; Complete Turnkey Solutions Agreement with Toro

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The light duty passenger market remains a focus, but Ener1 is more aggressively pursuing higher-margin opportunities in light-duty fleet, heavy-duty buses, and military applications. Transportation comprises light and heavy duty vehicles, military and industrial, and continues to be the company’s primary market. Small Cell & Consumer.

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