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Volvo Trucks and Bucher collaborate to electrify sewer cleaner trucks

Green Car Congress

With this agreement with Bucher Municipal, we are taking a very important strategic step towards electrifying one of the most complicated and demanding tasks in our urban environments. In 2021 Volvo Trucks took orders, including letters of intent to buy, for more than 1,100 electric trucks in more than 20 countries.

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Skydio Stops Selling Consumer Drones

Cars That Think

It’s rare that robots can operate truly autonomously in unstructured environments, and the Skydio 2 may have been the first robot to bring that to the consumer space. Adam Bry, Skydio CEO So as of now, you can no longer buy a consumer Skydio 2 from Skydio. Last time we checked, the Skydio 2+ enterprise kit was US $5,000.

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Plug’n Drive launches online tool to help Canadian drivers find their electric vehicle match

Plug N Drive

By moving away from provincial and national averages, “Find Your EV Match” personalizes the EV buying process by providing total cost of ownership information, alongside greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction insights, that are based on regional electricity pricing, gasoline pricing and electricity generation.

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Hertz (HTZ) blames EVs for Q4 earnings miss as stock price rises anyways

Baua Electric

Hertz’s adjusted negative 17% margin includes $245 million in net deprecation related to Tesla EVs for sale. Despite “solid demand and a stable rate environment,” CEO Stephen Scherr said, “we continued to face headwinds related to our electric vehicle fleet and other costs” in Q4.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

Green Car Congress

We have to remember that the industry was already operating in a challenging environment, especially towards the end of last year. This is in part due to the collapse of the Italian and French markets, on which small cars are heavily reliant for sales—in 2019, 38% of A and B segment registrations in Europe occurred in Italy and France.

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VW launch ID 4

EV Info

It delivers all the SUV benefits you need, including space and performance, while being kinder to our environment. YOu have to know that they are available for sale to buy them. . VW claim that the all-new ID.4 4 combines the practicality of an SUV and the sustainability of an electric car. The exclusive ID.4 Additional ID.4

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What EV has the Best Bang for the Buck?

Clean Fleet Report

While this is the only EV for sale in the U.S. Going electric is definitely a step in the right direction for the environment given how much less pollution is caused by charging your car up with electricity as opposed to filling ‘er up with gas. To donate, visit Earthtalk.

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