ACTExpo23
ACT Expo a coming of age for hydrogen-powered trucking
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Not long ago, hydrogen and fuel cell trucks were lightly regarded at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. This year, they are capturing once unimaginable attention.
A parade of significant hydrogen-related announcements began even before what has become a must-attend event that outgrew its Long Beach, California, venue. Toyota Motor North America (TMNA), which doesn’t make commercial trucks, confirmed production later this year of a heavy-duty fuel cell system at its...
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Freightliner eM2 completes Daimler Truck EV commercial vehicle lineup
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A year after starting regular production of its Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric truck, Daimler Truck North America will build the eM2 medium-duty model this fall. It plans for utility bucket trucks and other vocational applications after starting with straight trucks.
The launch of the Class 6 eM2 was delayed by supply chain disruptions. But DTNA applied much of what it learned from the second-generation eCascadia daycab. That sometimes meant operating from 5...
Nikola gets financial partner for 50 hydrogen stations
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Financially struggling Nikola Corp. is getting up to $1 billion for 50 of its planned hydrogen fueling stations. Well-funded infrastructure developer Voltera Inc. agreed to build the stations under a five-year agreement
The stations are a critical piece to Nikola realizing its goal of building and fueling zero-emission fuel cell trucks. Nikola is targeting the fourth quarter to deliver its first production Tre fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).
The first of 50 stations should...
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Kodiak Robotics tests electric powertrain in autonomous truck
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s the peanut butter and the chocolate of freight hauling — combining an...
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