Back in 2012, California adopted legislation, rules of the road so to speak, for the operation of autonomous vehicles on Golden State roadways. It took three more years, until 2015, for implementing regulations to follow.
No rules covered the hauling of autonomous freight — specifically trucks exceeding 10,001 pounds because they didn’t exist. The inspection regime for trucks was another reason. The California Highway Patrol needed to be consulted, so the issue was put off.
It may slowly be...
BP purchased charging-as-a-service startup Amply Power on Tuesday for an undisclosed price, taking another step in building an electric vehicle infrastructure in the U.S.
Amply Power, founded in 2018 and based in Mountain View, California, will continue to operate independently as part of BP’s global portfolio of businesses.
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BP wants to scale next-generation mobility, which Amply offers through electric vehicle charging and...
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Electric vehicle charging services provider Amply Power unveiled a semi-permanent yet portable charging solution called Inrush on Friday. Inrush uses repurposed shipping containers to hold multiple EV charging stations.
Located in Disney’s Toy Story parking lot in Anaheim, California, Anaheim Transportation Network is the first Inrush customer. The project will consist of two shipping containers, each housing five charging stations, allowing 10 electric buses to charge at once. Two 200kW...
Kenworth and Peterbilt expect to sell a few hundred electric trucks in coming years. They will account for less than 1% of total revenue for parent PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR). But bundling charging units with the trucks improves the revenue picture dramatically.
“We like to make money in everything we do,” PACCAR CEO Preston Feight said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call Oct. 20. “And that’s our model for electric vehicles (EVs) as well as for anything else we do.”
PACCAR is taking...
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