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Electric trucks should shake off setbacks in 2024

3 January 2024

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Meaningful volume growth eluded heavy-duty electric trucks last year for several reasons: Charging...

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Nikola surpassess 200 orders for hydrogen fuel cell trucks

2 August 2023

Nikola Corp., experiencing a rare week of positive news, said Wednesday it has 202 orders for hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), a milestone unmatched in the nascent field for the zero-emission trucks.

The order bank covers bookings by 18 end users, some of which are trying out the trucks in demonstration programs. Most of the agreements are direct deals between fleets and Nikola dealers. Series production is underway at Nikola’s plant in Coolidge, Arizona. Deliveries are...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nikola-surpassess-200-orders-for-hydrogen-fuel-cell-trucks

WattEV opens public truck charging depot in Long Beach port

24 July 2023

Megawatt charging depots so far are behind-the-fence operations exclusive to the fleets that operate them. Truck-as-a-Service (TaaS) startup WattEV changes that when it opens its first charging-for-all installation at the Port of Long Beach.

“A lot of competitors have been talking about infrastructure, but we actually have equipment in the ground,” Salim Youssefzadeh, WattEV founder and CEO, told FreightWaves ahead of opening its first public changing depot Monday at the Port of Long Beach.

“We...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wattev-opens-public-truck-charging-depot-in-long-beach-port

Maersk orders 110 electric Class 8 trucks from Volvo

29 March 2022

Maersk to buy 126 Volvo VNR electric trucks.

Just six months ago, Volvo Trucks North America claimed its largest order of Class 8 electric trucks from Maersk Performance Team, the warehousing, distribution and transportation business of the ocean shipping giant. On Tuesday, Volvo said Maersk has placed an order nearly 10 times as large for Volvo VNR Electric daycabs.

The A.P. Moller-Maersk order of 110 VNR Electrics is the largest single order known among manufacturers of battery-electric trucks. It ordered 16 VNR Electric trucks last...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/maersk-orders-110-electric-class-8-trucks-from-volvo