Electric charging infrastructure

Charli brings turnkey solution to EV charging

Electric vehicle charging provider Charli Charging recently launched its next-generation platform, Charli 2.0. The platform is designed to address common frustrations faced by EV owners and fleet managers, including unreliable or inaccessible chargers and poor user experience. With a new tech stack, Charlie 2.0 aims to simplify EV charging for the growing number of electric vehicle investors across America.

Founded in 2019, Charli Charging emerged from the desire to make EV charging as simple as...

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Could autonomous trucks help save the planet?

It’s understood that autonomous trucks boost fuel efficiency compared to human-driven big rigs.

But the potential energy efficiency gains could be far greater.

In a white paper released Tuesday, Aurora Innovation looked at immediate, medium- and longer-term opportunities and found some obvious and not-so-obvious savings.

The headline factoid: Autonomous trucks could achieve 13%-32% net energy efficiency improvement per loaded mile compared to human-driven miles. It is a lot to digest. 

Aurora makes...

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Megawatt grants electrify truck charging corridors

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Startup electric truck infrastructure developer WattEV won’t say how much money it has raised from...

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Daily Infographic: Manufacturers announce investments of over $500 million in more than 40 American-made electric charger plants

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Prologis looks to lead on commercial EV charging infrastructure

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit on Thursday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Empowering Electric Futures: Navigating Challenges in Scaling Commerical Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

DETAILS: Henrik Holland, the global head of electric vehicle charging at Prologis, provides insight into strategic placement, sustainability integration, user experience and regulatory advocacy in the expansion of commercial EV charging networks, offering a holistic approach to the...

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Voltera helps fleets overcome biggest roadblock to electrification

The adoption of electric vehicles has grown at a rapid pace over the last decade, and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime soon. 

In the U.S., there are now some 3 million electric vehicles on the road and 135,000 public EV chargers, according to a White House briefing. Over the next decade, it’s expected consumer demand will continue to be fueled by environmental concerns, more vehicle choices, stronger battery capacity and cost savings.

The transportation industry is the lead emitter...

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WattEV opens public truck charging depot in Long Beach port

Nikola Tre models and WattEV chargers

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...

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Daily Infographic: Electric Vehicle Charging Corridor Miles by State

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Truck Tech: Daum straight edition

Martin Daum rarely equivocates. The CEO of Daimler Truck sets courses the trucking industry often follows. If you ask him a question, expect a straight answer. We did. And so did he.

When Martin Daum talks …

Martin Daum is one of those people for whom a paraphrase of the famous line from the 1970s TV commercials by investment bank EF Hutton applies. When the CEO of Daimler Truck talks, the global trucking industry listens.

Martin Daum is the influential voice and CEO of Daimler Truck. (Photo: Alan...

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Congress approves incentive boost for EV truck purchases

Walmart electric delivery truck

Congress on Friday passed climate legislation with tax incentives aimed at speeding adoption of medium and heavy-duty trucks, particularly those serving the last-mile delivery sector.

The U.S. House voted along party lines, 220-207, to approve the Democrat-backed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), a $745 billion package that contains grants and incentives to reduce the cost of clean energy and healthcare, along with tax reforms.

The IRA, a pared down version of President Joe Biden’s “Build...

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