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ACT Expo: Shell Starship 2.0 — a diesel intruder at an electric truck show

LONG BEACH, Calif. — In the 1987 film “The Untouchables,” the late actor Sean Connery sarcastically accused a would-be assailant of bringing “a knife to a gunfight.”

The presence of the diesel-powered Shell Starship 2.0 at this week’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo is a sort of metaphor for the famous scene, a pivotal moment in the Prohibition-era crime drama.

Diesel fuel is no more the point of Shell’s futuristic technology test bed for freight efficiency than the knife-wielding mobster who...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/act-expo-shell-starship-20-a-diesel-intruder-at-an-electric-truck-show

Will Maryland’s expanded EV charging network fuel fleet adoption?

The Baltimore area is getting additional DC fast charger sites.

Building corridors of fast-charging stations along heavily trafficked routes and between major cities is the first step to increase electric vehicle adoption, Mike Calise, Tritium’s president of the Americas, told FreightWaves.

People and companies are still dealing with range anxiety, and the more public chargers there are near routine routes around cities, the more they will feel comfortable that a charger will be available when they need it.

EV charger provider Tritium partnered with Baltimore...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-marylands-expanded-ev-charging-network-fuel-fleet-adoption

Transmission: Electric delivery trucks from Volvo, Lion get ready to roll in California and Canada

It’s a good day to breathe a bit easier. The number of all-electric trucks headed out to make local deliveries is growing. Whether you’re in Southern California or a major Canadian city, all-electric trucks will be coming your way by the end of 2022, with some going into service by this fall.

Volvo announces largest-ever VNR Electric order, now has over 100 to deliver in two years

Last week we mentioned how Daimler is now taking orders for its new all-electric delivery trucks, the medium-duty eM2...

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