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Are hydrogen combustion engines delayed or DOA?

Guidehouse Insights has published an extensive report on the global prospects for internal combustion engines powered by hydrogen. You can spend $3,950 to buy the full report and its 43 charts tracking markets for H2 ICE. Or, you can read one of the author’s perspectives below.

Hydrogen ICE study: Not that great a solution

Except for some vocational use cases in North America, a forgiving regulatory environment in Europe and a drive for energy independence in India, the idea of using gaseous or...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/are-hydrogen-combustion-engines-delayed-or-doa

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/megawatt-grants-electrify-truck-charging-corridors

Ree Automotive gets full by-wire electric certification

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Israel-based startup Ree Automotive delivered the first trucks with electronic by-wire technology...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ree-automotive-gets-full-by-wire-electric-certification

Founders of shuttered Argo AI launch autonomous trucking startup

The founders of shuttered self-driving car startup Argo AI, which was abandoned by Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG, are starting an autonomous trucking business with $1 billion in backing from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.

“With our proprietary technology and expertise as well as the commitment from our long-term partner in SoftBank, we are confident we will revolutionize the trucking and freight industries,” Bryan Salesky, founder and CEO of Stack AV, said in a news release.

The move is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/founders-of-shuttered-argo-ai-launch-autonomous-trucking-startup

Carnage grows among transportation startups

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In the world of electric vehicle and autonomous trucking startups, the picture of winners and losers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carnage-grows-among-transportation-startups

La cumbre virtual de FreightWaves sobre autonomía y vehículos eléctricos cuenta con líderes del sector 

La Cumbre de Vehículos Autónomos y Eléctricos de FreightWaves deconstruye la oleada de empresas de adquisición de propósito especial que hizo que muchas startups de transporte salieran a bolsa durante la pandemia.  

Vince Cubbage, director general de Tortoise Acquisition Corp. ha hecho públicas dos de esas empresas. Está buscando un objetivo para una tercera SPAC. Cubbage será el orador principal de la segunda cumbre anual (en su mayor parte) virtual de AEV, que se celebrará el miércoles. 

Cubbage...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/la-cumbre-virtual-de-freightwaves-sobre-autonomia-y-vehiculos-electricos-cuenta-con-lideres-del-sector

FreightWaves virtual autonomous and EV summit features industry leaders

The FreightWaves’ Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit deconstructs the wave of special purpose acquisition companies that brought many transportation startups public during the pandemic. 

Vince Cubbage, CEO of Tortoise Acquisition Corp., has brought two of those companies public. He is seeking a target for a third SPAC. Cubbage keynotes the second annual (mostly) virtual AEV Summit on Wednesday. 

Cubbage sees a correlation between a lack of business travel during the pandemic and sports...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-virtual-autonomous-and-ev-summit-features-industry-leaders

Canoo gets lifeline from Walmart in electric delivery van deal

Blue Canoo lifestyle delivery vehicle on blue background

Startup electric vehicle maker Canoo Inc., which said as recently as May there was “substantial doubt” about its survival. It appears safe for the moment thanks to Walmart’s purchase of 4,500 of its lifestyle delivery vehicles.

The announcement Tuesday morning before the opening bell on the Nasdaq sent Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV) shares soaring. It more than doubled in price before falling back to a 53%, gain, closing at $3.63 Tuesday.

Walmart signed a definitive agreement with Canoo for its LDV with an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canoo-gets-lifeline-from-walmart-in-electric-delivery-van-deal

Truck Tech: Down Under charging edition

Blue graphic of Truck Tech newsletter logo

Electric vehicle fast chargers are  critical to keeping power-hungry commercial trucks that run on battery power moving. Australia’s Tritium built its first direct-current fast charger a decade ago. Now, it is growing its U.S. presence. Tesla is taking hefty deposits for its battery-powered Semi, and Volvo Truck is sharing a guidebook  from its LIGHTS electrification project in California.

An Aussie solution to electric truck charging

The success of electric trucks rides on the ability to avoid...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-down-under-charging-edition

Electric trucks: Sysco signs for record 800 Freightliner eCascadias

Driver's side view of white and green Freightliner eCascadia

Food distribution giant Sysco Corp.intends to purchase up to 800 Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks from Daimler Truck North America, by far the largest order of battery-powered tractors in North America to date.

The booking is equal to roughly 80% of the 987 electric trucks ordered across all of Daimler Truck globally in 2021. And it suggests the nascent adoption of zero-tailpipe-emission commercial vehicles is moving into a higher gear.

“It seems like one of the bigger real orders...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/record-order-for-freightliner-electric-trucks

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