Switcheroo: EV Realty secures electricity before launching charging sites

Startups, real estate giants and others developing electric truck charging sites tend to pick locations before being certain they can get electricity in a timely fashion. Startup EV Realty prioritizes having the juice available when it buys a property.

‘Buying by the acre and monetizing by the megawatt’

Patrick Sullivan is like a lot of his peers developing electric infrastructure for fleet charging. He knows how the electric power business works, what it takes to develop and what can frustrate...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/switcheroo-ev-realty-secures-electricity-before-launching-charging-sites

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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Electric trucks should shake off setbacks in 2024

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

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/electric-trucks-should-shake-off-setbacks-in-2024

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

Hydrogen fuel cell maker Hyzon eyes small-scale projects to advance

HOUSTON — The new CEO of hydrogen fuel cell maker Hyzon didn’t sound like a man running a company whose future is in doubt. 

In an interview with FreightWaves at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference here, Parker Meeks deferred questions about current issues Hyzon (NASDAQ: HYZN) is facing over its low stock price and its Nasdaq listing, saying the company was in a blackout period. With the Securities and Exchange Commission having launched an investigation into Hyzon last year, Meeks, who...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hydrogen-fuel-cell-maker-hyzon-eyes-small-scale-projects-to-advance

Volvo Group gathers startups for incubation

Not unlike startup accelerator company Y Combinator and venture capital firm 500 Global, the starting point for hundreds of young entrepreneurs, Sweden’s Volvo Group has its own version of finding and tapping tomorrow’s talent for trucking and its other businesses. 

It’s called CampX, a physical location where more than 50 startups have explored and accelerated new ideas under the watchful eye of the global truck maker. The latest addition is an incubator where early-stage startups can develop...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/volvo-group-gathers-startups-for-incubation

Daimler Truck’s GenH2 is more than just a fuel cell

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HANNOVER, Germany — The first thing to know about Daimler Truck’s GenH2 fuel cell truck is that it...

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Truck Tech: Summer ACTs edition

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Playing with Lego bricks to illustrate supply chain disruptions, how the passenger vehicle market mirrors the trucking industry, and Hyliion’s Hypertruck free rides — those and other musings from the ACT Research Seminar 67 this week in Columbus, Indiana.

Explain it to me like I’m a 4-year-old

When you see some of the full-size creations from Lego bricks, you know they are not just for children. Check the recommended ages on some of the boxes if you want evidence.

Those plastic bricks helped Paul...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-summer-acts-edition

Truck Tech: Startup strategies edition

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The ongoing shake-up at TuSimple suggests a co-founder’s impatience. Hyliion Holdings is already benefiting from support by an outsized rival. Plus, a war of press releases over reducing emissions and a plea for autonomous truck testing in California.

TuSimple intrigue

The shake-up at TuSimple that began in March has developed into a full-on house cleaning. Most notable is the departure of Pat Dillion. His Wall Street background brought investor relations credibility to the autonomous trucking...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-startup-strategies-edition

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