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Truck Talk: Electrification education edition

This week, NACFE’s Mike Roeth talks about what’s different in the newest Run on Less demonstration, and we learn, after some digging, how Kenworth adopted the tagline “World’s Best Trucks.” 

Electric Avenue

Mike Roeth has made a name for himself as executive director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE). Sure, NACFE is known for its Confidence Reports on efficiency technologies. But every two years, just about everybody pays attention when Roeth’s nonprofit organizes and...

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The Daily Dash: Rand McNally ELDs are back online; GM, Nikola reach revised agreement

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, what was described as a “cyber incident” has now been resolved at Rand McNally, and the company’s ELDs are back online. Plus, GM will no longer take an equity stake in Nikola and J.B. Hunt acquires a final-mile provider.

Rand McNally back online

Five days later, Rand McNally’s electronic logging device system is back online. The company’s DriverConnect platform, which includes the ELD, fell victim to...

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Lion Electric to go public in SPAC merger

A Lion Electric battery-powered truck seen from the front. Lion Electric is going public via a SPAC merger.

Canadian electric truck and bus manufacturer The Lion Electric Company said Monday it intends to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger in a move that will help fund its first U.S. manufacturing facility. 

Quebec-based Lion plans to combine with blank check company Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: NGA) and then be listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker LEV. It expects to raise about $500 million from the transaction.

It comes as Lion looks to...

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Lion’s electric trucks lean on road-tested tech

A Lion8 electric truck with a trailer produced by the Lion Electric Co.

Before Lion Electric Co. decided to make electric trucks, the Canadian company developed a line of battery-powered electric school buses. More than 300 are in service in North America.

Lion Electric president Marc BédardLion Electric president Marc Bédard says the Lion8 is designed to be a workhorse for urban deliveries. (Photo: Nate Tabak/FreightWaves)

The result, according to Lion Electric President Marc Bédard: Its trucks are more mature and better road-tested than those of closest rivals — such as Freightliner’s eM2 and...

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Ready to roar: Lion Electric delivers first trucks next month

A rendering of a Lion Electric truck with an Amazon logo. Lion plans to deliver its first trucks in October.

Lion Electric Co. plans to deliver its first battery-powered electric trucks in October as high-profile orders from CN and Amazon buoy the Canadian manufacturer. 

The Quebec-based company plans to have at least 50 of its Class 6 and Class 8 trucks in service by the end of the year, including two of 10 to Amazon. Production at Lion’s Montreal-area plant is ramping up to fulfill what the company says are hundreds of orders.

If Lion keeps to its schedule, it will deliver its first truck only a...

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CN orders 50 electric trucks from Lion Electric

CN CEO JJ Ruest stand in from of a Lion Electric electric truck with a CN with a CN intermodal trailer attached to it.

CN (NYSE: CNI) has ordered 50 electric trucks from Canadian supplier Lion Electric Co. for intermodal operations in its largest urban markets, the companies announced Monday.

The Canadian railway plans to deploy the trucks in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, CN JJ Ruest said during a news conference in Montreal. They will perform urban deliveries, container shuttle service and port operations. 

The trucks will help “reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also noise pollution,” Ruest said. “Trucks,...

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