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Could autonomous trucks help save the planet?

3 May 2024

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/could-autonomous-trucks-help-save-the-planet

Really cold hydrogen could bring driving range parity with diesel

26 April 2024

The time it takes to fuel a hydrogen-powered fuel cell truck is already on par with diesel. But there is still a yawning gap when it comes to comparable driving range. A new hydrogen storage system that packs more energy density might change that.

The goal of hydrogen and battery-electric trucks is to reduce the 12% of greenhouse gas emissions attributed to heavy-duty trucking.

Chill out: Verne goes deep into minus celsius for cryo-compression

San Francisco-based startup Verne is named after 19th...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/really-cold-hydrogen-could-bring-driving-range-parity-with-diesel

Megawatt grants electrify truck charging corridors

26 January 2024

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

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World’s first maritime megawatt charging system picked for AT’s electric ferries

7 December 2023

Swiss technology company ABB has secured a contract with Auckland Transport (AT), New Zealand’s transport services and infrastructure provider, to deliver the maritime industry’s first megawatt charging system (MCS) for all-electric and hybrid-electric ferries.

The post World’s first maritime...

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/worlds-first-maritime-megawatt-charging-system-picked-for-ats-electric-ferries/

Mercedes-Benz Trucks eActros 600 foreshadows next Freightliner eCascadia

10 October 2023

Even as the second-generation Freightliner eCascadia begins arriving in U.S. fleets, the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 foreshadows a purpose-built electric truck destined for North America in mid-decade.

A conventional cab typical for long haul on wider U.S. highways is a given. The Actros 600 revealed in Germany on Tuesday underpins the next Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) flagship. Some of the 50 eActros 600 prototypes will go into fleet trials in Europe this year. Series...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mercedes-benz-trucks-eactros-600-foreshadows-next-freightliner-ecascadia

WattEV opens public truck charging depot in Long Beach port

24 July 2023

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wattev-opens-public-truck-charging-depot-in-long-beach-port