Could autonomous trucks help save the planet?

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...

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Will natural gas payback beat EV adoption?

The confluence of a new, bigger engine, net-zero carbon emissions from renewable natural gas (RNG) and pressure from shippers for their carriers to operate sustainably add up to a bright picture for natural gas adoption.

But a new study from the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) points to a couple of cautions. First is methane leakage from the source of the RNG. Methane escaping into the atmosphere is a huge contributor to planet-warming greenhouse gas.

Second, and most...

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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...

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Ree Automotive: Business life during wartime

Startup Ree Automotive builds its drive-by-wire electric powertrains in the United Kingdom. Its future customer base is mostly in the U.S. But its headquarters is in Tel Aviv, where the Hamas-Israel war takes an emotional toll on employees and their families called to fight.

Israel-based businesses count on some portion of their workforces serving in defense of the country surrounded by enemies sworn to destroy it.

When war comes calling, as it did during the Oct. 7 surprise bombing of Israel by...

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Will stationary power generators save Hyliion?

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It’s too soon to know whether Hyliion Holdings will be able to make a commercial success of its...

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Shyft Group gets in on shift toward electric delivery vehicles

In order for electric trucks and delivery vans to proliferate, the EV industry has some infrastructure issues to iron out.

One thing the space isn’t lacking, though, is choice. A mixture of legacy automakers and innovative startups have emerged to tackle the electric delivery challenge, and vehicle manufacturer and solutions provider The Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF) is putting its name on the map.

The company on Monday announced the certification of its Class 3, 4 and 5 Blue Arc electric delivery...

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REE Automotive and its ‘corner…

REE Automotive and its ‘corner technology” approach

Israel-based company CEO discusses REE’s offering that has no traditional drivetrain

Excerpt: REE Automotive uses “corner technology, in which all the wheels are individually controlled.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: From electric to autonomous: X-by-wire technology as an accelerator. 

DETAILS: Ree Automotive is an Israeli company autonomous offering...

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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...

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