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Competition grows to charge electric trucks

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Electrifying your fleet through innovative finance models.

DETAILS: Charging for electric trucks trails the availability of battery-powered equipment. Startups like Gage Zero have the investor backing to buy the real estate and develop the large-scale sites. But will they be enough to support the transition to electrification?

KEY QUOTES FROM SAM ARONS, vice president of business development...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/competition-grows-to-charge-electric-trucks

High-flying TruckWings looks at what’s next

TruckWings, the aerodynamic tractor-trailer gap-closing hardware, has surpassed 500 million miles of real-world use. TruckLabs founder Daniel Burrows figures someone will buy his 8-year-old company — someday.

The aerodynamic flight of TruckWings

Trucking technology claims tied to the number of miles driven is a common proof point of effectiveness. When that number is 500 million miles, it’s hard to miss. TruckLabs, the inventor of TruckWings gap-closing hardware for tractor-trailers, has...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/high-flying-truckwings-looks-at-whats-next

Truck Tech: Already there edition

This week: An ACT Research report finds some stunning news comparing the total cost of ownership of battery-electric and diesel trucks; Nikola is deploying high-power remote chargers to bridge the gap to a more robust truck charging infrastructure; and a Kenworth customer reports on its takeaways from participating in a fuel cell pilot program.

Leveling the playing field

If you’re wondering when electric vehicles, whose prices are up to three times higher than diesel trucks, will reach...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-already-there-edition

Locomation claims huge improvements in emissions and fuel savings

Locomation, pursuing an autonomous two-truck convoy approach while others are working on equipping one truck for self-driving, claims an environmental impact study shows double-digit improvements in fuel consumption and total operating costs for moving freight by truck.

The electronically tethered trucks will start out with human drivers in both trucks, but only the lead truck will have a driver in control. The following truck will operate as a robot, allowing the driver to work on other tasks...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/locomation-claims-huge-improvements-in-emissions-and-fuel-savings

Why is reducing emissions in freight so hard?

AskWaves dives into why transportation and freight is such a difficult sector to reduce emissions.

Experts often say greenhouse gas emissions are “hard to abate” in the transportation, freight and supply chain industries. The sector’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels means that substantial investments in infrastructure and technology are necessary to get to net-zero emissions.

Issues that make decarbonizing freight difficult include the:

  • Higher upfront costs for some sustainable solutions, even if the total costs of ownership are lower.
  • Scalability, range, weight and other technological...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-is-reducing-emissions-in-freight-so-hard

Breakthroughs and misconceptions: 9 questions with ChargePoint’s Rich Mohr

Rich Mohr spent a quarter-century at Ryder System Inc. working to solve challenges for fleets, some of which they didn’t even know they had.

Earlier this year, Mohr took his talents from Miami to the West Coast, where he is helping newly public electric charging station manufacturer ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT) figure out how to make fleets comfortable with moving to battery-powered trucks. For all the hype about the great electric truck migration, it’s not that easy.

At Ryder (NYSE: R),...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breakthroughs-and-misconceptions-9-questions-with-chargepoints-rich-mohr

Is heavy-duty fuel cell trucking almost ready for prime time?

Here’s what we know about hydrogen-powered fuel cells for heavy-duty trucking:

  • They are not in commercial production.
  • Onboard hydrogen storage is far less efficient than battery-powered trucks.
  • Heavy-duty truck fuel cell adoption is projected to be just 2.5% by 2030.
  • Battery-electric truck proponents call fuel cells unflattering names.

.None of that has changed. Yet, something seems different. 

For starters, car and truck makers and Tier 1 suppliers are investing billions of dollars in fuel cell...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/is-heavy-duty-fuel-cell-trucking-almost-ready-for-prime-time?

Winging it can save money and emissions

TruckWings save fleets money and emissions.

At 49 mph or slower, TruckWings — a product from TruckLabs that reduces aerodynamic drag — remains safely nestled behind a cab, silently waiting to go into action. Then the speedometer reaches 50 mph.

Time to come out of hiding.

Thanks to the smart sensors that minimize driver involvement, the glass-reinforced polypropylene panels automatically deploy. Two on the side, one on the top, the panels expand to close the gap between the tractor and trailer as the truck rolls down the highway.

It’s a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/winging-it-can-save-money-and-emissions

Why GM’s zero-emissions pledge matters to trucking

General Motors’ commitment to zero-emission vehicles by 2035 will influence heavy-duty truck manufacturers and suppliers to follow along.

Just two days after taking a role in a four-way collaboration to make nonpolluting hydrogen-powered fuel cell International trucks for Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV), GM said it is targeting 2040 to eliminate carbon dioxide pollution from its plants, supply chains and logistics globally.

“GM’s declaration does have an impact on fleet owners,” said...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-gms-zero-emissions-pledge-means-a-lot-to-trucking

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