Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association

Truck Tech: Infrastructure infancy edition

A new name in electric truck charging and infrastructure broke cover this week with $1 billion or more in private equity funding. With prospects for federal money and significant experience in electrification, Voltera might be a name to watch.

New kid in town 

There’s a new kid in town that could help build infrastructure for electric trucks. The name is Voltera. Its leaders have experience in electric charging. More important, it has access to funding. Lots of funding.

The exact figure is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-infrastructure-infancy-edition

Truck Tech: Startup strategies edition

Truck Tech logo on blue background

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

Industry group sues California over truck pollution regulation timing

A Freightliner Cascadia on the highway

The Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) is suing the California Air Resources Board for moving too quickly to implement pollution regulation changes in the state. 

The EMA claims in a lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Central California that stringent emission standards, test procedures and other emission-related requirements adopted by the agency ignore the Clean Air Act provision that gives manufacturers at least four years to comply.

California adopted its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/industry-group-sues-over-truck-pollution-regulation-timing

Truck makers warn Biden of inability to meet freight demand

The world’s leading manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks and truck engines have warned the Biden administration that a severe shortage of semiconductors is hindering their ability to produce enough trucks to meet freight demand.

In comments filed with the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) asserted that the current supply constraints for semiconductors are causing manufacturers to adjust and suspend truck production.

“At...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-makers-warn-biden-of-inability-to-meet-freight-demand