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Truck Tech: Summer ACTs edition

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Playing with Lego bricks to illustrate supply chain disruptions, how the passenger vehicle market mirrors the trucking industry, and Hyliion’s Hypertruck free rides — those and other musings from the ACT Research Seminar 67 this week in Columbus, Indiana.

Explain it to me like I’m a 4-year-old

When you see some of the full-size creations from Lego bricks, you know they are not just for children. Check the recommended ages on some of the boxes if you want evidence.

Those plastic bricks helped Paul...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-summer-acts-edition

Truck Tech: Down Under charging edition

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Electric vehicle fast chargers are  critical to keeping power-hungry commercial trucks that run on battery power moving. Australia’s Tritium built its first direct-current fast charger a decade ago. Now, it is growing its U.S. presence. Tesla is taking hefty deposits for its battery-powered Semi, and Volvo Truck is sharing a guidebook  from its LIGHTS electrification project in California.

An Aussie solution to electric truck charging

The success of electric trucks rides on the ability to avoid...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-down-under-charging-edition

Truck Tech: Hydrogen safety whistle edition

The Compressed Gas Association is calling out hydrogen safety as newcomers plan to make and distribute it as a transportation fuel; TuSimple is still rolling on its driverless pilot, it just won’t say exactly when.

Dropping the safety flag on hydrogen

Maybe you’ve heard of the Compressed Gas Association. Before a Dec. 6 press release announced the launch of the “Safety is Step One” hydrogen education campaign, I had not.  Hydrogen advocacy groups like the Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-hydrogen-safety-whistle-edition

Truck Talk: Making the case edition

This week, we’re looking at the meaning of electric trucks delivering groceries, autonomous trucks delivering watermelons and other “firsts” trying to make the case for advanced transportation technologies. And a sort of contrarian view on both.

Proving their mettle

Individually, claims of being first don’t always add up to being newsworthy. But taking a step back to consider the “points on the board” being scored by startup autonomous and electric truck companies may tell a different story.

Consid...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-making-the-case-edition

Volvo gets first double-digit order for Class 8 electric trucks

Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) will lease 14 VNR Electric daycabs to a Southern California food distributor. It is Volvo’s first double-digit order of zero-emission battery-electric tractors.

The truck leases and charging infrastructure will cost Quality Custom Distribution (QCD) about the same as diesel-powered trucks because of a $3.9 million grant to Volvo Financial Services from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Inland Port Program.

The port program consists of California’s largest...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/volvo-gets-first-double-digit-order-for-class-8-electric-trucks

FreightWaves Truck Talk: What does Workhorse’s past say about its future?

Never-ending story … Battery-electric delivery van maker Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) lives on borrowed money. It always has. And while an incredible retail investor-driven run continues in the first weeks of 2021, Workhorse short interest is a whopping 29%, according to Fintel.ioi. That means almost one in three shares are held by borrowers betting the price will fall. A healthy level of short interest is typically 8-15%. Founded by Steve Burns as Amp Electric Vehicles, the company has...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freightwaves-truck-talk-what-does-workhorses-past-say-about-its-future

8 questions with Brett Pope, Volvo Trucks electric vehicles director

The 12% federal excise tax (FET) on new heavy-duty trucks has lots of detractors who think the 103-year-old levy has long outlived its original purpose. That was to defray the costs of America fighting in World War I.

Brett Pope may or may not be for getting rid of the tax. He won’t say. But the director of electric vehicles at Volvo Trucks North America thinks waiving the tax on purchases of the VNR Electric regional hauler would help bring it closer to price parity with diesel models of the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/8-questions-with-volvo-trucks-electric-vehicles-director-brett-pope

Volvo readies production of 50-state VNR Electric trucks

Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) will begin building its regional haul VNR Electric truck on the same assembly line with diesel models in Virginia in early 2021.

The electric model is being tested by fleets in Southern California as part of the $91 million Volvo-led Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions (LIGHTS) demonstration program. The first five of 25 trucks are expected to be in operation by the end of the year.

Volvo received a $21 million grant in October from the U.S. Environmental...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/volvo-readies-production-of-50-state-vnr-electric-trucks

Volvo to begin production of Class 8 electric trucks in December

Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) will begin building Class 8 VNR Electric models at its New River Valley plant in Dublin, Virginia, in early December, the Volvo Group subsidiary said Thursday.

An undisclosed number of 25 VNR day cabs planned for regional haul and drayage demonstration fleets are being tested in Southern California. They are part of the Volvo Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions (LIGHTS) project. Volvo LIGHTS is a 15-partner cost-sharing program with the California Air...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/volvo-to-begin-production-of-class-8-electric-trucks-in-december

Volvo gets $21.7 million in grants for 70 electric Class 8 trucks

Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) will deploy 70 Class 8 electric heavy-duty trucks in Southern California using $21.7 million in air-quality improvement grants. The money is from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD).

Volvo is sharing the cost of the program.  It is currently deploying 25 VNR Electric trucks for regional haul and drayage under the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project. Volvo LIGHTS...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/volvo-gets-217-million-in-grants-for-70-electric-class-8-trucks

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