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Want a Volvo electric truck? Go for Gold or go away

Volvo VNR Electric truck at sunset

DUBLIN, Va. — Like a parent walking a young child across the street, Volvo Trucks North America is holding its customers’ hands when it comes to Class 8 electric trucks — whether they like it or not.

VTNA is the early leader among OEMs selling electric trucks in the U.S. It holds more than 60% of the nascent market compared to about an 11% total American market share. 

Over time, Volvo’s dominance likely will shrink. Especially when U.S. market leader Daimler Truck North America begins regular...

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Truck Tech: Summer jobs edition

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Layoffs get the headlines but a surprising number of electrification startups are adding employees even as they try to raise more money. Volvo is using two dealerships and a five new charging points to create a corridor in California. And the Diesel Technology Forum graphically shows once again that fossil fuels are still king in commercial transportation.

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Electrification startups are hiring

Record-hig...

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Truck Tech: Electric incentives edition

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The supply is running low. But getting in on California’s free money for electric truck purchases is still doable. Also, Walmart lays out its plan for sustainable over-the-road trucking. And Kodiak Robotics shows the ease of maintaining autonomous tech on its fourth-generation truck.

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There’s a voucher for that

It’s no secret that a Class 8 electric truck can cost three times as much up front as a...

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Truck Tech: ‘Into the Groove’ edition

This week, Tesla’s Elon Musk gets happy feet in Berlin while Navistar executives resist the temptation in San Antonio; Nikola gets some love after an analyst day in the Sonoran Desert; and an educated guess on where TuSimple and Navistar will build their autonomous truck.

Happy feet

“You can dance … For inspiration. Come on. I’m waiting.” — “Into the Groove” by Madonna

Opening a new assembly plant is a joyous occasion. It might even give you happy feet, as Tesla’s Elon Musk broke out in dance...

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Electric truck charging: Can infrastructure keep pace with demand?

Boosted by billions of dollars for electrification, the rapidly advancing market for battery-powered commercial trucks will soon learn whether there is enough juice to begin scaling a transformation from diesel to zero tailpipe emission electric transport.

It doesn’t look good.

“We’ve got to worry about supply and demand, and we’ve got to make sure that all these things come together, and that means like now. The race is on right now,” Britta Gross, managing director of the Carbon Free Mobility...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/electric-truck-charging-can-infrastructure-keep-pace-with-demand

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