Heavy duty electric truck maker signs major wind power supply deal

Global industrial manufacturer Cummins – the US company that last year beat Tesla to the release of an electric semi truck – has inked a wind power PPA that will supply 50 per cent of its American power needs.

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Study: 1/3 New Trucks In Europe Must Be EVs To Satisfy Paris Agreement

Wouldn’t it be fabulous if one-third or more of trucks in the U.S. has to be electric soon? While the Trump Administration has decided to forego the Paris Climate Accord, many other countries are still on board. With that comes a new study commissioned by the Dutch Environment Ministry and prepared by TNO (Netherlands Organization for […]

Volkswagen Receives 1,600-Unit Order For Electric Trucks From Brazil

Has Brazil accidentally found a way to accelerate EV truck adoption? Interesting things just happened in Brazil, a huge country without any electric vehicle sales to speak of. Reuters broke news that Volkswagen is going to supply 1,600 electric trucks! As it turns out, Ambev, a Brazilian brewing company owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, plans to […]

News: UPS To Test Thor’s Electric Delivery Truck

UPS announced that it would be testing Thor’s new, medium-duty, fully-electric trucks. Developed with input from UPS, the electric trucks will reportedly have a range of about 100 miles and are expected to be ready for deployment later this year.

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