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Pickup Trucks From Workhorse To Joyride

By Will Chase, Jared Whalen and Joann Muller 01/23/23

America has a love affair with pickup trucks. In 2022, the top three best-selling vehicles in America were pickup trucks, and among them, the Ford F-series reigns supreme. The Ford F-150 has been the best-selling…

Forbes

GM To Put Nearly $1 Billion More Into Production of Internal Combustion Engines

By Ed Garsten 01/20/23

Don't write off the internal combustion quite yet. Despite its goal of an all battery electric vehicle portfolio by 2035, General Motors Co. announced Friday almost a billion dollars in new manufacturing investments—most of which…

Politicopro

Ford leaves manufacturing group that opposes truck rules

By Mike Lee 01/19/23

The move comes as other car companies have broken ties with the Truck and Engine Manufacturing Association, or EMA, which opposes a proposed rule by EPA to curb greenhouse gases from big trucks. A Ford…

Gothamist

Snow go for NYC’s electric garbage trucks that can’t handle winter weather

By Sophia Chang 12/27/22

Don’t count on seeing electric garbage trucks plowing snow from city streets any time soon. The city Department of Sanitation's goals to become carbon neutral are clashing with the limits of electric-powered vehicles. The department…

Medium

This is why Tesla Semi will change road transport forever

By Enrique Llanes 12/19/22

Just a couple of weeks ago Tesla started deliveries of their latest product: the Tesla Semi, which is aiming to shake up the trucking industry.

Medium

Tesla Just Threw Down The Gauntlet

By Will Lockett 12/08/22

One of the most significant disadvantages of an electric vehicle is its charging time. Even the fastest-charging cars, such as the Tesla Model Y, charge at 275 kW, which means filling a full tank can…

Politico Pro

Forest Service to test electric pickup trucks

By Andres Picon 12/06/22

As part of the push to electrify government fleets, employees at three national forests will test out Ford F-150 Lightnings for field operations in rugged and remote areas.

electrek

Watch Tesla Semi do something Bill Gates said wasn’t possible

By Fred Lambert 12/02/22

Tesla has released a timelapse video of its Tesla Semi electric truck completing a 500-mile trip with a full load on a single charge – something Bill Gates and Daimler said wasn’t possible just a…

Medium

Breakthrough Twin-Fuel Hydrogen Engine Could Cause A Revolution

By Will Lockett 10/22/22

We are in a desperate race to halt our rampant carbon emissions and save the planet from our self-created catastrophe. Some of the most prominent technologies helping us achieve this venture are EVs and hydrogen…

The Washington Post

Truck makers tout an electric future. Privately, they’re stalling it.

By Anna Phillips 10/18/22

Diesel trucks are some of the biggest health and climate offenders on the road. The industry isn’t racing to change that.

Medium

The Tesla Semi Is Far More Revolutionary Than You Think

By Will Lockett 10/13/22

Musk recently announced that the long-awaited Tesla Semi is scheduled to finally start production and that Pepsi will be the first to get delivery of this incredible machine on December 1st, 2022. The arrival of…

Reuters

Musk says Pepsi to receive Tesla’s first Semi trucks in December

10/07/22

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is starting Semi electric commercial truck production and PepsiCo Inc will get the first deliveries on Dec. 1, the electric vehicle maker's chief Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday. When Musk unveiled the…

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CNBC

Ford hikes starting price of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup for second time in less than two months

By Michael Wayland 10/05/22

The new price of the 2023 Lightning Pro, an entry-level model meant for commercial and business customers, will be $51,974 — up nearly 11% from previous pricing and a 30% increase from the original $39,974…

Clean Technica

Ford F-150 Lightning Powers Florida Man’s Cooking, Lights, Fridge, Entertainment During Hurricane Ian

By Zachary Shahan 10/03/22

The Ford F-150 Lightning has just barely arrived on the market, yet I’ve already heard a few stories of the Lightning powering people’s needs in the event of power outages. The first I heard about…

Forbes

Amazon Will Power Trucks With ‘Electrofuel’ Diesel To Curb Carbon Emissions

By Alan Ohnsman 09/20/22

Amazon, with a massive fleet of tens of thousands of delivery vehicles, will begin using a new, renewable form of diesel fuel for trucks in Southern California. The retail giant says this “electrofuel” diesel results…

The Wall Street Journal

Ford’s U.S. Sales Rose 27% in August on Strong EV Demand

By Dean Seal 09/02/22

Ford Motor Co.’s F 2.66%▲ U.S. sales rose 27% in August, rebounding from year-ago production shortages and benefiting from increased demand for electric vehicles. Ford F 2.66%▲ has been posting strong year-over-year gains this summer…

Canary Media

Lucky drivers will get discount on Ford EV pickup for helping the grid

By Julian Spector 08/24/22

A select group of drivers could soon knock a chunk off their lease payment for a hot new Ford F-150 Lightning — if they sign up for a smart-charging program with utility Duke Energy. It’s…

RMI

Charting the Course for Early Truck Electrification

By Jessie Lund and Others 08/15/22

Trucks in the United States produce 25 percent of transportation greenhouse gas emissions even though they only make up 10 percent of vehicles on the road. And the problem is growing — emissions from trucks…

Utilitydive

Nearly 20 states push ahead with truck electrification plan

By Kate Magill 07/28/22

Nearly 20 states and jurisdictions have signed on to an action plan striving for 100% electric medium and heavy-duty vehicle sales by 2050. The plan, released Wednesday, includes policy recommendations for local lawmakers to consider…

The New York Times

Amazon Wants 100,000 Electric Vans. Can Rivian Deliver?

By Jack Ewing 07/21/22

Nearly three years ago, Amazon announced that it would buy 100,000 custom-made delivery vehicles from Rivian, a fledgling maker of electric vehicles. On Thursday, after some delays, the companies said hundreds of the vans were…

Boston Globe

USPS will make 40% of its new trucks electric, up from 10%

By Jacob Bogage 07/20/22

The US Postal Service pledged Wednesday to electrify at least 40 percent of its new delivery fleet, an increase that climate activists hailed as a major step toward reducing the government’s environmental footprint.The Postal Service…

Axios

Walmart to buy electric vehicle fleet for last-mile deliveries

By Worth Sparkman 07/12/22

Walmart has a definitive agreement to buy 4,500 electric delivery vehicles from Canoo, the two companies announced Tuesday morning.The EV maker revealed last year it was relocating its headquarters to Bentonville. Why it matters: Farmers,…

Bloomberg

Ford Sales Jump in June on Big Gains for F-Series Pickup Trucks

By Keith Naughton 07/05/22

Ford Motor Co. sales jumped 31.5% in June thanks to big gains from its top-selling pickup-truck line, including the electric F-150 Lightning. Deliveries of F-Series trucks rose 26.3% from a year ago, Ford said in…

Axios

Self-driving EV heavy trucks are coming to a work site near you

By Joann Muller 06/02/22

Autonomy startup SafeAI is partnering with German industrial titan Siemens to create electric, autonomous heavy trucks for Japanese construction giant Obayashi, Axios is first to report. Why it matters: Construction and mining companies are under…

Rmi

Reality Check: Electric Trucks Are Viable Today

By Laurie Stone 05/25/22

Many people think that electric trucks can’t do the job — they won’t have a long enough driving range, they will be too heavy, truckers won’t like them. However, that couldn’t be farther from the…

The New York Times

Mary Barra’s ‘Long Game’: Winning the E.V. Race

By Neal E. Boudette 05/12/22

General Motors made a splash last year when it announced a bold plan to ramp up sales of electric vehicles and said it would stop making gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.

The Washington Post

House panel will investigate USPS plan to purchase 8.6 mpg trucks

By Jacob Bogage 05/12/22

State attorneys general and top environmental groups have already sued the Postal Service to block the $11.3 billion truck contract.

The Washington Post

16 states, D.C., climate activists sue USPS to block truck purchase

By Jacob Bogage 04/28/22

Sixteen states, the District of Columbia and environmental activist groups are suing the U.S. Postal Service to block its purchase of 148,000 gas-guzzling delivery trucks over the next decade, alleging the agency has vastly underestimated…

The Hill

States, environmental groups sue USPS over gas-powered trucks

By Zack Budryk 04/28/22

Sixteen states and a coalition of environmental groups on Thursday announced a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for its decision to upgrade the majority of its fleet with fossil fuel-powered vehicles.

The New York Times

Ford lost $3.1 billion in the first quarter.

By Neal E. Boudette 04/27/22

Ford Motor said on Wednesday that it lost $3.1 billion in the first three months of the year because of a sharp drop in the stock price of Rivian, an electric vehicle start-up that Ford…

The New York Times

Tesla Will Sell Its Long-Awaited Cybertruck Next Year, Elon Musk Says

By Jack Ewing 04/09/22

The truck, with an angular design and a stainless-steel skin that set it apart from traditional pickups, has been delayed after an inauspicious unveiling in 2019, when a designer lobbed a metal ball at a…

UtilityDive

Maersk doubles down on fleet electrification with Volvo EV order

By Alejandra Salgado 03/31/22

A.P. Moller - Maersk said it would order an additional 110 electric trucks from Volvo to support increased demand from customers looking to decarbonize their supply chains, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

Canary Media

When will EV trucks be ready for large-scale adoption? It’s complicated

By Jeff St. John 03/17/22

Last week was full of important developments in the ongoing effort to electrify the nation’s full range of trucks. The Environmental Protection Agency published its clean trucks proposal — the first major shift in EPA…

The Climate Reality Project

Why EPA’s new heavy truck rule could yet be a gamechanger

By The Climate Reality Project 03/14/22

EPA’s new proposed rule limiting toxic tailpipe emissions from heavy trucks could not only mean clean air for millions but also jumpstart electrification of the trucking and bus sectors on a massive scale. But only…

The New York Times

Democrats Want Investigation Into Postal Service’s Gas Guzzlers Contract

By Lisa Friedman 03/14/22

A group of House Democrats called Monday for an investigation into a decision by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to purchase up to 165,000 gasoline-powered mail trucks over the Biden administration’s objections that the multibillion-dollar contract…

The Washington Post

Biden administration moves to cut smog-forming pollution from trucks

By Dino Grandoni 03/07/22

The Environmental Protection Agency proposes curbing nitrogen oxide and carbon pollution amid an online shopping boom, but some environmentalists call for stricter limits

Canary Media

This California startup wants to be the Pony Express of electric trucking

By Jeff St. John 02/10/22

Here’s the pitch: First, build enormous electric truck-charging hubs in three major freight transport centers in Southern California. Procure electric trucks from major manufacturers such as Volvo and Tesla, and establish partnerships with companies that…

Axios

Where to encounter some of the first self-driving vehicles

By Joann Muller 02/03/22

More driverless trucks and taxis are going to be on the roads in the near future — if you know where to look. (Primarily San Francisco and Phoenix.) Why it matters: Years of simulations and…

AP News

EPA: New mail-delivery fleet needs more electric vehicles

By Matthew Daly 02/03/22

A U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks has too few electric vehicles and falls short of President Joe Biden’s goals to address climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency said…

The Hill

EPA presses USPS to halt purchase of up to 165K gas-powered vehicles

By Zack Budryk 02/02/22

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on Wednesday asked the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider plans to purchase a predominantly gas-powered fleet of up to 165,000 trucks.

Fast Company

These EVs are cheaper to own than their gas-powered counterparts

By Adele Peters 02/01/22

Ford’s new F-150 Lightning—the electric pickup that can double as backup power for your house in a blackout—is 17% more affordable to own than the gas-powered version of the vehicle. That’s according to a new…

The New Yorker

America’s Favorite Pickup Truck Goes Electric

By John Seabrook 01/24/22

When I was twelve, in 1971, the walls of my bedroom in southern New Jersey were covered with full-page photographs of rail dragsters and “funny cars” with swollen engines which I carefully razor-bladed from hot-rod…

Carbon Brief

Coal and trucks pushed US ‘further off track’ for climate targets in 2021

By Josh Gabbatiss 01/10/22

US emissions surged by 6.2% last year, boosted by a renewed reliance on coal power amid soaring natural gas prices, according to the Rhodium Group. After falling sharply in 2020 due to the economic impact…

Bloomberg Green

How Six States Could Transform the U.S. Trucking Industry

By Laura Bliss 01/06/22

California, Oregon, Washington, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts are requiring a growing percentage of all medium- and heavy-duty trucks sold to be zero-emission starting in 2025.

Axios

1 big thing: Why electric pickups are so hot

By Ben German and Andrew Freedman 01/05/22

Ford's stock jumped 12% Tuesday after it revealed plans to boost production of the electric F-150 pickup, and today rival General Motors will unveil the electric version of the Chevy Silverado pickup, Ben writes.

Environment+Energy Leader

Europe’s Largest Logistics Company Taps Volvo For 25 More Electric Trucks

By Austin Tannenbaum 12/23/21

It was announced Wednesday that DFDS, Europe’s largest shipping and logistics company, placed an order for an additional 25 heavy electric trucks from Volvo Trucks: AB Volvo’s Sweden-based truck manufacturing arm. This order extends DFDS’s…

The New York Times

Rivian’s Electric Truck Is a Cutie and a Beast

By Lawrence Ulrich 11/25/21

The redoubtable Rivian R1T, the first crusher in a coming wave of electric pickup trucks, can soar unscathed over gnarly boulders, hitch an 11,000-pound load and scorch 60 m.p.h. in about 3.5 seconds. The truck…

Ford.com

ALL ELECTRIC. ALL F-150.

11/24/21

Be prepared for what nature throws at you with the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning. Available Ford Intelligent Backup Power, enabled by the 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro, allows you to use your truck as a…

DOE

DOE Announces Nearly $200 Million to Reduce Emissions From Cars and Trucks

11/01/21

Vice President Kamala Harris will join U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm in New York today to announce the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $199 million to fund 25 projects aimed at putting…

E&E NEWS

Climate change fuels drive toward cleaner tractors

By Marc Heller 10/20/21

Making tractors burn with less pollution has long posed a trade-off: cleaner air, but less power to drag heavy equipment. Now manufacturers say they’re making strides to help close the gap. The latest entrant is…

Bloomberg Green

Using the World’s First Green Steel to Make a Dump Truck

By Lars Paulsson 10/18/21

The world’s steelmakers need a makeover. Their industry is one of the dirtiest, and it’s blamed for about 7% of global carbon emissions. The biggest producers essentially rely on the same manufacturing processes they used…

Utilitydive

New Jersey’s EV charging proposal for trucks could be a national model, with a few changes

By Pete Silva 10/04/21

Since I retired from corporate fleet leadership a few years ago, I have been working with NGOs like Environmental Defense Fund, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency and CALSTART to advance the electrification of…

TreeHugger

Ford Leads the Race to Put America in Electric Pickups

By Jim Motavalli 10/04/21

Want an electric pickup? Well, you can’t have one—right now. Despite the American love affair with trucks, automakers have been in the slow lane getting batteries into a pickup—but that’s changing rapidly. There are at…

Medium

How a Startup Beat Ford, GM, and Tesla to Market

By Brayden Gerrard 09/30/21

For the past 80 years, the automotive industry has been difficult to break into. Incumbents reigned supreme, and startups — much less successful ones — were few and far between. When electric vehicles were still…

Canary Media

Newsletter: Electric trucking is coming sooner than you think

By Julian Spector 09/27/21

I’ve lost track of the number of times clean energy has been accused of being incapable of performing a certain task, but then does it anyway. Conventional wisdom holds that battery-powered vehicles could work for…

Utility Dive

Money and range: Experts note roadblocks to EV adoption

By Jim Stinson 09/15/21

Electric batteries for Class 8 trucks are expensive. Plus, they only allow shorter ranges, at least for now. For major fleets that make short runs, that is just fine.

Utilitydive

Schneider taps California electric transportation incentives to add 50 trucks

By S.L. Fuller 09/06/21

Schneider plans to add 50 Freightliner eCascadias to its intermodal operations in Southern California, the fleet announced last week. The trucks are part of the carrier's sustainability plan, which puts a focus on utilzing multiple modes of…

Los Angeles Times

They fought for clean air. They didn’t know they were part of a gas industry campaign

By Miranda Green and Sammy Roth 08/31/21

Diesel truck pollution from the busiest port complex in the United States has fouled the air in nearby neighborhoods in Southern California for decades. So when port officials asked for feedback on cleaning up that…

Treehugger

Solar-Powered Refrigerated Trailers Could Eliminate Millions of Tons of CO2 Emissions

By Lloyd Alter 08/02/21

Reefers, or refrigerated trailers, are cooled by diesel fuel, with electricity from either the tractor's generator or an Auxilary Power Unit (APU) mounted on the trailer. An idling diesel tractor burns a gallon of fuel…

Utilitydive

Tesla further delays Semi production amid component shortages

By S.L. Fuller 07/28/21

Tesla is pushing back the timeline for production of its battery-electric Semi, according to Tesla's earnings presentation. The vehicle's program is now planned to launch in 2022.

Politico

California truck rules facing a test — in New Jersey

By Ry Rivard 07/18/21

The first big test of California’s plan to reshape the U.S. truck market is underway on the other side of the country, with New Jersey officials pushing tough new mandates to cut emissions by getting…

Triplepundit

The Many Benefits of an All-Electric Fire Truck

By Tina Casey 07/07/21

If there are any lingering doubts left regarding the reliability of electric vehicles (EVs), a new electric fire truck from the firm Rosenbauer should lay them to rest once and for all. After all, breakdowns…

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