Daimler Truck North America has kicked off series production of its Freightliner eM2, an electric pick-up and delivery box truck.
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Daimler Truck North America has kicked off series production of its Freightliner eM2, an electric pick-up and delivery box truck.
Expand Expanding CloseIn Penske Truck Leasing’s latest electrification move, it’s added Xos’s medium-duty electric trucks to its fleet.
Expand Expanding CloseVolvo Cars is going to expand production capacity for its electric EX30 SUV, as it’s anticipated to be one of its best-selling models.
Expand Expanding CloseNearly half of Americans think individuals can’t make much of an impact on climate change, according to a new survey from Pew Research Center – here’s why.
Expand Expanding CloseNew York is investing in a massive 6.4 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy – the largest state investment in clean energy in US history. Here’s how it breaks down.
Expand Expanding CloseEVBox announced today that US production has started on its modular DC fast charging EV station, the EVBox Troniq Modular.
Expand Expanding CloseColorado passed a new law that ramped up generous EV state tax credits for both purchases and leases from July 1, and here’s what resulted.
Expand Expanding CloseClean energy will transform the global energy system by 2030, and solar and EVs are providing “hope for the way forward,” according to the IEA’s new “World Energy Outlook 2023,” released today.
Expand Expanding CloseA city near Tokyo is the first in Japan to test wireless charging for EVs – and the chargers are in front of traffic lights.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a major US milestone, the first turbine was successfully installed at Vineyard Wind 1, the US’s first commercial offshore wind farm.
Expand Expanding CloseHalf of the world’s economies are already five years past a peak in power generation from fossil fuels, new analysis from energy think tank Ember shows.
Expand Expanding CloseA plan has been hatched to expand and diversify critical mineral supply chains globally for the booming EV battery industry – will it work?
Expand Expanding CloseThe US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $3.46 billion in grants to upgrade the electric grid for renewable energy and shore up its resilience in the face of extreme weather.
Expand Expanding CloseSolar giant Qcells announced today that it’s completed the expansion of its Dalton, Georgia, factory – what it calls the “largest manufacturing plant of its kind in the western hemisphere.”
Expand Expanding CloseLG Energy Solution is launching a new stackable modular home energy storage system (ESS) in the US in November.
Expand Expanding CloseUtility-scale solar and wind provided the majority (53%) of new US generating capacity added in the first two-thirds of 2023, according to new FERC data.
Expand Expanding CloseVolvo Cars is going big on wind power – its Torslanda factory in western Sweden is going to be powered by a 1 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm.
Expand Expanding CloseDespite some big setbacks, the US offshore wind industry is also headed toward achieving major milestones in Q3 2023 – here’s what happened.
Expand Expanding CloseA first-of-its-kind study from the IEA finds that the world must improve or expand the equivalent of the entire existing global electricity grid in order to make the clean energy transition.
Expand Expanding ClosePlans to turn the Eastern Seaboard’s I-95 into a medium- and heavy-duty electric truck charging corridor have officially kicked off.
Expand Expanding CloseCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed legislation that mandates all new school buses in the state to be electric starting in 2035.
Expand Expanding CloseSuniva, once the US’s oldest and largest solar cell maker, has been dormant for six years, but now it’s going to reopen its Georgia factory.
Expand Expanding CloseDanish offshore wind giant Ørsted just put up a $100 million guarantee that it will have New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, Ocean Wind 1, online by December 2025.
Expand Expanding CloseKelley Blue Book released its new vehicle average transaction price report today, and it shows the average price paid for an EV in September was $50,683, down from more than $65,000 a year ago.
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