Commercial EVs

Echoing the words of hydrogen critics everywhere, Mahle Chairman Arnd Franz says that building out a hydrogen infrastructure won’t be possible without “blue” H made from fossil fuels.

This week marks the birth of a new American OEM as Bollinger Motors’ B4 medium duty electric truck begins series production and customer-ready vehicles roll off the line.

Fresh off of news of a global manufacturing agreement that includes a new investment of tens of millions of dollars, REE Automotive has kicked off plans for US production this year with the help of contract manufacturer Roush Industries.

The newest edition to the CAA-Quebec roadside fleet is a fully electric Lion5 flatbed – and the CAA says it’s the first 100% electrique tow truck in service in North America!

Best known in the US as the OEM behind Nikola, Italian truck brand IVECO entered the 2.5 to 3.5 ton medium duty commercial van segment at this week’s IAA Transportation conference with this: the eMoovy electric chassis cab.

After a successful pilot program, FedEx is expanding its electric delivery fleet with the purchase of 15 Workhorse W56 electric step vans.

It’s been a big week for Bollinger and its Class 4 commercial EVs as the upstart electric box truck brand picked up twenty new TEC dealers and scored a strategic solution partnership with Texas consulting firm, TCD.

Commercial leasing company Volt Mobility boasts clients that include UPS, DHL, and FedEx. And now, they’ll be able to boast about having one of the largest electric vehicle fleets in the world – because they just ordered 3,000 electric trucks from Mullen.

It’s official – Isuzu has announced the official start of production for its highly anticipated new electric cab and chassis, the Isuzu NRR-EV (and I’m super excited about it).

When Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019, it announced plans to put more than 100,000 electric delivery vans on the road by 2040. Five years later, and the house that Bezos built just crossed the 15,000 EV milestone.

It was always going to be a formality, but Isuzu’s new medium duty electric truck has been awarded zero-emission certifications from both the California Air Resource Board (CARB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Isuzu NRR-EV. With those in hand, the truck is now available for sale nationwide.

Kodiak Robotics is touting its latest milestone in fully autonomous commercial vehicles today after completing a driverless truck delivery to partner and customer Atlas Energy Solutions in Texas. The delivery marks a key step in beginning commercialized autonomous operations as early as next year.

Meet the Club Car UTV. A small, neighborhood-legal EV that its makers says combines the practicality of a pickup truck and the efficiency of a golf cart to shuttle workers and supplies around the job site. It’s so good, in fact, that it’s making me ask: is this the most practical electric pickup you can buy?

In this special vacation episode of Quick Charge, we explore the historic dive in global diesel demand, and whether it’s being caused inflation and a slowing economy or the rapid rise in EV sales displacing millions of gallons of oil demand.

Truck buyers looking for electric options to add to your fleet take note: 2023 MY Ford F-150 Lightning pickups are now more than $200 cheaper to lease per month than their gas-powered siblings.

Commercial EV technology developer REE Automotive has added some clout to its growing order book as global transportation provider Penske has signed on to help demonstrate the former’s PC-7 electric truck to its customers and help facilitate sales.

Isuzu is excited to announce the development of all-new, zero-emission Isuzu class 6 & 7 F series trucks utilizing an Accelera by Cummins battery-electric powertrain for both the US and Canada. They’re so excited, in fact, that they’re announcing it two years ahead of time!

Ford Pro is now taking orders for the newest version of its commercial EV, the E-Transit, with up to 32% more range and faster charge times.

Harbinger Motors, a startup building medium-duty electric commercial vehicle chassis, has just opened its manufacturing facility in Garden Grove, CA, with an aim to deliver the first upfront cost-competitive medium duty EVs by the end of this year.

Less than six months after a seemingly dooming bankruptcy filing, Volta Trucks has reemerged from the ashes, fresh with redemptive capital and a leaned-down business plan. The commercial EV startup can now resume its work in delivering its electric last-mile trucks to customers this year.

Severe-duty vehicle manufacturer Autocar has partnered with Rocsys to deploy the latter’s hands-free EV chargers, expanding the technology across the former’s electric terminal tractors. Together, Autocar and Rocsys have already secured an initial fleet customer en route to full-scale integration of easier, intuitive charging infrastructure across the entire segment.