Electric Vehicles

Through this collaboration, WattEV will provide electric trucking capability to Uber Freight shippers, beginning with CHEP, a pallet and container pool services provider, noted an Uber Freight blog posting. And it added that this pilot serves as an important milestone in electric freight transportation, while also establishing Uber Freight’s first EV (electric vehicle) deploymen

With an eye on what it calls the equitable electrification of heavy-duty port transit, Oakland-based Forum Mobility, a provider of zero-emission trucking services, announced two initiatives focused on the company’s core mission, with each having an eye on the future. One initiative heralded by Forum is the closure of its $15 million Series A funding round, as well as its $400 million joint venture, with both serving as the beneficiaries of a fund led by CBRE Investment Management (IM) focused on...

The logistics industry will evolve to adapt to various challenges and enterprising organizations are investing in exciting new technologies to address some of the most pressing pain points affecting transportation and logistics.

A recently-announced partnership between GE Appliances (GEA), a subsidiary of Haier, and freight technology company Einride centers around what they said is a first of its kind partnership focused on bringing autonomous freight and shipping vehicles to the United States and mark the first time an autonomous and electric truck is “live and operating on U.S. soil.

Although Foxconn’s bread and butter are fabricating electronic devices, founder Terry Gou believes its future is making battery-powered automobiles, and its close relationship with Apple could make it a big player in the future automotive industry.

FedEx's ambitious plan includes electrifying the global parcel pickup and delivery fleet and establishing the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture to advance sequestration solutions.

GM launches BrightDrop, which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software, and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently.

This report presents an integrated perspective on the future of the last-mile delivery ecosystem, which was developed jointly by the World Economic Forum, McKinsey & Company, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Leaseplan, and more than 20 public- and private-sector partners who contributed related data, expertise and case studies.

Although a fleet’s power source is often taken for granted, the benefits of adding, changing or replacing power sources can have far-reaching operational impacts.

Under the terms of the MOU, CN said it will acquire 50 zero-emission trucks, which will be allocated for its intermodal truck fleet and used in the company’s intermodal terminals in urban areas, with a focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

After a successful Nikola IPO and the apparently big number of Nikola truck reservations, Tesla CEO Elon Musk released a memo to the Semi division of Tesla asking to accelerate the electric semi-truck production.

This paper addresses two main questions; What are the potential impacts on carbon emissions of electric long haul trucks in China, and what are the barriers to the adoption of electric long haul trucks in China?

Amazon recently announced that as part of its commitment to net zero carbon by 2040 and 100% renewable energy by 2030 as part of what it called The Climate Pledge, whose objective is to meet the Paris Agreement ten years ahead of schedule by 2040, it has ordered 100,000 electric delivery vehicles, which it said represents the “largest order ever for electric delivery vehicles.”

Scott Galloway, clinical professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, public speaker, author, and entrepreneur, discusses Elon Musk’s $3.5B tantrum and what it means for Tesla’s shareholders, plus American technology business journalist and co-founder of Recode Kara Swisher weighs in.

ARRIVAL, the developer of 'the smart electric van' will supply 35 modular light-weight electric vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions capable of a150-mile battery range and advanced safety features.