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Final Mile fleets eye electric vehicles, but charging infrastructure ‘elusive’

Some of North America’s largest Final Mile delivery fleets are clearly looking to become early adopters of the electric vehicles that promise to keep emissions in check. And that’s no…

Former Audi engineer styles BYD electric trucks

BYD turned to Wolfgang Josef Egger, a former Audi chief designer, to style the cabs for the new Gen3 8TT and 6F battery-electric trucks. The Class 8 Gen 3…

Truck orders surge as OEMs open 2022 order boards

Class 8 truck orders came in at 39,400 units in August, according to preliminary data from FTR, which was a 51% spike from July and up 91% year-over-year. FTR attributes…

FAST enrolment event in B.C.

Registration opens today for a Free and Secure Trade (FAST) enrolment event at the Aldergrove port of entry in British Columbia. The event is scheduled Sept. 20-24, but carriers are…

How to lead a productive meeting — if you have to

Thankfully, and I really mean that, I don’t have to take part in multi-person meetings any more, being mostly retired. Not the awful Zoom things that the pandemic created for…

Goodyear names Jones chief sustainability officer

Goodyear on Thursday announced that Ellis Jones has been named vice-president and chief sustainability officer, reporting to Chris Helsel, senior vice-president, global operations and chief technology officer, effective Sept. 2.

No end in sight to strong trucking environment: FTR

The good times for truckers are expected to keep rolling well into next year. “From the perspective of carriers, things are quite good,” Avery Vise, vice-president – trucking for industry…

Charging system promises flexibility

The Heliox 180 kW Flex Charge has emerged as an option for high-powered depot and overnight charging for single or multiple vehicles, including buses and trucks. The plug-in system is…

Bison running electric trucks on cross-border route

Bison Transport has taken delivery of two battery-electric Freightliner eCascadias, which are deployed on a cross-border regional route. The trucks are running between Bison’s Delta, B.C., terminal and a customer…

NACFE kicks off Run on Less Electric to evaluate electric truck capabilities

Beginning today, all across the U.S. and Canada, 13 truck fleets in a wide array of diverse applications will begin running their electric trucks in a brand-new scientific and engineering…

Shell’s Starship 2.0 prototype realizes efficiency gains

Electric vehicles are undeniably in the spotlight at ACT Expo, but Shell has arrived at the event with a demonstration vehicle that showcases the efficiency gains still possible with an…

Lithium-ion power for trucks

Roadwarrior’s lithium-ion LightningVolt battery is a plug-and-play upgrade for auxiliary power units and power inverters, supporting sleeper amenities such as air conditioning, a fridge, microwave and more. Designed in…

Hendrickson CEO announces retirement

Gary Gerstenslager, president and CEO of Hendrickson on Wednesday announced his retirement at the end of the year.  Gerstenslager joined Hendrickson – a designer and manufacturer of air suspension systems…

Electric trucks ‘the work of our lifetime’

There is a definite feeling in the air at the Advanced Clean Transportation Exhibition (ACT Expo). It’s not electricity, exactly. More like the feeling that electricity — or battery power,…

CityFreighter introduces electric van for final mile deliveries

Startup electric vehicle maker CityFreighter introduced its all-electric last-mile delivery box van this week at ACT Expo, and plans are in the works to bring it to Canada. A beta…