Early electric trucks identify opportunities and limitations

Christopher Ralph, Lion Electric’s manager of client solutions and design, points directly to the price of diesel when describing one of the benefits of battery-electric trucks. The price at the…

Charging infrastructure delays temper rollouts of battery-electric trucks

The handful of orange trucks parked outside Velocity Truck Center are merely a sign of bigger things to come. Schneider has ordered 92 of these Freightliner eCascadias as it prepares…

Shell Starship 3.0 to explore potential of RNG

Shell is boldly going into the world of renewable natural gas (RNG), using the fuel to power the latest version of its aerodynamic Starship truck. It’s the third iteration of…

Challenges remain in establishing hydrogen and electric infrastructure: Panel

Pilot Company locations dispense 14 billion gallons of fuel per year, but William Zobel is looking beyond the diesel that flows through pumps today. While many early zero-emission vehicles are…

North America’s vans and step vans could be electrified today: NACFE

Vans and step vans that represent about half the commercial vehicles on North American roads could be fully electrified using today’s technology, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)…

NACFE says terminal tractors a great place to begin electrification journey

Terminal tractors are an excellent place for fleets to begin their electrification journey, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) has concluded. It has issued a special report on…

Truck lightweighting options continue to evolve

The options that shed unwanted pounds from tractor-trailers continue to evolve, and bulk haulers may not be the only fleets that would benefit from the lighter equipment weights. “Lightweighting makes…

Battery-electric trucks charging ahead

If you ever doubted that an electric truck or two would soon be in your yard, better revise your thinking. Whether using batteries or a hydrogen fuel cell, they’re coming…

Run on Less demo will put electric trucks to the test

Battery-electric trucks will be put through their paces during a coming North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) and Rocky Mountain Institute Run on Less demonstration. And Canadians are being…

Electric truck benefits vary across Canada: Report

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Greater Toronto Area, Greater Montreal, and “Cascadia” region stretching between Vancouver and Oregon have been identified as some of North America’s most favorable settings for…

High confidence in tire pressure systems: report

TORONTO, Ont. – Tire pressure systems continue to advance, and the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) says the confidence in adopting such equipment should be high – as…

Trucks can boast cleaner emissions on 50th Earth Day, and the work continues

TORONTO, Ont. – The days of soot-belching exhaust stacks are largely behind us, and on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day there is the promise of more environmentally-friendly trucks to…

Covid-19 recovery could be good for electric vehicles

TORONTO, Ont. — With the economic fallout from Covid-19 draining government resources at a record pace, will there be anything left when the crisis is over to spur the…

4 ways to realize an ROI from truck upgrades

ATLANTA, Ga. – Every truck option comes at a cost, but with some careful planning those costs can transform into investments and deliver true financial returns. Here are four ways…

Electric vehicle research takes a regional focus

ATLANTA, Ga. – Upcoming North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) research into electric trucks will focus on regional trucking operations, which are expected to be among the earliest…