Ample announces battery swapping agreement with Mitsubishi Fuso

Battery swapping company Ample has announced a partnership with Mitsubishi Fuso to swap out battery packs in an effort to eliminate time-consuming EV recharging. Ample builds battery swapping stations and…

Waymo prioritizes ride-hailing platform over autonomous trucking

Waymo has announced it will focus its resources on autonomous ride-hailing technologies, pushing back development of its trucking platform. The company, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, has been…

VMC rolls out first electric trucks, looks to build national distribution network

A little known Canadian electric truck maker has brought to market a Class 3 truck and is now in the process of establishing a nationwide distribution network. The first of…

GM CAMI plant to build EV battery packs

GM has announced its CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont., will begin producing battery modules for electric vehicles in the second quarter of next year. The battery packs will increase…

Stertil-Koni builds 20,000th mobile column lift

Stertil-Koni’s U.S. facility in Streator, Ill., has produced its 20,000th mobile column lift. The lifts are used by transit agencies, public works departments, municipalities, corporate fleets, and others to hoist…

Nikola sells Phoenix Hydrogen Hub

Nikola has agreed to sell off its Phoenix Hydrogen Hub project to Fortescue Future Industries (FFI). The OEM says the new owner will provide the capital and resources needed to…

Volvo, Westport form JV to advance HPDI fuel systems

Volvo Group and Westport have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture that will help globalize and commercialize Westport’s HPDI fuel system technology for longhaul and off-road…

Hydra Energy developing retrofit training program

Hydra Energy has announced it is developing a retrofit training program for technicians, so they can quickly convert Class 8 diesel trucks into dual-fuel vehicles that run off both diesel…

ConMet, Penske Logistics making zero-emissions refrigerated deliveries

Penske Logistics is the first third-party logistics provider to use a new zero-emissions refrigerated tractor-trailer combination from Freightliner and ConMet eMobility. The Freightliner eCascadia electric tractor was paired with a…

FPInnovations completes baseline tests for off-road platooning project

FPInnovations says it has completed baseline tests for its off-highway truck platooning project, which aims to improve efficiency in Canada’s forestry sector while addressing the lack of qualified drivers. The…

Simard adds four eCascadias to Quebec fleet

Simard Transport has added four Freightliner eCascadias electric Class 8 trucks to its Quebec fleet. It called on Hydro-Quebec subsidiary Cleo to provide the charging infrastructure, consisting of two Detroit…

Kalmar Ottawa marks 65th anniversary

Terminal truck maker Kalmar Ottawa is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. “Kalmar Ottawa has been the leader in terminal tractors for 65 years. During those years we have created…

Bosch ramps up hydrogen-fuel-cell production

Bosch says it has begun volume production of its fuel-cell power module for heavy trucks, with Nikola serving as pilot customer with its North American hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric Class 8 truck. “Bosch…

Daimler Truck outlines plans for future at first Capital Markets Day

Daimler Truck hosted its first Capital Markets Day as a standalone entity this week in Boston, Mass., where it projected strong global revenue growth of 40-60% from 2025 to 2030.

Economic Trucking Trends: Class 8 orders soft, decreasing backlogs

There’s good news this week if you’re still waiting for deliveries of new Class 8 trucks. Orders in June were soft, as anticipated, but production remains elevated, eating into the…