Tag: electrification

Business

Major hurdles remain, but Daimler views battery-powered trucks as industry’s future

Roger Nielson, CEO of Freightliner parent company Daimler Trucks North America, says battery-powered trucks are the key to advancing the industry toward zero emissions. However, he said, major hurdles remain before battery-powered heavy-duty trucks become viable alternatives to internal combustion engines.

April 25, 2019

Channel 19

Round-up: When a negative for investors is a positive for drivers, and early look at fully-electric Mack truck

Driver pay is bringing more cost to carriers, and that’s a good thing. Take the good with the bad, though: Freight outlook for the year, judging by the past few, isn’t great. Also: Mack’s first LR all-electric refuse truck goes to NYC sanitation, brief video ahead of WasteExpo next month.

April 23, 2019

Business

Jump start: Electrified truck concepts come to life, and owner-operators want in

The electrified truck concept has taken on a real life, with players large and small vying for future shares of the Class 8 market. It’s not only large fleets that are placing orders — owner-operators, too, have shown interest in the emerging technology.

July 5, 2017

Truck Stops

North Carolina truck stop to get IdleAir electrification stations

Duke Energy says the $300,000 project will provide electricity, along with heating or cooling for drivers, during overnight stays at Big Boy’s Truck Stop in Kenly, N.C. There will also be four plugs to provide standby power for reefer units to avoid using diesel compressors.

May 29, 2017

Home

IdleAire may be restarted

IdleAire announced a new group is working to restart the truck shore power provider, but that is all it is saying. The Tennessee-based company made a brief announcement on its website. A company official did not respond to requests for more information. IdleAire, the major provider of shore power for truckers at truck stops, closed […]

March 16, 2010