Volvo Trucks North America customer Quality Custom Distribution (QCD), a national food service logistics supplier, will deploy 14 Volvo VNR Electric models in its Southern California last-mile delivery routes. For Volvo Trucks the deal represent the largest single purchasing commitment of electric trucks to date. Volvo Trucks will deliver the… Read more »
Schneider Sees Fuel Efficiency Gains with New Detroit DD15 Gen 5
The enhanced Detroit DD15 Gen 5 engine is helping Schneider (NYSE: SNDR), a premier provider of trucking, intermodal and logistics services achieve fuel efficiency gains and meet sustainability initiatives. Schneider has been working with Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) through development and running Freightliner’s Cascadia equipped with the DD15 Gen… Read more »
GM Launches BrightDrop, a New Business That Will Electrify and Improve the Delivery of Goods and Services
General Motors announced today a new business, 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. These BrightDrop solutions are designed to help businesses lower costs, maximize productivity, improve employee safety and freight security, and… Read more »
First Heavy Duty Fuel Cell Electric Trucks Set for Delivery to Pilot Program Customers at Ports of L.A. and Long Beach
The future of heavy-duty trucking will arrive at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this month. The first two fuel cell electric heavy duty Class 8 trucks built under the Zero and Near Zero Emissions Freight Forwarding (ZANZEFF) project sponsored by the state of CA are preparing for… Read more »
A-SAFE TrailerKerb Wins Award
Baltimore, Maryland-based A-SAFE Inc. has been given a New Product of the Year award by Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) magazine for TrailerKerb, a temporary barrier (or kerb) that provides resistance when forklift trucks get close to the edge of flatbed trailers during loading and unloading operations at the dock…. Read more »
Daimler Truck Financial Launches Keep the World Moving Finance Program for New Freightliner and Western Star Trucks
Daimler Truck Financial (DTF) and Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) are making it easier than ever to purchase the trucks on which the world depends with the introduction of the Keep the World Moving finance program. Named to pay homage to Daimler Truck’s global purpose and designed for the drivers… Read more »
Volvo Trucks in North America demonstrate electric heavy duty trucks
At an exclusive event at the TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California, Volvo Trucks offered a first look at its North American Class 8 battery-electric project trucks. In Europe, Volvo Trucks recently started sales of electric trucks for urban transports and demonstrated electric concept trucks for construction operations and regional… Read more »
Anheuser-Busch Completes First Zero-Emission Beer Delivery with Nikola and BYD
Last week, Anheuser-Busch, in partnership with Nikola Motor Company (Nikola) and BYD Motors LLC, completed their first ever ‘Zero-Emission Beer Delivery’ in the company’s hometown of St. Louis – utilizing both companies’ innovative fleet technology to deliver beer from the local Anheuser-Busch brewery to the Enterprise Center using only zero-emission… Read more »
The Kenworth T680 with Integrated Toyota Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology Stars at Port of Los Angeles
The Kenworth T680 on-highway flagship was the featured Class 8 truck at a major, zero emissions trucking event that featured more than 100 participants from government, industry, local community and the media held Monday at the Port of Los Angeles. Kenworth / Toyota Fuel Cell Electric Truck (FCET) Kenworth Truck… Read more »
Fully Electric Mack® LR Model Takes Center Stage in Mack Trucks’ WasteExpo Booth
The highly anticipated Mack® LR battery electric vehicle (BEV) will grab the spotlight in Mack Trucks’ booth at WasteExpo 2019 May 6-9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Built to meet the demanding needs of the New York City Department of Sanitation, the fully electric LR demonstrator will begin testing… Read more »
