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Quantron to Bring Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks to Europe, US

September 15, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

Quantron, a provider of zero-emission commercial vehicle technologies, is rolling out an expanding range of fuel cell electric and battery-electric trucks in Europe and plans to bring a fuel cell-powered Class 8 tractor to the North American market next year. […]


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California’s Senate passes bill to restrict autonomous trucks

September 12, 2023

Via: Transport Dive

The Golden State serves as a key link for freight and home for AV firms such as Aurora Innovation, Kodiak Robotics and TuSimple Holdings. Those firms and others such as Gatik, Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi are developing autonomous trucking […]


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California Shows an Electric-Car Uprising Headed for the US

September 8, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

If you want to know how quickly electric vehicles might spread across the U.S., just look at California. In the past five years, EVs have gone from 2% of new-car sales in the state to 22%. The pace of adoption […]


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Robotic driving seat helping to improve safety of highly automated vehicles

September 7, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

A newly developed robotic driving seat will be showcased at the British Science Festival by UCL researchers, as part of ongoing efforts to increase public trust in highly automated vehicles. The driving seat, developed by scientists from UCL’s Intelligent Mobility […]


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Honda joins Ford, GM and others in adopting Tesla’s EV charging technology

September 7, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Honda will join Ford, GM and other electric vehicle makers in adopting Tesla’s charging technology, the company announced Thursday. Honda Motor Co. said it will use Tesla’s fast-charging port for its EV models that go on sale in North American […]


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Railroads, car haulers scramble to meet auto delivery demands

August 21, 2023

Via: Transport Dive

As automakers continue to struggle with logistics delays for newly produced vehicles, railroads say they are working to fix the issues, while car haulers see a business opportunity. Automakers say industry-wide rail car shortages are limiting their ability to send […]


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Tesla wins the EV charge plug format war

August 16, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

You’re probably familiar with previous technology format wars, whether it be VHS versus Betamax or Blu-ray versus HD DVD. Now another has quickly brewed in the way people plug in and charge their electric vehicles. It’s a battle of CCS […]


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EV Maker VinFast Soars in Nasdaq Debut

August 15, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

VinFast Auto Ltd. soared in its debut as a public company, vaulting its market capitalization beyond that of General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co., as traders flipped shares of the electric vehicle maker. The Vietnamese company, which went public […]


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Medium-Duty Truck Sales Jump 10.9% in July

August 15, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks grew 10.9% in July compared with the year-ago period, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Total retail sales for Class 4 through Class 7 trucks increased to 19,618 units from 17,682 units, marking the […]


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Technology Fuels a New Future for Internal Combustion Engine

July 31, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

According to fleet executives as well as fleet maintenance managers, the death of the internal combustion engine may prove to be greatly exaggerated in spite of the excitement about electric powertrains. Industry leaders have been working to give the basic […]


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Congress Wades Into Self-Driving Debate With New House Bills

July 25, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

Congress is wading into the debate over whether automakers should be allowed to sell hundreds of thousands of self-driving cars while manufacturers seek federal permission to expand testing of the technology. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled […]


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GOP House Leaders Investigate Ford Battery Agreement

July 24, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

Republican congressional leaders have sent a letter to Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley claiming they had received documents showing hundreds of jobs at the company’s planned battery plant in Marshall will go to employees of a Chinese battery firm. […]


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U.S. Chamber of Commerce report calls for national regulatory framework to support economic, social benefits of autonomous vehicles

July 21, 2023

Via: Transportation Today

In a new report, the United States Chamber of Commerce recently laid out the potential social and economic benefits of passenger autonomous vehicles (AVs), and assessed several related adoption scenarios that highlighted the need for advance national regulatory action. “As […]


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Ford Cuts Price on F-150 Lightning by Up to 17%

July 17, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

Ford Motor Co. is slashing prices on the electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup by as much as 17%, reversing price hikes implemented last year on its debut battery-powered truck. The F-150 Lightning Pro, the cheapest version of the […]


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A large dataset to train machine learning models for aerial vehicle design

July 10, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Designing reliable aircraft can be both challenging and time-consuming, as it often entails several steps and analyses. Deep learning models could potentially help to speed up aircraft design and deployment, helping developers to identify the most promising solutions or potential […]


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EV Makers Racing for Supplies of Lithium for Batteries

June 28, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile. General Motors Co. and the […]


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EV Battery Swapping Could Help Solve the US Charging Problem

June 21, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

More than a decade ago, a high-flying startup called Better Place made a billion-dollar bet that electric car drivers would prefer to swap depleted batteries for fresh ones in minutes rather than charge them for hours. At the time, most […]


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Study unveils policy insights for reshoring EV battery production

June 14, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

With the federal government incentivizing the expansion of domestic electric-vehicle battery manufacturing, a new Cornell University study examines the long-term energy and sustainability prospects of U.S. production, and highlights policy approaches for building a more resilient battery supply chain. EV […]


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Cummins to acquire 2 commercial vehicle manufacturing plants

June 1, 2023

Via: Transport Dive

Both companies said the deal would help them push towards their goals to reduce emissions — albeit in different ways. “The acquisition would add talented manufacturing and technical resources to Cummins’ workforce, position Cummins closer to key suppliers and consumers […]


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Electric trucks pick up speed despite bumpy road

May 19, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Using a motorised arm, a worker at Volvo’s factory near Gothenburg slowly guides massive black blocks alongside a chassis, the three tonnes of batteries soon to power an electric truck. “This is where the difference lies,” explains Sandra Finer, vice […]