E-quipment highlight: Maintou MTA 519e electric telehandler
E-quipment highlight: Maintou MTA 519e electric telehandler

With practical lift heights, load capacities, and the ability to run a variety of skid steer attachments, it’s no wonder the telehandler market is growing – and French equipment brand Manitou is hoping their latest all-electric MTA 519e model is going …

While US flip-flops on EVs, Africa charges ahead with electric mining migs
While US flip-flops on EVs, Africa charges ahead with electric mining migs

While the US is still stuck debating EVs, the rest of the world has already plugged in and charged ahead – and nowhere is that more obvious than Africa, where one country has banned ICE vehicles outright and another is rapidly electrifying mines that a…

Elon teases a van, Tesla sales tumble, and there is no Robotaxi in California
Elon teases a van, Tesla sales tumble, and there is no Robotaxi in California

On today’s van-tastic episode of Quick Charge, Elon Musk teases a people-hauling Tesla that’s 10 years late, California says there are ZERO Robotaxis on the road, and the Chinese EVs continue to outsell the brand in Europe.

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Adding solar panels to semi trucks helps slash diesel emissions
Adding solar panels to semi trucks helps slash diesel emissions

The worst kind of vehicle emissions aren’t the ones that move dirt or haul freight – they’re the ones that don’t. Every hour, every minute, ever second a combustion engine spends idling at a truck stop or job site is fuel burned, money lost, and air po…

Simon Loos grows its electric semi truck fleet to over 200 units
Simon Loos grows its electric semi truck fleet to over 200 units

Dutch logistics specialist Simon Loos announced a major order with Daimler Trucks’ Mercedes brand, purchasing 75 Mercedes‑Benz eActros 600 electric semi trucks and growing its BEV fleet to more than 200 units.

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Auto(nomous)bots, roll(er) out! The $1.75 BILLION future of self driving asphalt
Auto(nomous)bots, roll(er) out! The $1.75 BILLION future of self driving asphalt

Autonomous construction tech startup Bedrock Robotics has just closed on a $270 million Series B funding round that brings total investment in the self-driving roller and excavator firm to more than $350 million. (!)

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What driver shortage? Electric trucks give fleets a real hiring edge
What driver shortage? Electric trucks give fleets a real hiring edge

Commercial fleets have been adopting electric vehicles for their long-term fuel and maintenance savings, but Benore Logistics has found another big benefit to making the switch: going electric is helping the company attract younger drivers – and keep t…

This mine put 100 autonomous electric haul trucks to work – here’s how it went
This mine put 100 autonomous electric haul trucks to work – here’s how it went

What happens when you deploy 100 massive, driverless, and fully electric heavy haul trucks at a working mine? After nearly a year of continuous operation, one mining company is already finding out. Here’s how their great experiment is going.

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E-quipment highlight: Trova E-Spotter electric terminal truck [video]
E-quipment highlight: Trova E-Spotter electric terminal truck [video]

Instead of electrifying an existing HD truck platform, Dublin, Virginia-based Trova developed its all-electric E-Spotter terminal tractor from the ground up for durability, driver comfort, and low-maintenance operation.

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Pittsburg State University just got a MASSIVE gift: an electric semi truck
Pittsburg State University just got a MASSIVE gift: an electric semi truck

Pittsburg State University’s Crossland College of Technology received a massive gift this month, in the form of an 82,000 lb. GVWR Peterbilt Model 579EV Class 8 electric semi truck donated to the program by TLG.

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