Rio Tinto and China’s SPIC partner to test electric mining trucks with battery swapping
Mining giant Rio Tinto will partner with China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) to demonstrate battery-swap-capable electric haul trucks at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. The technology
Saldivar’s Trucking: first owner-operator to deploy Volvo VNR Electric semi
Owner-operators are a huge part of the heavy truck market, and they’ve been among the most hesitant groups to transition from diesel to electric semi trucks. That may be changing, however, as Saldivar’s Trucking becomes first independent
675 hp AUDI E, Cybercab hits the road, and BYD gets set to take down Ford
On today’s slightly confusing episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got a 675 hp AUDI concept that isn’t really an Audi, a self-driving Tesla hitting the roads around Giga Texas while the company pulls all the demand levers
Mack Electric LR is Wisconsin’s first electric garbage truck
In a bid to clean up its streets in more ways than one, the city of Madison, Wisconsin has added two Class 8 electric trucks to its garbage fleet earlier this year in the form of a
Australian trucking giants to roll out another 54 electric trucks with new grants
Two of Australia's biggest trucking groups land federal funds to roll out 54 electric trucks and build charging infrastructure to support them.
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US nonprofit set to buy 500 electric semi trucks by 2028 in $250M deal
Maryland-based nonprofit Climate United announced its intention to spend $250 million to buy up to 500 electric semi trucks over three years in what the group is calling “the biggest single order of zero emission Class 8
Scout Motors unveils EV Terra truck, Traveler SUV concepts, including Harvester range extender
Heavy on heritage and light on details, the launch event showed Scout’s concepts for an EV 4×4 that’s every bit the equal of Jeep or Bronco. Scout Motors, the
The Scout EVs Have One Incredible Throwback Feature
I'm a fan of old American trucks, and this one decision put the Scout Terra on my list.
Liebherr and Fortescue to expand zero-emission equipment partnership
German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer Liebherr and Australia-headquartered metal mining company Fortescue have announced a deal for the development and supply of zero-emission technologies that, once they enter series production,
Caterpillar designing Cat 793 mining truck platform with powertrain flexibility from diesel to electric
Caterpillar has announced that, to meet customers’ current and future needs, it is designing a modular Cat 793 large mining truck platform that will include diesel-mechanical, diesel-electric and battery-electric