The first all-electric Fiat 500e vehicles for the US recently rolled off the line at the Mirafiori Assembly Plant in Turin, Italy. The two-door, battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sold out its first dealer allocation in less than a week. The all-electric Fiat 500e will arrive in the US by the end of the first quarter as…

You can’t talk about how electric vehicles are revolutionizing the way we think about transportation without talking about regenerative braking. It’s an incredible system that allows EVs to capture and convert some of the kinetic energy generated during braking into electrical energy. This energy can then be stored and used to charge the vehicle’s batteries,…

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) delivered two battery-electric Freightliner eCascadias manufactured in Portland, Oregon, to Goodwill Industries of New Mexico (GINM). State government officials, including Governor Michelle Grisham, alongside GINM representatives, unveiled the eCascadias with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and press conference. These electric Class 8 tractors will join GINM’s fleet of trucks in Albuquerque, New…

Hyzon Motors and privately held New Way Trucks (New Way), formed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to develop a fuel cell-powered refuse vehicle for the North American market. Hyzon and New Way plan to start the advanced phases of truck development, with the initial base FCEV prototype ready for refuse collection equipment integration. …

Volvo Cars revealed it is streamlining and standardizing its model names for fully electric cars, in line with its ongoing transformation toward becoming a fully electric car maker by 2030. The fully electric XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge models are being renamed to EX40 and EC40, respectively, to fit with other fully electric models: the…

Published: February 20, 2024 Betterfrost, a technology firm known for its defrost solutions, partnered with Denso in a project supported by nearly $1.5 million in funding, combining government grants and industry contributions. This collaboration aims to develop a low-energy defrost and defog system for electric vehicles (EVs), expected to be 20 times more energy-efficient…

Toyota revealed a $1.3 billion investment at its flagship Kentucky facility for future electrification efforts including assembly of an all-new, three-row battery electric SUV for the U.S. market. The project brings the plant’s total investment to nearly $10 billion. The manufacturer said this investment supports the previously announced future BEV assembly at Toyota Kentucky. It…

Man Truck & Bus shared that more than 700 orders and requests for its eTruck, including the 2024 limited edition Man eTGX and eTGS models, have been placed. Man said it expects some customer orders to roll out later this year, while large-scale production will start at the MAN plant in Munich, Germany, in 2025.…

Published: February 15, 2024 The Recycled Rubber Coalition released a white paper titled, "An Unexpected Electric Vehicle Environmental Problem With Common Sense Solutions," that examines how the rapid adoption of EVs will lead to an increase in scrap tires and provides practical solutions for the recycling and reuse of these tires. "The growing consumer…

Canoo Inc. added electric vehicles to the fleet of Zeeba, a national fleet management company. The announcement is part of an existing agreement with Zeeba that awarded a total of 5,450 electric vehicles, with a binding commitment of 3,000 Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) EVs, for its national fleet. “Our partnership with Zeeba signifies a major…