BorgWarner secured two high-voltage hairpin (HVH) eMotor business contracts with XPeng, a Chinese smart EV manufacturer, for use on two upcoming SUV models. The contracts include BorgWarner’s oil-cooled 800V eMotor systems, comprising stator and rotor components customized for the vehicles. Production is planned to start in 2025. BorgWarner says its HVH220 eMotor offers high power…

According to new Volvo research, 64% of Canadians looking to purchase a new vehicle say they would consider a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or fully electric in the next five years. This insight appears in the 2024 Mobility Trend Report, an exploratory study by Volvo Car Canada. The study comes as the country is experiencing mixed…

Evergreen Waste Services recently took delivery of the first of five ordered Mack LR Elrctric models, making its battery-electric vehicle (BEV) the first fully electric Class 8 refuse vehicle in operation in Delaware. Evergreen Waste Services also said it plans to use bi-directional charging to charge the LR Electric battery during off-peak hours and push…

Amazon will roll out nearly 50 heavy-duty electric trucks across Southern California. The company said the fully electric trucks will haul cargo containers and customer packages in first- and middle-mile operations. Combined, these trucks are expected to travel more than one million miles each year, Amazon said. …

Daimler Truck is combining battery-electric drive and integrated autonomous driving technology in one semi-truck: the autonomous Freightliner eCascadia technology demonstrator. The company said the truck is based on a production battery electric Freightliner eCascadia and is equipped with Torc’s autonomous driving software and the latest Level 4 sensor and computing technology. This will eventually enable…

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 65,838 cars, up 27% compared to the same period last year, which the company said was primarily driven by its fully electric small SUV, the EX30, and a strong performance in Europe. The company’s electrified models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, grew 53% compared to the…

VinFast Auto launched Sony’s new online entertainment service, RIDEVU, on its VF 8 electric car model in the U.S. RIDEVU will be included as a complimentary service in the VF Connect Prime package, VinFast said. U.S. owners of the VF 8 who register for the service will receive access to RIDEVU with the over-the-air (OTA)…

Scranton, Iowa-based New Way Trucks, a refuse truck body manufacturer and Rochester, New York-based Hyzon, a hydrogen fuel cell technology developer and global supplier of zero-emission powertrains, showcased a hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse truck at WasteExpo at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This debut in the U.S. market follows February’s announcement of a joint…

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) is expanding the use of electric trucks for logistics operations across multiple business units and regions, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Ohio, Michigan, and Saltillo, Mexico to transport components to manufacturing plants and parts distribution centers (PDCs). DTNA started integrating Freightliner…

In recently published findings from Cloud Theory’s Rick Wainschel, vice president of data science and analytics, changes in environmental regulatory requirements for the auto industry over the past six months have shifted focus from EVs and created a pathway for hybrid vehicles to gain more market share. These changes also shift power away from EV…