Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) entered into a long-term agreement with Hexagon Purus, a manufacturer of zero-emission mobility and infrastructure solutions, to provide complete vehicle integration of the battery electric Freightliner eM2, which it said was developed to serve vocational applications. The integration, provided by Hexagon Purus, will incorporate Hexagon Purus' proprietary zero-emission technology, including…

EVCS and Lyft have launched a new partnership program where EV drivers on Lyft can benefit from discounted charging on the EVCS network. The program is available to all EV drivers on Lyft and encompasses all EVCS publicly accessible charging stations across California, Oregon and Washington. Through this program, EV drivers on Lyft have access…

Kohler Energy introduced a new hydrogen KDI engine and its first-ever hydrogen fuel cell power system, expanding its portfolio of clean energy solutions. Building off the recent announcement of Kohler Co. establishing Kohler Energy as an independent company, this news further accelerates Kohler Energy’s strategy to provide the broadest range of clean energy and hydrogen-ready…

Diamond Foundry (DF) created an electric car inverter leveraging its diamond wafer technology to enable more efficient electric cars, the company said. The power electronics unit is six times smaller than that of a Tesla 3 while delivering more power more efficiently. This new level of miniaturization is enabled through a smart design enabled by…

General Motors (GM) has entered a strategic partnership and investment in Niron Magnetics, a company that has developed a sustainable magnet material free of rare earth minerals for use in electric vehicle (EV) motors. The technology aims to reduce the cost and environmental impact of materials currently used in EV motor magnets, GM said. …

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) entered into a long-term agreement with Hexagon Purus, a manufacturer of zero-emission mobility and infrastructure solutions, to provide complete vehicle integration of the battery electric Freightliner eM2, which it said was developed to serve vocational applications. The integration, provided by Hexagon Purus,…

Volvo Trucks North America customer Loblaw Companies, the largest food and pharmacy retailer in Canada, has deployed two Volvo VNR Electric trucks to service its grocery stores in the Greater Montreal Area. The Volvo VNR Electric trucks will be leveraged to transport products to the company’s stores in the Greater Montreal Area. Loblaw deployed two…

As the latest meetings of the International Seabed Authority get underway in Jamaica to discuss possible mining of the deep sea for minerals such as cobalt, copper, nickel or manganese, a paper published recently by the Blue Climate Initiative discusses advances in electric vehicle (EV) battery technology. It notes the accelerating adoption of these technologies,…

asTech, a Repairify company involved in remote diagnostics, calibrations, programming and automotive intelligence for the collision and mechanical repair industries, announced an expansion of its remote OEM solutions to now include remote OEM scanning support for Tesla vehicles. asTech said its diagnostic devices are now able to complete authentic remote OEM scans for virtually every…

Cummins announced it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Terex Advance Mixer, Edge Materials and PCC Hydrogen to produce, trial and prove concrete mixer trucks powered by Cummins’ zero-carbon, hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines. According to Cummins, the project aims to develop a full hydrogen eco-system together…