Cummins CEO and president Jennifer Rumsey is launching Accelera, a new cleantech brand for the diesel engine maker. Patrick Semansky/AP The century-old manufacturer is beefing up its sales goals for b...
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Diesel Giant Cummins Has A $13 Billion Cleantech Goal — Starting With A New Name
Cummins CEO and president Jennifer Rumsey is launching Accelera, a new cleantech brand for the diesel-engine maker. Patrick Semansky/AP The century-old manufacturer is beefing up its sales goals for b...
IRA Spurs Clean Energy Boom, Electric Trucks Accelerate, Battery Demand Surges, EPA Cuts Power Sector Pollution
2022 was arguably the most important year in United States climate action: Landmark federal legislation and pro-climate state elections have paved the way for a clean energy boom in every corner of th...
Tesla’s Electric Monster Truck Complicates Elon Musk’s Climate Commitment
Frederic-J-Brown/AFP/Getty Images The world’s top EV seller hasn’t followed through on a 16-year-old goal of making them widely affordable and the Cybertruck, its next model, will be Tesla’s most re...
Nikola And Plug Power Form Green Hydrogen, Fuel Cell Truck Supply Partnership
Plug Power will buy Nikola’s fuel cell trucks to haul its hydrogen and supply the truckmaker with the green fuel and equipment to liquefy hydrogen gas. Nikola Corp. Electric truckmaker Nikola an...
Tesla’s Electric Semi Is Almost Here, But Elon Musk Hasn’t Shared Some Heavy Details
Tesla says it will deliver its first electric Semis to Pepsi on Dec. 1, 2022. Tesla Hyperbole and big promises are to be expected when Elon Musk promotes a new product and based on his description of ...
Grid And Charging Speed Bumps Ahead As Amazon, FedEx And Transit Fleets Go Electric
Amazon is adding 100,00 electric Rivian delivery trucks to its fleet. Rivian AmazonAMZN , FedExFDX and other big fleet operators are moving fast to replace their vast fleets of exhaust-spewing deliver...
Amazon-Backed Rivian And Mercedes-Benz Are Partnering To Make Electric Vans
Rivian and Mercedes-Benz are planning a joint venture to produce electric vans, including a new production line at a Mercedes facility in Europe. Rivian Rivian, the electric vehicle startup backed by ...
Harbinger To Unveil Innovative Platform For Electric Medium-Duty Trucks At Detroit Auto Show
A first-of-its-kind vertically-integrated EV platform introducing improvements in safety, driver … [+] experience, and vehicle operation tuned to the needs of commercial fleet operators and othe...
Amazon To Buy Plug Power’s ‘Green’ Hydrogen In Deal With $2.1 Billion Stock Option
An electric warehouse forklift uses Plug Power’s fuel cell system. Plug Power Plug Power, which supplies fuel cells for electric forklifts used by Amazon and other companies, said the retail gia...
Electric Trucks Can Fight Inflation – And Petro-State Dictators Like Putin
Electric truck being charging at charging station. 3D rendering image. getty Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has cost tens of thousands of lives and produced a stream of devastating images documenting th...
Electric Trucks, Lower Prices, Familiar Brands, Fire Up EV Interest
2024 Silverado EV RST Photo: Chevrolet More auto shoppers are considering electric vehicles, with the rise in electric trucks, electric vehicles from established “legacy” brands, and more-affordable E...
Einride Unveils Battery-Extending Freight Trailer, New Software Platform
Einride E-Trailer unveiled May 19, 2022. Einride Swedish tech company Einride’s mission is all about reducing carbon emissions and making the Earth a more healthy place to live with its electric...
Nikola’s Electric Big Rig Beats Delayed Tesla Semi To Market
Newly built Tre BEV trucks awaiting shipment to customers from Nikola’s Coolidge, Arizona, plant. Nikola Inc. Nikola Inc., which aims to be a leader in battery- and hydrogen-powered heavy trucks...
The Future Of Electric Trucks Will Begin With Natural Gas, Hyliion Says
In Hyliion, Thomas Healy founded a company that wants to use compressed natural gas to power an … [+] electric truck. Hyliion Nikola is working on hydrogen, and Tesla and Rivian on all-electric ...
High Gas Prices Drive High Demand For Electric Vehicles, TrueCar Says
The Ford F-150 Lightning battery powered electric pickup is built at Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle … [+] Center in Dearborn, Mich. PHOTO: Ford High gas prices tied to Russia’s invasion of ...
Rivian Racks Up $4.7 Billion Loss, Sees Supply Snags Curbing EV Output
Newly built Rivian R1 T electric pickups. Rivian Rivian, the best-funded electric vehicle startup in U.S. history, said losses during its initial year of electric truck production were nearly $5 billi...
Nikola Kicks Off Hydrogen Truck Tests With Pre-Super Bowl Beer Runs For Anheuser-Busch
A Nikola Tre fuel cell semi-truck on California’s 405 freeway. Anheuser-Busch Electric truckmaker Nikola Corp., which recently started delivering its first battery-powered semis, is showing off ...
Ford’s Amped Up Electric Vehicle Strategy Boost Shares, Tops GM’s Market Cap
Ford CEO Jim Farley with the electric F-150 Lightning truck in Dearborn, Michigan. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Ford Motor Co.’s plans to accelerate production and sales of battery-powered crossovers an...