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Swedish Missiles. Emirati Armored Trucks. The Ukrainian Army’s Newest Mechanized Brigade Has A Weird Mix Of Weapons.
An 88th Mechanized Brigade Panthera F9 armored truck. 88th Mechanized Brigade photo The Ukrainian army has been forming new mechanized brigades as fast as it can recruit, train and equip the troops. I...
Lordstown Motors’ Sales Were Dreadful. The Stock Is Rising Anyway.
Sales and earnings from electric vehicle start-up Lordstown Motors show just how hard it has been to launch a new electric truck. Results look rough, but the beaten-up stock is rising in early trading...
Affordable, New Cars And Trucks — Even Some EVs — Still Exist; But Stay Small, And Bring Cash
2022 Ford Maverick 2L-EcoBoost AWD Lariat. Photo: Ford There are still some lower-priced new cars and trucks, including even some electric vehicles, on today’s high-priced market, with a desirable lev...
Ukraine’s Big Rigs Haul Damaged Tanks Away From The Battlefield—So They Can Get Fixed Up And Fight Again
A U.S. Army M1070 heavy equipment transporter hauls an M88 armored recovery vehicle. U.S. Army Both sides in the Russia-Ukraine war are losing a lot of tanks. Just one side seems to be working out a r...
Lordstown halts production of EV Endurance trucks to fix issues
Lordstown Motors gave rides in prototypes of its upcoming electric Endurance pickup truck on June 21, 2021 as part of its “Lordstown Week” event. Michael Wayland / CNBC Lordstown Motors sa...
Nikola EV trucks’ driver-assist system coming next year
Nikola Motor Company Two truck Source: Nikola Motor Company Nikola will begin offering an advanced driver-assist system on its electric heavy trucks starting late next year, the company said Wednesday...
Truck’s ‘Violent Rampage’ In NYC Leaves 8 Injured, Driver Detained
Topline A man was captured by police Monday after he allegedly drove a U-Haul repeatedly into pedestrians in seven different locations in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn on Monday, injuring eight. Poli...
Nikola To Run Hydrogen Production, Fuel Cell Truck Stations Under ‘HYLA’ Brand
Nikola’s hydrogen production, distribution and fuel station network will operate under the HYLA brand name. Nikola Corp. Nikola, which wants to be a top producer of electric trucks powered by hy...
Big factories, big trucks and big Musk: Tesla Q4 earnings expectations
Tesla’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 earnings are upon us, and with it expectations from Wall Street for the electric vehicle maker to hit revenue for the quarter of $24.03 billion and adju...
Several Top Rivian Executives Depart After Production Miss
Rivian Automotive the startup maker of electric trucks, has parted ways with several of its top executives after production targets were missed over the past year. Those who left include Randy Frank, ...
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...
In December, Automakers Sell Cars, Trucks As Fast As They Can Build ‘Em
A Ford Explorer pickup being built at Ford Motor Co.’s Chicago Assembly Plant. Ford photo A larger supply of new cars and trucks enables a U.S auto sales increase of just over 5% in December, vs...
Biden unveils stricter emissions rules for heavy-duty trucks
EPA Administrator Michael Regan gives remarks at an event on new national clean air standards for heavy-duty trucks near the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters on December 20, 2022 in W...
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...
Lordstown Motors begins shipping its Foxconn-made EV pickup trucks
Lordstown Motors has starting shipping its all-electric Endurance pickup trucks manufactured by Foxconn, a milestone that seemed impossible earlier this year. Lordstown Motors, which has experienced i...
Economic Uncertainty, Higher Interest Rates Curb Demand For Used Cars, Trucks
Used cars for sale in El Cerrito, Calif. Getty Images Inflated used-vehicle prices have started to come down at the wholesale level, and that implies consumer demand may also have declined, due to hig...
Lordstown Stock Rises as Endurance EV Trucks Are Cleared for Sale
Lordstown Motors hit an important milestone. Shares are rising, even though many people may not know the word used to describe that step. The Ohio-based electric truck startup announced Tuesday that i...
As Doubts Grow Over Self-Driving Vehicles, This Ambitious Upstart Rolls Out Its First Robot Trucks
Self-driving tech startup Waabi has deployed its first robot trucks and intends to commercialize its system faster than bigger, wealthier competitors. Waabi Autonomous driving startup Waabi just deplo...
Nikola Stock Is Rising. The Company Is Making More Trucks.
Stock in the electric and hydrogen truck-technology firm Nikola is rising after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter sales. The company is ramping up production—a good sign for any ...
TeraWatt announces first interstate EV charging network for trucks
TeraWatt site Courtesy: TeraWatt San Francisco startup TeraWatt Infrastructure on Thursday announced it’s developing the first network of electric vehicle-charging centers for heavy-duty and med...
IKEA tests driverless delivery trucks in Texas with Kodiak Robotics
Kodiak Robotics truck in front of an IKEA store. Source: Kodiak Robotics Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said that it has begun a pilot program with IKEA in Texas. A semitruck equipped with...
Nikola Tries to Ignite Market for Its Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Trucks
As Nikola founder stands trial on securities-fraud charges, a revamped management team is pushing to make the company the first to market hydrogen-powered commercial trucks in the U.S.—and to overcome...
Leadership Lessons From Ford’s CMO And Bet On The Electric F-150
Ford Motor Company unveils their new electric F-150 Lightning outside of their headquarters in … [+] Dearborn, Michigan on May 19, 2021. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Get...
Ford unveils new F-Series Super Duty trucks
2023 Ford Super Duty F-350 Limited Ford DETROIT – Ford Motor is redesigning a pivotal product lineup, leaning on new software and connected data metrics, to boost profits in its commercial vehicle bus...
Russia’s War Mobilization Is Pointless As Long As Its Army Lacks Trucks
A Russian army Kamaz truck, destroyed in northeast Ukraine. Via social media Russian authorities have begun rounding up the first of 300,000 draftees the Kremlin hopes will make good the steep losses—...
Amazon Will Power Trucks With ‘Electrofuel’ Diesel To Curb Carbon Emissions
Little room for error: An Amazon Prime truck driver attempts a turn in Los Angeles. AFP via Getty Images Amazon, with a massive fleet of tens of thousands of delivery vehicles, will begin using a new,...
No Major Surprises As Nascar Reveals Schedules For Its 75th Anniversary Season
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 16: General view of cars during a parade lap before the start of … [+] the NASCAR Cup Series 62nd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on ...
Volvo starts series production of heavy-duty electric trucks
This image shows workers at Volvo Trucks’ plant in Sweden. Volvo Trucks Volvo Trucks said Wednesday that production of three heavy duty electric truck models was now underway, with its president...
Cities Should Not Trade Existing Businesses For Potential Development
Jeremy Sark and Marie Dougherty are fighting their South Carolina city for the right to continue … [+] renting moving trucks. Institute for Justice You have probably seen ads on the internet pro...
Nikola Founder Faces Securities-Fraud Trial Over Promises About Electric Trucks
Trevor Milton, the Nikola founder who enticed auto-industry leaders and investors with his promise for a revolution in electric trucks, faces a securities-fraud trial beginning this week on allegation...