Tag: electric vehicles

Pickups

Hummer EV is The New Torque King of Pickups …Or is it?

With the unveiling of the 2022 GMC Hummer EV, we’ve got the introduction of another electric pickup and another instance of wondering aloud “How much of a truck is this thing?” That’s what we’re trying to answer in the video below. More importantly, we look at how to properly compare torque ratings between combustion engine […]

November 3, 2020

Vocational

Tesla: New Battery Tech Will Provide Big Range Boost, Cost Savings

For fleets thinking ‘range is the bane’ when it comes to electric trucks, Tesla predicted a range increase of up to 54% during its recent 2020 Annual Shareholder Meeting and Battery Day event in Fremont, Calif. Shareholders attended in person while staying socially distanced by watching from their Tesla vehicles in a parking lot near […]

September 24, 2020

Pickups

Ford plans to launch electric F-150 by 2022

The chief operating officer of Ford says the automaker will bring its highly anticipated electric F-150 to market “in the next 24 months.” Ford’s Jim Farley made the announcement during an interview with CNBC. It’s the first time since Ford’s confirmation that a battery-powered F-150 was, in fact, in the works that the automaker has […]

June 12, 2020

Class 7-8

Electric truck maker Nikola’s success might bring a cabover resurgence to U.S.

If a company can have a date-of-birth, June 4 was Nikola Corporation‘s. Founded in 2014 by serial entrepreneur Trevor Milton in Salt Lake City, the now Phoenix-area based truck-maker made its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange Thursday – following its successful reverse merger earlier this week with with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. – with Milton, now […]

June 8, 2020

Pickups

Bollinger unveils design for electric Class 3 chassis cab truck slated for 2021

Bollinger Motors, a U.S.-based company headquartered just outside of Detroit, said its plans to produce and sell a fully electric chassis cab truck. The Bollinger B2CC would be the first all-electric Class 3 chassis-cab truck platform, and will be built on the company’s patent-pending E-Chassis all-wheel drive base, and available in 2- and 4-door cab […]

May 8, 2020

Class 7-8

Test Drive: The electric Volvo VNR

The electric truck is carving out a niche in stop-and-start and low-mileage applications, so sending a small fleet of them into California’s ports sounds like no-brainer. Announced just more than a year ago, the Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solution (LIGHTS) partnership teamed together Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) fleet customers NFI and Dependable Highway […]

March 9, 2020

Pickups

Nikola unveils electric Badger pickup: Huge range and built for construction work

The latest electrified pickup to join the fray is from Nikola Motor Company, the builder of a hydrogen-electric Class 8 tractor. The company recently announced the 906-hp Badger pickup which features an estimated range of up to 600 miles and a hydrogen-electric powertrain. The company says the pickup delivers 980 ft.-lbs. of torque, 906 peak […]

February 20, 2020

Pickups

GMC Teases Electric Hummer: Pickup with monster specs will be unveiled later this year

GMC will be reintroducing its iconic Hummer as an electric pickup. During last night’s Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, GMC ran the ad you see below, teasing a new, electrified version of the Hummer and a full unveiling slated for May 20. Another ad, which you can […]

February 3, 2020

Pickups

Bollinger B2 will be the first electric Class 3 truck

How do you stand-out in a growing field of electric pickups? By basically doing what OEMs have been doing for decades with conventional trucks: offer more capability, more power and a competitive price. And it looks like Bollinger is on the road to checking off the first two boxes as the Detroit-based startup nears the Sept. 26 […]

September 2, 2019

Vocational

Volvo, Samsung to develop batteries for electric trucks

Volvo Group and Samsung SDI have announced the formation of a strategic alliance that will develop battery packs for Volvo Group’s electric trucks. Working with Samsung SDI, Volvo Group aims to accelerate the speed of development and strengthen the long-term capabilities and assets within electromobility across all truck segments and markets. The alliance will cover […]

July 19, 2019

Roadbuilding

Report: Prospects strong for commercial use of electric vehicles, as well as consumer use

Research shows the market for electric vehicles for consumer and commercial use will continue to grow into the future. Learn more about it on Equipment World.

January 4, 2019

Trucks

Electric trucks will still require skilled mechanics, but ask less of their time

Even though maintenance costs will likely be reduced, electric commercial trucks will still require repairmen and it will be a sophisticated process.

May 15, 2018