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Class 7-8

Musk defends Tesla’s electric semi-truck project, says trucking companies involved in design

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pushing back against critics who contend that his goal of producing an electric tractor-trailer is more pie-in-the-sky than practical. Critics, including panelists at last month’s ACT Expo in Long Beach, California, have said that the cost and the weight of batteries needed for electric long-haul transport make it less-than-ready for […]

June 14, 2017

Pickups

Ford throws water on all-electric F-150 prospects

Until batteries shed some pounds, don’t expect to see Ford producing an electric F-150 anytime soon. While the automaker announced plans for a hybrid F-150 by 2020 and an all-electric crossover SUV (CUV), an all-electric F-150 is not a priority—and for good reason. “In a CUV, you aren’t too worried about payload or towing, but […]

June 13, 2017

Class 7-8

Inside the Nikola One: The electric semi is packed with tech to “revolutionize” trucking

“My goal is to literally revolutionize the trucking industry,” said Trevor Milton, CEO and founder of Nikola Motor Company (NMC), moments after the Nikola One was unveiled in Salt Lake City on Dec. 1. Nikola One is a working prototype of an electric semi-truck with 1,000-hp, a range of more than 1,200 miles, and zero tailpipe emissions except […]

December 14, 2016

Dealers

Nikola One unveiled: fully electric, 1,000-hp heavy hauler to be sold by Cat dealer Thompson Machinery

Caterpillar dealer Thompson Machinery has signed on to carry the Nikola One electric Class 8 truck. The announcement follows Nikola Motor Company’s unveiling of the production model of its semi truck that claims a range of 800 to 1,200 miles with an estimated 15 mpg under full load, 1,000 horsepower and 2,000 lb.-ft. of torque. The […]

December 6, 2016

Class 7-8

Switch to hydrogen-powered turbine cuts Nikola One electric heavy hauler’s HP in half

Nikola Motor Company, who earlier last month announced that its truck would output zero emissions, this week confirmed that zero NOx is thanks to a hydrogen fuel cell. The company says the electric drivetrain used in the U.S. and Canadian markets on its One heavy hauler will be powered by a custom-built hydrogen-electric 800V fuel […]

September 8, 2016

Pickups

This 1939 Dodge pickup has been reborn with a new electric heart

Hmmm…what would happen if you take a 1939 Dodge pickup and convert into an electric daily driver? A whole lot of fun, according to Al Gajda, who after retiring from IBM finally electrified the truck that had been sitting in his garage for nearly 40 years. “I purchased the truck in New Hampshire in 1973 […]

August 26, 2016

Class 7-8

Nikola says its 2,000-hp electric hauler is 100% emissions-free

Nikola Motor Company has announced that advanced internal testing has shown the company’s soon-to-be-revealed Nikola One commercial Class 8 truck achieves “100 percent zero emissions” when spec’d with a CNG-powered turbine. Nikola One’s electric motors are powered by a liquid cooled lithium-ion battery pack, which is charged by an onboard turbine. The fuel agnostic turbine automatically charges the […]

August 16, 2016

Vocational

Daimler unveils first electric heavy truck, the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck

The race to build an electric heavy truck just got another contestant, and Wednesday they seized the lead. Upstart Nikola Motor Company and Tesla seemed locked in a battle to roll out the first electrified truck, but Daimler Trucks has rolled out its Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck, the first fully electric truck with a total weight of up […]

August 3, 2016

Pickups

Tesla reveals plan for ‘new kind of pickup,’ heavy duty truck

Tesla’s highly anticipated and highly teased “Master Plan, Part Deux” was published Wednesday and confirms after much uncertainty that the automaker will be producing a pickup and a heavy-duty truck. In his blog at tesla.com Elon Musk writes that the company will be making “a future compact SUV and a new kind of pickup truck.” Musk has […]

July 21, 2016

Class 7-8

Electric hauler Nikola One’s huge range, high-tech comforts draw 7,000+ pre-orders

Still five months from the truck’s official debut, Nikola Motor Company founder and CEO Trevor Milton recently announced more than 7,000 reservations—each accompanied with a refundable $1,500 deposit—have been received for the company’s Nikola One electric Class 8 truck. “Our technology is 10-15 years ahead of any other OEM in fuel efficiencies, MPG and emissions,” Milton […]

June 16, 2016

Pickups

Tesla execs talking again about making an electric pickup

More than two years after sending extremely mixed signals on the prospect of building an electric pickup, Tesla execs are again hinting at the possibility. During a recent panel discussion at the International Transport Forum in Germany, Tesla’s chief technology officer, JB Straubel, made it sound as if transitioning to truck building would be fairly […]

June 7, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cummins to develop plug-in hybrid Class 6 truck with federal grant

Cummins has been awarded a $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a Class 6 commercial plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can reduce fuel consumption by at least 50 percent over conventional Class 6 vehicles. Cummins researchers will select an engine to use as an electric commercial vehicle range extender. The […]

April 29, 2016