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Electric Island to Showcase Electric Commercial Vehicle Charging
To help accelerate the development, testing and deployment of zero emissions (tank-to-wheel) commercial vehicles, Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America are co-developing “ Electric Island” a large public charging site for medium- and heavy-duty electric commercial vehicles expected to be the first of its kind in the United States. Adapted to support up [...]
Electrified Trucking: Getting in Gear Should Begin Now
As more states establish mandates requiring trucking fleets to switch from diesel fuel to alternatives with less carbon footprints, interest in electrified heavy-duty trucks increases, fleet and sustainability managers may want to boost the benefits of going cleaner and greener. Get Rolling: Define the Fleet, Charging Needs With guidance from engineering and infrastructure experts, it [...]
SCE Initiates Testing Battery-Electric Freightliner eCascadia
South California's leading primary electricity supply company, Southern California Edison (SCE) will initiate a three-month testing trial of the battery-electric Class 8 truck on Freightliner eCascadia from the Freightliner Customer Experience (CX) Fleet. SCE principal manager of Fleet Management, Todd Carlson mentioned, “SCE’s testing of the eCascadia is a major step down the path of achieving [...]
Alt-Fuel as Sustainable Means To Cost-effective Carbon-free Transportation
During the NGV20 Annual Industry Summit, NGVAmerica revealed their significant findings on the relevance of using alt-fuel and the results of a multi-month study of public transportation subsidy programs in the States of Texas and California. The State of Texas spent $561 million in public resources from 2005-2-19 to boost transition to cleaner vehicle technologies while the [...]
Daimler Trucks, Waymo Team up to Tackle Autonomous Trucking
Daimler Trucks and Waymo share a common goal of improving road safety and efficiency for fleet customers. Cascadia is equipped with Waymo’s advanced AI system called the Waymo driver. The chairman of the board of management at Daimler Trucks, Martin Daum, explains the strategic partnership with Waymo is a critical step on bringing production versions [...]
Penske’s Journey to Learn More About Charging Electric Trucks
Penske and Daimler Trucks N.A. teamed up over two years ago amidst Penske's journey to figure out charging medium and heavy duty electric trucks. The first Freightliner eCascadia and eM2 106 trucks were delivered in 2018. Mike Barnes, the Senior Regional Facilities Manger for the western region for Penske Transportation Solutions, described what was learned. [...]
DTNA “Not Standing Still” on Electric Trucks
Despite the obvious restrictions and hurdles the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to everyone, it has not significantly affected Daimler Trucks North America and their work on Medium-duty and Heavy-duty battery-electric trucks. The company is building vehicles now at the same rate as before the pandemic.
New Engineering Chief at DTNA speaks about Autonomous Vehicles and More
Rainer Müller-Finkeldei started at Daimler in 1995 working in artifical intelligence. At the time, not many knew about AI or had heard of neutral networks. Now, he is the the new senior vice president of engineering and technology at Daimler Trucks North America and is heavy into autonomous truck development among other things.
300,000 Battery-Electric Miles logged by Freightliner
Freightliner’s Innovation Fleet logged more than 300,000 miles in the real-world by customers. They have both medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks in a 30 vehicle fleet that are all battery-electric. This fleet includes 10 eM2s and 20 eCascadias testing in drayage, regional, and local delivery, among others applications.
