Enlarge / The Van Hool CX45E that completed the 1, 700-mile round trip. (credit: ABC Companies) An electric coach just completed a 1, 700-mile (2, 743-km) trip from Newark, California, to Seattle and back. The journey was a demonstration of battery-electric transport and was organized by the coach operator MTRWestern and ABC Companies, the US […]
Enlarge / This is a Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley school bus, built by Thomas Built Buses and equipped with an electric powertrain from Proterra. (credit: Daimler) This week’s news about the new US Postal Service truck contract, and the USPS’ decision to order 90 percent of them with internal combustion engines, has been viewed by many […]
Enlarge / The Volta Zero commercial delivery truck should go into production by 2022. (credit: Volta Trucks) Volta Trucks, a Swedish startup developing battery electric commercial vehicles, has found a battery supplier. On Wednesday, the company signed an agreement with Proterra, a leading US commercial EV manufacturer. The deal was the last piece of the […]