The Freightliner battery-electric eCascadia, scheduled to start production this year, comes with new management and safety features.
Daimler Trucks North America and Volvo Trucks North America will produce and deliver 100 Class 8 battery-electric trucks for deployment in Schneider and NFI’s Southern California fleet operations as part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative.
Penske Truck Leasing took delivery of two VNR Electrics from Volvo Trucks North America, expanding its fleet of battery-electric Class 8 models available in Southern California.
New Legend plans to switch all of the company’s local running lanes to an entirely all-electric fleet by 2023, starting with the purchase of 50 battery-electric Freightliner eCascadias.
With the order book open, Freightliner and DTNA are preparing to start production of the electric Class 8 eCascadia and medium-duty eM2 in late 2022.
When delivering a transformer to be used in an electric-truck charging array at a Schneider terminal, using a battery-electric truck was a natural move for Southern California Edison.
The primary electricity supply company for much of southern California, added a Freightliner eCascadia from the Freightliner Customer Experience (CX) Fleet to begin a three-month testing trial
The 38-vehicle fleet of battery-electric Freightliner eCascadias and eM2s have surpassed 500,000 miles in real-world operation by Freightliner customers.
Fleet adoption of medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles means more than just acquiring the trucks. It also means having places to charge those trucks — and it’s not as simple as plugging a Nissan Leaf into a port in your garage or a parking space at Whole Foods.
Knight-Swift Transportation announced it plans to cut its carbon emissions in half by the year 2035 and is testing a Freightliner eCascadia electric truck.
media brand
The secure and easy all-access connection to your content.
Bookmarked content can then be accessed anytime on all of your logged in devices!
Already a member? Log In