Most Volvo and Mack electric trucks built since 2019 will get new batteries because of a fire risk caused by loose material in the batteries.
Battery chemistry will play a critical role in advancing electric trucking beyond regional and drayage hauling.
Volvo Group’s CampX has ushered 50 startups through its accelerator. Now it is adding an incubator for early stage startups.
Batteries. Electrified components. Fuel cells. Cummins Inc. has plans for all of them. But hydrogen-making electrolyzers top the list.
Romeo Power founder Michael Patterson shares what happened at the startup battery maker as a cautionary tale for other SPAC-backed startups.
Unsure that financially struggling Romeo Power could keep supplying batteries for its electric trucks, Nikola is buying the company.
Meritor’s $201 million purchase of Siemens’ electric propulsion unit is fine with Meritor suitor Cummins.
Three relatively small electric infrastructure grants speak volumes about the importance of direct current fast charging for commercial vehicles.
Tula Technology’s engine controls could clear a major hurdle for trucking companies facing tougher emissions rules.
Nikola secures a long-term battery supply for its electric trucks with Proterra, which earlier locked up critical cells with LG Energy Solution Electric.
Meritor will commercially produce its electric powertrain with supply agreements for buses and plans for fuel cell applications.
Romeo Power locks in cell supply for its commercial batteries, paying a big price to assure it can answer demand from truck manufacturers.
Precipitous fall in company stock is a backdrop to change at the top of struggling battery maker Romeo Power.
From a COVID outbreak to supply shortages, Workhouse Group has repeatedly missed production targets.
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BorgWarner’s acquisitions in electric components and systems position the Tier 1 supplier to grow its electrification revenue to 45% from 3% by 2030.
Romeo Power CEO Lionel Selwood saw the component shortages coming for commercial vehicle batteries. Romeo hedged by buying on the open market.
Driveline and thermal management supplier Dana Inc. has $700 million in new business from auto and truck makers. Half of it is in electrification contracts.
BorgWarner continues to build up its portfolio for commercial vehicle electrification with the $880 million acquisition of European battery maker AKASOL.
Daimler Trucks North America is going to offer fully integrated powertrains for its electric trucks the same way it does diesel trucks — through its Detroit technology subsidiary.
Meritor started with an electronic axle and worked forward to pull together all the major components of an electric powertrain that can propel an 80,000-pound line haul tractor or a medium-duty box truck.
Romeo Power Inc. claims a two-year lead over competitors in the race to fast-charging, long-range batteries for electric trucks. But new entries, backed by blank-check companies like Romeo was, are flooding the market.
Dana Inc. spotted the trend toward zero-emission commercial vehicles four years ago when China offered incentives for battery-powered buses. That led the Tier 1 supplier to start buying and partnering with companies to build an all-in approach to electrification.
Commercial vehicle battery maker Romeo Power gets a blank check company’s backing as investors target electric components and infrastructure for electric trucks.
Second-largest auto supplier merger of 2020 positions BorgWarner for greater role in electrification while completing the breakup of General Motors’ once-vast parts organization.
Once the auto industry’s largest supplier, Delphi will disappear as it is absorbed into BorgWarner.
BorgWarner Inc., which makes engine components and drivetrains for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles, reported lower third-quarter earnings on slightly higher sales.
BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) beat Wall Street’s consensus revenue expectations of $2.55 billion for the fourth quarter of 2018, even though the company’s sales decreased 0.5 percent year-over-year (Y/Y), from $2.586 billion to $2.572 billion.
