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With fuel cell trucks on the road, Nikola is changing the game, but will it be enough to survive?

Electrification startup Synop is carving a niche for itself focused on help electric fleets return electricity to the grid and get paid for it.

Hyzon is focusing its fuel cell efforts in North America, cutting operations in Europe and Australia as it seeks to survive.

Autonomous trucking pioneer Chris Urmson and relative latecomer Raquel Urtasun do not agree on how to apply AI in autonomous trucking.

With new investments from Isuzu and trading giant Itochu, Gatik is on the path to mass production of short-haul autonomous trucks in 2027.

Nikola releases stats on hydrogen fueling that show savings over diesel and a growing business for fuel cell trucks.

A newsier-than-typical Advanced Clean Transportation Expo featured the first appearance by Tesla and a single stage gathering of legacy OEMs.

Fleets have practically no idea what electric trucks will be worth when it is time to trade them, one of the reasons for cautious adoption.

The potential energy and environmental gains from autonomous trucking are laid out in a new white paper from Aurora Innovation.

Even an EV-friendly policy analyst acknowledged during a House subcommittee hearing that trucking faces big challenges in meeting the EPA’s new zero-emission regulations.

EV Realty flips the electric truck charging script: It buys future charging sites with power already there.

The company last announced its Series C raise in 2022, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 for $115 million, valuing the company at $575 million. Platform Science has raised $309 million since 2017.

Despite being less stringent than proposed, the trucking industry says meeting EPA’s new truck emission rule is not achievable.

A big fine for Lordstown Motors and SuperTruck news carry the week over Work Truck Week and technology and maintenance event.

The arcade game Whac-A-Mole describes state-by-state approach to rules of the driverless road while 50-state solution appears far off.

The mismatch between electric truck availability and charging infrastructure prompted Daimler, Volvo and Navistar to make a PACT.

Could electric trucks find a new power source in decommissioned power plants. Zeem Solutions plans to find out.

Daimler Truck managed a 1% gain in global sales in 2023, less than expected as supply chain issues still haunted the leading OEM.

Cummins’ aggressive scaling of electrolyzers will need other players to meet expected midcentury hydrogen demand.

Torc Robotics has the autonomous truck nearly ready. Now comes the hard work of making a business from it.

Sweden’s Volvo Group was selected as the winning bidder for the battery and charging assets of bankrupt Proterra Inc.

Daimler Truck reported lower deliveries in Q3, a contrast to its major competitors who reported higher sales but warned of a coming slowdown.

Natural gas has long been a bit player in a diesel-driven engine world. That may change with Cummins’ beefier 15-liter offering.

A review of the state of SPAC-sponsored and other electrification startup shows a less-than-pretty picture.

An electric vehicle charger without data intelligence on when it is available and operating is like a hot dog without a bun.

Advances in the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 provide hints to the next Freightliner eCascadia.

The Daimler Truck Board of Management has extended the contract of North America CEO John O’Leary through 2026.

Can Outrider hold onto its healthy lead in distribution yard autonomy as competition begins to form?

The governor of California appears to favor supporting autonomous trucking technology over labor objections.

Just as scaling McDonald’s was more about real estate than hamburgers, electric truck charging is as much about land as it is about the grid.

Proterra customers are sanguine about the electric bus and battery maker’s bankruptcy reorganization. They expect deliveries to continue.

A Dana Inc. supplier used non-conforming rolled metal tubes in two lots of drive shafts, leading to Daimler Truck and Navistar recalls.

Moves similar to blackjack tactics describe how cash-poor transportation startups are grasping for new capital.

Electric bus and battery maker Proterra Inc. won’t fight an Aug. 17 delisting from the Nasdaq as it works on a bankruptcy reorganization plan.

Losers among transportation startups are rapidly being defined, It will take longer to determine the winners.

May’s Class 8 truck orders rose, but a truer measure of manufacturing health is the industry’s still-elevated backlog-to-build number.

Class 5 electric trucks have a broad customer base and a lot of manufacturers chasing the space where regulation comes soon.

School buses qualify for a lot of incentives to go electric, but are the vouchers and grants enough to make a difference?

Former Daimler Truck North America CEO Roger Nielsen will become chairman of Proterra Inc. (Photo: Daimler Truck North America)

Skimpy orders of Class 8 trucks in April mean little because OEMs have lots of backlogged orders to build and bill.

Once dismissed as a far-off technology, hydrogen fuel cells and infrastructure are getting buzz at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo.

The Freightliner Class 6 battery-electric eM2 will go into production this fall with plans for a range of vocational models to follow.

The epicenter for electric trucks in Southern California is so far a small part of the massive Velocity Truck Centers.

Like Volvo Group and Paccar Inc., which have already reported, Daimler Truck forecasts a stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings report.

A Daimler Truck recall of Western Star models for a windshield wiper defect has grown from a few hundred to more than 54,000.

Truck safety advocates and labor are at odds with big business over a request to loosen regulations for driverless trucks.

Daimler Truck North America is recalling 64,064 Freightliners for a possible complete loss of steering control.

Volvo Group’s CampX has ushered 50 startups through its accelerator. Now it is adding an incubator for early stage startups.

What does it mean to have a former Daimler Truck executive in charge of Torc Robotics? Experience guides a big mission focus

Daimler Truck North America is recalling 77,000 trucks for brake module corrosion, the third recall for the same issue.

How long will incentives drive the transition to electric trucks and help pay for the infrastructure that powers it? It’s going to be awhile.

Class 8 truck orders in January fell year over year for the first time since August, lightening the 2023 backlog.

A cross-section of Industry experts offer thoughts on how transportation management systems will integrate with autonomous trucks.

If history is a guide, advanced technologies in Daimler Truck North America’s SuperTruck II prototype could end up in production.

Daimler Truck created capacity for 2,000 battery-electric trucks in 2022, but the lack of charging infrastructure stunted deliveries.

As valuations of SPAC-backed startups plummet, one autonomous trucking developer that avoided the FOMO and stayed private is thriving.

Bob Biesterfeld, president and CEO of C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., stepped down Tuesday. FreightWaves’ Mark Solomon wrote that according to a person familiar with the matter, this departure had been planned months in advance and mostly was a matter of timing. 

Class 8 truck backlogs enter 2023 in healthy shape despite three consecutive months of lower orders after a record September.

The approach of Cummins Inc. to hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines is very different from how and when it talks about most of its products.

A theme emerges as you look around the electrification and autonomous trucking space. Practically no one does it alone.

Daimler Truck North America is taking no chances that a brake module corrosion issue is more widespread than it thinks.

Data centers and electric charging infrastructure share an insatiable demand for power. Neha Palmer understands both.

A Nikola whistleblower collected $600,000 from a short seller of the company’s stock and could be in line for a bigger payday from the SEC.

The Freightliner M2 and SD Plus medium-duty trucks coming in 2023 draw a family resemblance to their Class 8 sibling Cascadia.

How is it that California, the world’s fifth-largest economy and the state most autonomous trucking startups call home, refuses to allow commercial testing of the technology?

Hood trim pieces on Western Star vocational trucks are coming unglued, similar to an earlier recall for side intake covers falling off.

The second FreightWaves Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit will feature leaders in autonomy and all things electrification.

Computer module thefts from older-model Freightliner Cascadias are slowing, but owner-operators are still being sidelined.

On Jennifer Rumsey’s second day as CEO, Cummins Inc. reported strong Q2 earnings in North America.

Almost all heavy-duty truck manufacturers are part of a safety recall involving improperly assembled steering gears from a Bendix subsidiary.

Embark Trucks and BYD demonstrated what using electricity rather than diesel looked like in drayage with an autonomous truck.

The case of Daimler Truck’s missing powertrain controller modules may be tough to solve. The microchips in them are as popular as a Taco Bell drive-thru after the Great Mexican Pizza Famine and lots more valuable, so we all have a motive.

Freightliner powertrain parts thefts threaten the livelihood of drivers stranded with little hope of getting a replacement part.

Daimler Truck North America is trying to solve thefts of semiconductor-rich powertrain control modules from its tractors.

Food distributor Sysco Corp. intends to order up to 800 Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks from Daimler Truck North America..

Electric trucks — battery and fuel cells — unsurprisingly overwhelmed the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo.

Cummins will work with Daimler Truck North America to get hydrogen-powered fuel cell Freightliner Cascadias to customers in 2024.

The production version of the battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia evolved from more than 1 million miles of real-world fleet testing.

Is a bigger battery on wheels the best way to make autonomous trucks more efficient? Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies thinks so.

A safety recall by Daimler Truck North America inadvertently confirmed the next Western Star X-Series vocational truck.

Aunque todavía no está a la venta, el Western Star 57X está incluido en la llamada a revisión de seguridad por una pieza defectuosa en el capó

How did Navistar manage to build its assembly plant in San Antonio for a relatively paltry $250 million? Partly by ignoring a famous baseball movie line.

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Out of the shadow of Mercedes-Benz cars, independent Daimler Truck showed financial resilience despite supply chain headwinds.

With Daimler Truck already on board, Platform Science adds Navistar as the second manufacturer to factory install its open-source telematics.

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In a century-old manufacturing complex where General Motors once built gears and axles, Waymo manufactures autonomous cars and trucks.

Daimler Truck North America and two partners plan to spend $650 million to build public electric charging for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.