As electrification and infrastructure startups mature, banks get interested in lending money to help the best of them grow.
Is wireless charging an idea whose time has come for electric trucks? In some use cases, the answer is yes.
Sitetracker helps companies like ChargePoint automate tasks surrounding getting electric charging points up and running faster.
Bosch has a cloud-based plan for load matching; Nikola’s high-pressure product and problems;, and Cummins’ creative stock buyback via spinoff
Electric vehicle maker Workhorse announced that it escaped action from the Securities and Exchange Commission related to fraud accusations.
During Workhorse’s recent earnings call, CEO Richard Dauch discussed the company’s goals for its last-mile drone delivery program.
On this episode of Midday Market Update, Kevin Hill and Michael Vincent look at downstream effects from California’s port crisis.
Workhorse Group shares tanked after the U.S. Postal Service awarded a 10-year contract to Oshkosh Truck Corp. to modernize the aging mail delivery fleet.
How quickly drone package delivery becomes a reality is dependent on a couple of factors, perhaps none bigger than whether the public is ready to accept it.
When he tried to sell GM’s iconic Hummer brand to the Chinese a decade ago, Jim Taylor never imagined he would import tiny electric delivery van bodies from China to finish in the plant that spawned the hulking SUV.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, the CEO of flatbed operator Daseke has stepped down, plus project44 accuses FourKites of defamation over alleged emails sent to board members, and a key index covering transportation, inventory and warehousing, is suggesting a possible slowdown in the supply chain.
The C-1000 electric delivery van from Workhorse Group can travel 160 miles on a single charge.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, an effort to prevent a phishing scam led to confusion for Prime Inc. drivers last week. Plus, a Texas trucking company has become the latest to shut down, and Workhorse has received another $200 million to build electric trucks.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, at least one analyst believes the truckload sector is ready to run. Plus, Amazon drones are set to fly and why Dallas is now the center of the autonomous world.
Live from the FreightWaves Carrier Summit, Andrew and Kevin host Ben Gordon, Managing Partner at Cambridge Capital and BGSA, to discuss final mile strategies, recent M&A activity and story stock […]
GM closed its Lordstown Complex on March 5, 2019, but it could see new life as the company is negotiating with Workhorse, which would build electric pickups in the facility.
While it posted a decline in sales, Workhorse is optimistic about its future with full production of its electric van set for this fall.
The SureFly is just one of the products that Workhorse is working on. Additional projects include electric delivery vans and electric pickups.
The North American International Auto Show, also known as the Detroit Auto Show, opened its doors to the global press on Monday. Here is a sneak peak at some of the vehicles on display.
The biggest hurdle to overcome is the long-distance infrastructure of superchargers.
SureFly re-invents the helicopter, making it safer, easier to fly and much more affordable than a conventional helicopter. Like a drone, its redundant design includes four propeller arms, two fixed contra-rotating propellers on each arm; and a backup lithium battery pack to drive the electric motors in the event of engine failure.
From all green e-vehicles to the hyperloop to the rocket-to-Mars, one thing we should all be hoping for is that Elon Musk’s visions become reality. On the one hand, you can say the only way to make a vision happen is to possess the vision in the first place.
One of the questions many ask as the electric and autonomous vehicles are introduced to market is: What happens with the “last mile” delivery? It can be the most expensive leg of deliveries, especially in rural areas.
UPS has announced an expansion of its large alternative vehicle fleet with the addition of hydrogen fuel cell delivery trucks. The vehicles will be in operation in California later this year.
