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Voltra: The Fully Electric Toyota Land Cruiser

Arsenij Percov — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:41:28 +0000

The Toyota Land Cruiser 70 is the living icon of the car industry. It was introduced in 1984, and still future proof. It has undergone dozens of improvements since then. However, its fame should be credited to its durability and toughness. It is a basic work truck platform, and there is nothing strange that it […]

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Electric Komatsu Mining Truck Generates More Energy Than It Consumes

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 23:02:51 +0000

A 65-tonner Komatsu mining truck is being modified by a group of Swiss companies to a full electricity-powered vehicle. This e-dumper not only requires zero diesel, which means zero greenhouse gas emissions, it also collects extra electricity that can be supplied to power grids. If its estimated performance is met, it would prove its prominence […]

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Tesla Semi’s Debut Moved to October 26

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:08:32 +0000

The much anticipated Tesla Semi class 8 electric truck, described by Elon Musk as “unreal” will be launched with a test drive on October 26, tentatively, instead of this month. The event will be held in Hawthorne, California. Electric trucks faced various challenges in the past including range and the capacity to carry the battery […]

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Wrightspeed’s Ian Wright set to Electrify Trucking

Ari Luis — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:40:04 +0000

Ian Wright, one of Tesla Motors’ co-founders, is setting his sights on transforming the trucking industry. He and his company, Wrightspeed, are set to electrify trucks, and not just one truck at a time. Elon Musk and company have transformed the way we view electric vehicles. From glorified golf carts, we now see them as […]

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Land Rover Electric Defender 110, Electric Truck Testing in Cornwall

Benji Jerew — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:36:16 +0000

In Cornwall, England, there is an environmentally-friendly plant research site that is the perfect place to test the Land Rover Electric Defender 110, a prototype electric truck. Part of the appeal of electric vehicles is their zero-emissions powertrain. In order to squeeze every mile of range out of the lightest batteries possible, electric vehicles are […]

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Nissan Unveils 100% Electric Reefer

Benji Jerew — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:34:29 +0000

In order to get goods from place to place, especially temperature sensitive goods such as food items, delivery drivers use refrigerated trucks, reefers, to get the job done. Various manufacturers have turned to electrification to reduce emissions of some of their local delivery vehicles, typically pure electric trucks, which only drive a limited route and […]

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VIA Motors’ Big Hybrid Truck Lineup Revealed at 2013 NAIAS

Benji Jerew — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:24:00 +0000

Bob Lutz, General Motors [GM] ex-vice chairman, is now heading up efforts to produce a series of extended-range electric vehicles [eREV] that are nothing like the Chevy Volt he championed whilst in the GM circle. Recently, he mentioned he should have started bigger, and bigger is what he’s done at VIA Motors. No one disputes […]

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Bob Lutz – VIA Motors’ Full Size X-Truck Gets 100 MPGe, “Makes Prius Look Like a Gas-Guzzler”

Benji Jerew — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:44:29 +0000

Would we ever have expected to hear the words “monster truck” and “100 MPGe” used in the same article, much less describing one vehicle? Apparently this kind of comparison is perfectly fine for Bob Lutz, former General Motors Vice Chairman, and he used it in a video sneaking a peak at the new VIA Motors […]

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Electric Highway Concept Tested by Siemens’ eHighway

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:54:10 +0000

Siemens has been prototyping lately an electric highway concept. It’s not a new idea, but it can ultimately do to highways what electric buses (also called trolleys) have done to European cities – cleaning them of dirty diesel smoke. The company is converting heavy trucks into hybrid and putting an overhead power line along the […]

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Via Motors and PG&E Unveiling Extended-Range Electric Trucks, Vans and SUVs

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:22:04 +0000

GM seems to have hit the right button when it comes to electric cars, or, at least, extended range EVs. Or so thinks Bob Lutz, former GM executive, who now joined VIA Motors, a company whose aim is to rebuild America’s most loved trucks, SUVs and vans, but propel them by an electric motor instead […]

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Nissan e-NT400 Atlas Concept: a 2-Ton Electric Truck Using The Leaf Drivetrain

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:06:36 +0000

An interesting application for EVs and, generally speaking, electric motors is that of heavy transportation. For that purpose, Nissan has equipped a 2-ton truck (the Atlas F24) with the electric drivetrain currently found on the Leaf EV. The results have been pretty amazing. The e-NT400 Atlas Concept, as they called it, managed to accelerate faster […]

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