Category: EV

ALTFUEL | Connect for Success: Easing the Stress of Net-Zero Adoption

As the push towards climate-friendly commerce intensifies, business owners and commercial fleet managers find themselves at the forefront of a significant change—moving towards net-zero emissions. However, despite the clearly defined objective, the uncertainty about the process and fears about the associated complexities often create a high-stress environment for these professionals. Transitioning commercial vehicle fleets to net-zero emissions involves dealing with numerous issues, such as choosing the right vehicles, upgrading infrastructure, and organizing appropriate driver training. Financing these changes is another significant stress point, as is...

Hitachi and Penske launch large-scale electric truck charging pilot

Hitachi Energy’s Grid-eMotion® Fleet solution supports high-capacity charging for electric vehicles at major commercial truck depot in Stockton, California and paves way for sustainable transportation. Grid-eMotion® Fleet solution charging electric trucks at Penske truck depot California, March 19, 2023 – Hitachi America, Ltd. (Hitachi), Hitachi Energy, and Penske Truck Leasing today announced the launch of a large-scale, centralized electric truck charging solution. This groundbreaking project supports Penske’s electric truck deployments for its customers in the Stockton, California area. For this pilot initiative, Hitachi Energy has supplied Penske with its state-of-the-art...

LISTEN: WTW24 | REE

Jake Obert, Senior Director of Sales and Kim Mathers, Vice President Product Marketing and Strategy, REE Automotive sat down with us the last day of Work Truck Week 2024 and discussed the P7C Cab Chassis, first time showing in the USA, as well as the highlights from their attendance!https://ree.auto/

LISTEN: WTW24 | MULLEN AUTOMOTIVE

Kaitlyn Deleary, Assistant Marketing Director and Clay Okabayashi, Director of Sales at Mullen Automotive sat down on the last day of Work Truck Week 2024 to showcase new and existing products and highlight the needs to come out to shows.https://www.mullenusa.com/ Be sure to check out Mullen on NuPropel!

LISTEN: WTW24 | MOTIV PS | Jim Castelaz

Kristean von der Heiden, CVBNetwork.com met up with Jim Castelaz , Founder and Chief Technology and Revenue Officer, Motiv PS at the 2024 Work Truck Week – Last year was such a great podcast, we sought out a recap of Motiv PS’ last year and more from Jim on why it is so important to come to Work Truck Week. https://www.motivps.com/

LISTEN: WTW24 | SHYFT GROUP | BlueArc + Utilimaster | Problem Solving

Eric Fisher, Sr. Vice President and General Manager, Blue Arc EV Solutions  and Nick Troiola, Director of Strategic Sales, Utilimaster – both of Shyft Innovations sat down with out podcast team and gave us the insights into the Products they were highlighting — and more reasons why to got to next year’s Work Truck Week! theshyftgroup.com

 California Regulators Charge Ahead with EV Work Trucks 

Electric vehicles (EV) in the US have been growing in popularity for over a decade. Tesla began production of its Roadster sports car in 2008 and followed that with various other models in the ensuing years.  Tesla and others have also developed first generation electric pickups and semi-trucks and vans. But power requirements for passenger vehicles and vans are vastly different than for work trucks – especially if those work trucks are outfitted with cranes and generators and hoists, etc. A delivery van or lightweight...

FORD TO OFFER COMPLIMENTARY TESLA SUPERCHARGER ADAPTER TO ELIGIBLE EV CUSTOMERS

Last year, Ford announced that its EV customers would gain access to Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada beginning in Spring 2024. As that moment approaches, Ford President and CEO Jim Farley said today that eligible Ford EV customers will soon be able to reserve a complimentary Fast Charging Adapter.   The Fast Charging Adapter will provide Ford F-150 Lightning, and Mustang Mach-E owners access to Tesla’s V3 and above Superchargers. Ford will start to transition to the NACS charge port from 2025, removing the need for...

EV ROUTING FOR ANDROID AUTO COMING TO FORD LIGHTNING

F-150 Lightning (and Mustang Mach-E) drivers who love using Google Maps through Android Auto will soon enjoy more sophisticated routing capability to help with the charging needs of an electric vehicle (EV), especially on road trips. This includes the battery on arrival estimate, suggested charging stops, and minimum recommended charge times at each stop. The feature works when a user connects their smart phone and activates Android Auto in the vehicle and uses Google Maps for navigation. Google Maps will be able to deliver routing...

FORD PRO AND XCEL ENERGY COLLABORATE TO SUPPORT INSTALLATION OF 30,000 EV CHARGING PORTS FOR BUSINESS FLEETS BY 2030

DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 5, 2023 – Today, Ford Pro, the commercial division within Ford Motor Company, and Xcel Energy, a national leader in clean energy, announced a unique collaboration to support the deployment of 30,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging ports in Xcel Energy service territories across the U.S. by 2030 with most upfront costs offset by Xcel for qualifying business fleet customers1. Ford Pro and Xcel Energy are launching the 30×30 initiative within Xcel Energy’s broader Electric Vehicle Supply Infrastructure (EVSI) program to scale EV adoption and...