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Hydrogen Is Hitting Some Headwinds
Nikola announced on February 19 that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and had begun pursuing “value-maximizing sale transactions” for its operations. Also a maker of battery-electric heavy...
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Propane Powers Ahead for Medium Duty Sector
The seemingly constant changing winds of North American emissions regulations have put many alternative propulsion-supplying OEMs on high alert over the first quarter of this year. However, not...
Articles Aerospace
Hydrogen Won't Accept 'No' for an Answer
Most outsiders to the transportation industry don’t know much about rapid developments in hydrogen fuel-cell and hydrogen internal-combustion. There just aren’t the large-scale commercial and...
Articles Transportation
Brownout for Commercial-Vehicle Electrification?
The high cost of batteries to electrify on-road commercial vehicles is one thing. But some connected with or studying electrification for the CV sector now are concerned that the cost of...
Articles Manned Systems
Eaton and BAE Gear up a New Electrified Truck
One of the advantages that OEMs have long touted for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) has been the elimination of components like the transmission. The instant torque that an electric motor can...
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Volvo Trucks’ Battery Chemistry of Choice: NCA
While Daimler Truck, Paccar and Accelera by Cummins are pursuing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells with technology partner EVE Energy, Volvo Trucks employs lithium-ion batteries in...
Articles Green Design & Manufacturing
Hydrogen ‘Inevitable’ for Commercial Vehicles
With the perception of diesel engines as bad actors in the worldwide transportation-emissions crackdown, the commercial-vehicle sector is racing to identify and develop propulsion...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
CES: VinFast Previews Wild Concept Truck
VinFast used its third appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to introduce three new electric vehicles, including a midsize pick-up truck concept and a small CUV bound for the U.S....
Technology Report Manned Systems
Tenneco Opens Engineering, Simulation Center in Poland
Suspension- and powertrain-components specialist Tenneco recently opened a new 9,600 sq.m (103,334-sq.ft.) European engineering center at Gliwice in Poland to serve its European...
Road Ready Manned Systems
VW Introduces Singular ID.Buzz in Three-Row Layout
As automakers keep rolling out new EV models, a kind of sameness has crept into the proceedings. Put a four-door sedan or crossover on a skateboard platform with a 90-kWh-or-so battery, a...
Articles Manned Systems
Constructing Lightweight Bus Structures with Stainless Steel
The weight of a typical bus could be reduced by up to 35% – more than 1,000 kg (2,205 lbs.) – by using high-strength stainless steel to replace tubular bus-frame elements...
Articles Manned Systems
Volta’s Electric Truck Is U.S. Bound
Volta Trucks has been operating its all-electric Volta Zero delivery trucks in Europe for three years. Now, the map is expanding. Fleet operators soon will be able to get behind the wheel of a Class 6...
News Manned Systems
WCX 2023: Battery Leaders Say Manufacturing Prowess Needs to Advance
Batteries are an incredibly complex subject, so it’s not surprising that in a panel at SAE’s WCX 2023 conference in April titled “Battery: Today, 2030 and...
Articles Transportation
The Olfactory Factor in AV Interiors
Whether they’re riding in an autonomous shuttle, a transit bus, a train or a rental car, passengers often face cabin air full of “mal odors” — bad smells — including cigarette and vape smoke,...
News Connectivity
Autonomous Transit Bus Nears Its First Year of Operation
Since May 2022, Michigan State University students, faculty and staff have been able to ride within campus boundaries on an autonomous electric bus, one of the largest automated-driving...
News Manned Systems
May Mobility Starts ADA-Compliant AV Transit for Rural Area
Automated-driving system developer May Mobility confirmed in late September that it launched what it called the first public-transit project to deploy American Disability Act...
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Engineering Sustainability
Watching a junked school bus being fed into a mammoth hammer mill, which loudly pummeled the bus into fragments of metal, rubber, and plastic, was a sight I’ll never forget. I was visiting Huron Valley Metals,...
Technical Innovation Regulations/Standards
Lightning EMotors Adapts to Changing Electrification Market
A growing number of commercial truck fleets are moving to electric vehicles, driven partially by government mandates and support funding. For suppliers like Lightning eMotors,...
Technical Innovation Connectivity
Wireless Road Charging for EVs to Debut in 2023
Roadway-embedded wireless charging for electric vehicles is coming to a stretch of urban highway in Detroit, marking a pilot-program first on a U.S. public road. “Our electric vehicle...
Articles Manned Systems
Funding, Mandates Fuel Commercial-Vehicle Electrification
Government funding and electrification mandates are providing strong tailwinds for electric vehicle (EV) suppliers. But to optimize their transitions, fleet operators will have to...
News Manned Systems
VinFast Continues Assertive Expansion Plan
If the name VinFast seems unfamiliar, that’s no surprise. The Vietnamese automaker has been around for barely half a decade, its first product going on sale in its home market in 2019. But as...
Editorial Connectivity
Alternative Fuels, Propulsion Poised for Growth in U.S. Fleets
Fuel prices are soaring. Not breaking news, I know, yet the almost-daily alerts citing new record highs for gasoline and diesel prices are still unsettling. Consumers and...
Technical Innovation Transportation
WAVE Inductive Charging Purpose-Built for Large EVs
The largest all-electric transit bus fleet in the U.S. serves as a vivid example of commercial vehicles ditching diesel fill-ups. “WAVE’s wireless charging solution is purpose-built...
Technical Innovation Connectivity
Lightning EMotors Announces EChassis for Commercial EVs
Lightning eMotors has announced the availability of the Lightning eChassis platform for commercial EV applications. The platform, which was co-developed with Metalsa, will be...
Original Equipment Power
Quantron Launches 12-M Battery-Electric Bus; Fuel-Cell Variant to Follow
New European bus manufacturer Quantron has launched its first product, the Cizaris, a 12-meter (39.4-ft) long electrically powered bus. The German company was...
Technical Innovation Electronics & Computers
ABS Ramps up Commercial-Vehicle Battery-Pack Assembly
American Battery Solutions (ABS) is preparing for a big uptick in business with the increasing electrification of buses, medium- and heavy-duty trucks. “In order to be ready for the...
The Navigator Data Acquisition
C-2VX Is Finally Gaining Momentum in the U.S.
Vehicle to everything (V2X) communications has had a rough go in North America. After more than a decade of development on the Wi-Fi-based dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) technology...
News Transportation
Mega Push for Heavy-Duty EV Charging
The number of zero-emission (ZE) heavy-duty trucks in the U.S., Canada, China and Europe is expected to increase nearly 80% between 2020 and 2023, from 40 available or announced models to 71. Electric...
Executive Viewpoints Energy
Batteries Not the Only Route to EV Efficiency
Much of the talk around the switchover to electric power in commercial electric vehicles (EV) focuses on batteries, whether it be their range, weight, energy and power density, or expected...
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