Heavy-Duty & e-Buses
e-Trucks
Volvo Trucks announced a new version of their FH Electric for long distances for 2025 with a range of up to 600 kilometers (373 miles) fully loaded (link).
Daimler launches eActross 600 at the IAA, its long-haul electric truck. Production will kick off in November, and the first units will be delivered before the end of the year. The company says it already has over 2,000 firm orders. (link)
SuperPanther, a Chinese company, and Austrian contract manufacturer Steyr Automotive unveiled the eTopas 600 electric tractor unit at the IAA Transportation (link). The 621 kWh gives it a 600km (373-mile) range.
One such is the Belgian company Eutraco, which just ordered 50 eActros 600 trucks, electrifying a third of its fleet in one go. (link)
Hyzon announced the start of production for its Class 8 200kW Fuel Cell Electric Truck (FCET) (link)
CATL introduced the TECTRANS battery system for heavy-duty trucks, the highest performance version of which, T Long Life Edition, achieves a lifespan of up to 15 years or 2.8 million kilometers (1.74M miles). The 600kWh battery pack gives a 500 km (373 miles) range (link).
MAN CEO Alexander Vlaskam says an electric truck with a mileage of 60,000 to 100,000 km/year can save around €30,000 in operating costs. “Depending on the country, subsidies, and electricity prices, an electric truck pays for itself in three to five years,” says Vlaskamp. (link)
MAN Truck & Bus has announced new financing solutions for customers who want to purchase electric commercial vehicles called MAN Financial Services. (link)
Smart Freight Centre, a non-profit organization, announced the launch of a shipper-carrier coalition to accelerate heavy-duty EV deployment in the US. (link)
The coalition consists of some of the world’s largest shippers and carriers, including AIT Worldwide Logistics, DB Schenker, Maersk, Microsoft, and PepsiCo, who will test long-haul electric heavy-duty vehicle operations along the I-10 corridor between Los Angeles, California, and El Paso, Texas in the United States. Terawatt Infrastructure will be their charging solutions partner.
TCO Alliance is launched in Europe, a consortium that offers a comprehensive end-to-end solution for the electrification of truck fleets. Founding members are ElectroFleet, Volta Commercial Vehicles, Ferronordic e-Rental,
Service4Charger, IO Dynamics, and Green Logistics Enabler. (link)
Karin Rådström, currently responsible for Mercedes-Benz Trucks, will become the new CEO of Daimler Truck from 1 October. She takes over the position from Martin Daum to head the world’s largest truck manufacturer. (link)
DB Schenker, Trailer Dynamics and CATL start a study for battery swapping in eTrailers (so the electric truck-trailers) in Europe. (link)
The logistics company DSV orders 300 electric trucks from Volvo Trucks, delivered by 2026. The group wants to have a total of 2,000 electric trucks on the road by 2030 – about 10% of its current 20,000 trucks. (link)
NFI says it has used Tesla Semis for over 6,000 miles on routes between 250-400 miles and averaged an efficiency of 1.64 kWh per mile. (link)
43 units of the Rosenbauer RT electric fire trucks have so far been delivered worldwide. (link)
Reading tip: ICCT report on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) parity between e-trucks and diesel trucks in India. (link)
Electric Buses
A new analysis called “State of Electric School Buses” in the US was released by U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Environment America Research & Policy Center (16-page pdf).
The United States now has 12,000 electric school buses, either in operation or coming soon, in more than 1,500 school districts. California, New York and Illinois states are leading the adoption. A great source from this analysis: The Electric School Bus Dashboard, interactive PowerBI dashboard by World Resources Institute.
GreenPower announced that it will deliver the first five units of its Type D Beast all-electric school bus to two school districts in California, and another 26 units for school districts in California and Oregon are already planned. (link)
The Houston Metro has rolled out its first battery-electric buses on two routes. (link)
Blue Bird Buses delivers its 2,000th electric school bus in North America.The whole fleet has now driven more than five million miles, in 41 US states and 4 Canadian provinces. (link)
California has launched another $500M in grants to fund 1,000 new zero-emission school buses and corresponding charging infrastructure through ZESBI program. (link) Eligible applicants receive up to $375,000 to replace an old school bus, as well as $95,000 per school bus to set up corresponding charging infrastructure.
Durham Region Transit (DRT), a Canadian transport operator, has taken delivery of its first six all-electric buses. They will operate from the Oshawa depot in the state of Ontario. (link)
Irizar e-mobility delivers its 1000th electric bus. (link) The Irizar e-mobility portfolio has two kinds of vehicles: The Irizar ie bus and the Irizar ie tram in different lengths.
BYD delivers 700th electric bus from its Hungary plant (link)
Chile: Yutong has delivered 214 electric buses to the Chilean capital Santiago. (link)
Latin America has now around 5,900 electric buses in operation, across 41 cities in 12 countries. (link)
Exponent Energy in India partners launches an e-bus & charging system that charges at a Megawatt level, reaching 0-100% in 15 minutes. They say they’re third in the world in such a system, after Siemens and Tesla, and test runs will start in a 650km Bengaluru-Hyderabad route. (link to news and also system explanation video)
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport purchases more than 50 electric buses from Munich-based manufacturer MAN. (link) MAN also delivered 10 new e-buses to Munich Airport, and another 27 will follow by the end of this year. (link)
Irizar has announced the delivery of its 1,000th electric bus. The Spanish manufacturer offers two types of electric bus: the Irizar ie Bus and the Irizar ie Tram in different lengths.
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