Nissan is in talks with Detroit-based startup Hercules Electric Vehicles to develop an electric pickup truck, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The automaker that helped popularize electric cars with the Leaf hatchback could buy an electric powertrain […]
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Rivian sells out first version of its electric pickup truck
Rivian confirmed that it has already sold out the reservation slots for the first version of its electric pickup truck. All without even giving the wider public access to the configurator. Last week, Rivian has […]
Robot Truck Startup TuSimple Said To Raise $350 Million In Biggest Funding Round To Date
Robot truck developer TuSimple appears to have raised $350 million in its latest funding round. TuSimple TuSimple, a startup that’s developing self-driving technology for heavy-duty trucks, has raised about $350 million in a Series E […]
Plus Chooses BlackBerry to Power Its Class 8 Truck Automated Driving System First Self-Driving Truck Developer to Leverage Safety-Certified BlackBerry QNX Operating System
Plus Chooses BlackBerry to Power Its Class 8 Truck Automated Driving System First Self-Driving Truck Developer to Leverage Safety-Certified BlackBerry QNX Operating System We store cookies on your computer to improve your experience and provide […]
GM teases new Chevy electric pickup truck prototype
GM has teased a new electric pickup truck prototype in the background of a new investor presentation. We bring you a glimpse of it. Late last year, after both Tesla and Ford confirmed plans to […]
Joe Exotic’s Tiger Team Is So Sure of Pardon, They Have a Stretch Truck Limo Waiting
Tiger King star Joe Exotic and his legal team are feeling pretty good about their chances of getting the Netflix documentary star out of prison in the near future. As of now, Joe is about […]
Lordstown electric truck update, $35K Tesla Model 3 nixed, Canoo wraps: Today’s Car News
The Tesla Model 3 Standard Range is now even off the secret menu. Canoo plans to use wraps to help customers customize their subscription EVs. And Lordstown Motors reports a lot of interest in its […]
First Look at Rivian’s R1T electric pickup truck configurator and options
Rivian is launching its configurator for its R1T electric pickup truck and we are taking a first look at all the options. As we reported last week, Rivian released the details of the first production […]
Lordstown (RIDE) claims 50,000 pre-orders for its electric pickup truck
Lordstown (RIDE) says that it received 50,000 pre-orders for its “Endurance” electric pickup truck. The company has released a corporate update with a few interesting pieces of news. Lordstown, an electric vehicle startup that spun […]
LEGO Ideas Automated Garbage Truck Achieves 10,000 Supporters
The Automated Garbage Truck by MochiMaster is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 441 piece truck seems like your normal truck but the side of it has knobs that operate […]
Automated Garbage Truck project reaches 10,000 votes on LEGO Ideas
A LEGO model that promises to “reinvent minifig-scale garbage collection” has reached 10,000 votes on LEGO Ideas. The Automated Garbage Truck features an innovative side-loading mechanism, activated using a knob on the vehicle’s opposite side. […]
Charged EVs | Truck leasing firm orders 150 Tesla Semi electric trucks
Tesla is using the same reservation system for the Tesla Semi as it has used for its previous vehicles. By requiring a cash deposit with each pre-order, the company is able to bring in some […]
Charged EVs | Truck builder PACCAR announces partnership to provide comprehensive fleet charging solutions
Truck builder PACCAR announces partnership to provide comprehensive fleet charging solutions Posted November 6, 2021 by Charles Morris & filed under Newswire, The Infrastructure. PACCAR, which manufactures light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, […]
Automated Pallet Truck Market : Global Overview and Outlook
The recent research on the Global Automated Pallet Truck Market Report 2020-2026 discusses about new advancements and major perspective in the Automated Pallet Truck market. The report evaluates different drivers, adoption trends, essential challenges, future […]
DriveOhio, Other Technologies Used in Automated Truck Trip Along Turnpike
A Locomation truck is driven largely by artificial intelligence and other technologies along the Ohio Turnpike (DriveOhio) COLUMBUS, Ohio (News talk 1480 WHBC) – One week ago, a truck carrying groceries largely drove itself on […]
Pennsylvania coalition gives automated truck platooning demonstration
© Shutterstock The Smart Belt Coalition, a collaboration between transportation agencies, including Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, provided a multi-state demonstration of automated truck platooning. Automated truck platooning is the term […]
Smart Belt Coalition supports automated truck platooning demonstration | Business
Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, and educational institutions across Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio, collectively teaming up as the Smart Belt Coalition (SBC), conducted an automated truck platooning demonstration […]
Endurance electric pickup vs. F-150, electrified Ram truck, auto suppliers want green: Today’s Car News
An electric pickup with in-wheel motors plays tug-of-war. A survey shows automotive suppliers want more EVs and higher mileage standards. And an “electrified” Ram truck is on that way: Is it plug-in hybrid or fully […]
Closer look at the GMC Hummer EV electric pickup truck
A few YouTubers had the chance to see the GMC Hummer EV electric pickup truck prototype up close. Here’s the video. Last week, GM officially launched its GMC Hummer EV, an all-electric “supertruck” with up […]
Fiat Chrysler announces Ram electric pickup truck coming
Fiat Chrysler, a lagger when it comes to electrification, confirms that it plans to make an electric Ram pickup truck. Almost every automaker under the sun is planning to make an electric pickup truck: Tesla […]
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania conduct automated truck platooning demo, deliver donations to local food banks
Motorists in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan on Oct. 22 might have noticed a matching pair of tractor-trailers playing “follow the leader” along the interstates and turnpikes. The convoy was part of a Level 1 automated […]
Watch Lordstown Endurance electric truck in a tug of war against a gas F-150
Lordstown Motors has released a video of its Endurance electric pickup truck in a tug of war battle against a 2019 Ford F-150 Lariat EcoBoost. The F-150 is the best-selling vehicle in the US and […]
Truck automation and logistics startup Outrider raises $65M
Truck automation and logistics startup Outrider Inc. today announced it has raised $65 million in new funding to scale up and support its technology to automate distribution yards. The Series B round was led by Koch Disruptive Technologies […]
PA Turnpike Commission Support Automated Truck Platooning Demo
Pittsburgh, PA – The Smart Belt Coalition (SBC), a collaboration between transportation agencies, including the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), as well as educational institutions in Pennsylvania, Michigan and […]