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Crane Carrier, PositivEnergy team up for electric truck charging
Crane Carrier's parent company, Battle Motors, has partnered with PositivEnergy to provide chargers to municipal accounts for powering up Crane's all-electric refuse trucks.
June 2, 2021
Crane Carrier introduced its LNT model with all-electric and diesel powertrain specs at The Work Truck Show in March of 2020.
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Autocar announces electric truck
Autocar is the latest OEM to announce an all-electric truck and the only one "with an OEM-developed electric vehicle system, all Autocar.”
June 2, 2021
Autocar's all-electric E-ACTT terminal tractor rolls out later this year.
Pickup Trucks
$39K F-150 Lightning Pro cuts fleet maintenance cost by 40% but only tows up to 5K pounds
This week, Ford announced its cost-cutting, all-electric F-150 Lightning Pro for fleets. With a 40% reduction in maintenance costs and at a time when prices at the pump are on the rise, Ford may be poised to reel in plenty of fleet customers.
May 25, 2021
Ford is confident that the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro will meet the range requirements of most fleets.
Pickup Trucks
Big drop in range while towing with electric Rivian pickup
Sure, electric pickups are powerful when their batteries are fully charged. What happens when they're pushed during max towing? Rivian lets us know.
May 12, 2021
The Rivian R1T maxes out at 11,000 pounds towing and is available with Trailer Assist 'to let your vehicle help with some of the more difficult maneuvers when towing,' according to Rivian's website.
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Volvo announces largest electric truck order yet
A Southern California foodservice distributor has become Volvo's biggest electric truck customer.
April 14, 2021
Foodservice carrier Quality Custom Distribution (QCD) in Southern California will deploy 14 Volvo VNR Electric models over the next two years making them Volvo's largest electric truck customer to date.
Pickup Trucks
GMC electric Hummer pickup blows away Ram TRX at charity auction
Electric pickups have yet to hit the market and prove themselves among internal combustion heavy-weights. Nonetheless, a 2022 GMC Hummer electric truck fetched $2.5 million at auction while a proven and award-winning 2021 Ram TRX took in far less.
March 31, 2021
2022 Gmc Hummer Pickup
Utility Trucks
Battery-powered utility truck set to be nation's first
Con Edison teamed up with Lion Electric and utility truck upfitter Posi-Plus to build an all-electric Class 8 utility truck for use in New York. It's part of Con Edison's goal to add all-electric and hybrid vehicles to their fleet.
March 31, 2021
Lion8 Bucket Truck Rendering Background
Vans
eSprinter production slated for U.S., Germany
Mercedes-Benz is banking on an all-electric future as it announces eSprinter production plans in the U.S. and Germany.
March 31, 2021
Mercedes Benz E Sprinter
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More electric Transit vans going to work at DHL
After a successful pilot last year, DHL chose to acquire more Ford electric Transit vans through Ford QVM partner Lightning eMotors.
March 24, 2021
Lightning eMotors' electric Ford Transit 350HD (shown above) has proven popular with DHL.
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2022 Ford Maverick is scheduled to roll out this fall.
Pickup Trucks
Ford 'really excited' about total cost of ownership with hybrid 2022 Ford Maverick truck
Fleets looking to lower emissions, lower TCO, improve mpg and keep safety a priority may want to take a closer look at Ford's new 2022 Maverick compact truck which starts under $20K.
2020-Ram-1500
Pickup Trucks
Used Ram, GM and Toyota pickup prices on record rise
Ford CEO Jim Farley praised his company's first electric F-150 last night during its reveal at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. 'It hauls ass and tows like a beast,' he said.
Pickup Trucks
Ford F-150 Lightning offers 'lowest cost of ownership of any truck we’ve ever made'
Lightning
Pickup Trucks
President Biden test drives 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning
The Rivian R1T maxes out at 11,000 pounds towing and is available with Trailer Assist 'to let your vehicle help with some of the more difficult maneuvers when towing,' according to Rivian's website.
Pickup Trucks
Big drop in range while towing with electric Rivian pickup