Earlier this month, Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America, which is headquartered in Portland, established a charging testbed for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks. Like the original “Electric Avenue” for electric-car charging (I attended the dedication in 2011), Daimler and PGE say that the effort, nicknamed... Portland’s sequel to Electric Avenue asks: How will we charge big electric trucks?
Earlier this month, Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America, which is headquartered in Portland, established a charging testbed for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks. Like the original “Electric Avenue” for electric-car charging (I attended the dedication in 2011), Daimler and PGE say that the effort, nicknamed... 
The city of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, has unveiled what it calls the first solar roadway within a city in the United States. Located in the Atlanta metropolitan area, Peachtree Corners installed solar panels in a section of its Technology Parkway, which also functions as an autonomous-vehicle testing lane, according to a press release from the... 
Not every vehicle design is intended to be completely unadorned; once in a while designs come along that are actually intended to be used as a canvas for customization. One such example is California-based electric-vehicle maker Canoo. Mural artist James Goldcrown made a custom mural at the company’s Torrance, California headquarters that... 
Sailing ships were once the backbone of international commerce, and now a Swedish shipbuilder is trying to give sails a high-tech update in order to reduce emissions. Oceanbird is a proposed a 35,000-ton, 650-foot, transoceanic car carrier, powered mostly by wind, that can reduce carbon emissions by a claimed 90% compared to a conventional ship... 
Chevrolet turned a 1977 K5 Blazer into the all-electric Blazer-E show vehicle to demonstrate an electric crate-motor package it plans to put on sale in 2021. Part of Chevy's ongoing eCrate program, the Electric Connect and Cruise package used for the Blazer-E is composed primarily of Bolt EV components. In fact, 90% of the parts used are from the... 
General Motors and Ford knew about the possible impact of climate change as far back as 50 years ago, according to a new report from E&E News. Based on more than two dozen interviews with former employees, academics, and environmentalists, as well as examination of corporate documents, the report reveals that GM and Ford were "deeply and... 
Over the life of an electric vehicle, tires can have a profound effect on electric vehicle range and efficiency. That’s been given more nuance with a new collaborative study, between Geely Research Institute, Shanglong Linglong Tire Co., and Exxon Mobil—and reported earlier this month in SAE International. Over the life of an electric... 
If you've got a big move coming up, you may soon able to do it with minimal carbon emissions. Truck-rental service Fluid Truck is adding 600 electric cargo vans and trucks to its sharing platform, with availability starting in the fourth quarter of this year, the company announced in a press release Thursday. The vehicles will be electric... 
Yes, Jeep could have electrified its Wrangler in a simpler and more efficient way. But for the iconic off-roader, that would have been beside the point. Perhaps even more than for the Renegade 4xe and Compass 4xe plug-in hybrids launched for the European market in June, the Wrangler needed to be true to what the brand stands for first—and... 
California has begun dispersing $20 million in funding to help get more electric cars into underserved communities. The state's Clean Mobility Operations Voucher Pilot Program (CMO) has awarded voucher of up to $50,000 each to 24 nonprofits, local governments, transit agencies, and Native American tribes to conduct "Community Transportation Needs...