September 2021

Volvo Trucks’ Customer Performance Team – A Maersk Company Places Largest Order of VNR Electric Models to Date

Volvo takes largest order of electric trucks in North America Performance Team – A Maersk Company, a warehousing and distribution company, has placed an order for 16 Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks—the largest commercial order of the North American zero-tailpipe emission model to date. The VNR Electric model from Volvo Trucks North America is […]

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Tesla’s camera-based driver monitoring system rolls out to radar-equipped cars

Tesla has started rolling out its camera-based driver monitoring system to its radar-equipped vehicles as part of software update 2021.32.5. The new function effectively adds another layer of safety for the company’s vehicles, particularly when drivers are using Autopilot and Full Self-Driving suite features.  Tesla has been building cars with cabin cameras since 2017, though

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Autonomous electric cargo ship with 7 MWh battery capacity sets sail in Norway

Norwegian chemical firm Yara International has developed an autonomous electric cargo ship, which is scheduled to make its maiden voyage with no crew members aboard later this year. Yara, a major shipper of bulk cargoes, created a subsidiary, Yara Marine Technologies, to address toxic emissions from marine diesel engines. In 2017, it began working on

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Nation’s Largest Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Infrastructure Project

Electrify America & NFI Industries Collaborate on Nation’s Largest Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Infrastructure Project Milestone project provides 34 ultra-fast DC chargers to support the deployment of 60 electric freight trucks that NFI will utilize to serve the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach    Long Beach, CA (August 31, 2021) – Electrify America and NFI

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric robotaxi revealed with Motional autonomous-driving venture

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 will be used as an autonomous “robotaxi” beginning in 2023 as part of an ongoing autonomous-driving venture, the automaker announced Tuesday in a press release. The project is under the auspices of Motional, the joint venture launched by Hyundai and automotive supplier Aptiv last year. Motional will in turn partner with

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Rivian R1T gets glowing review after first drive: “the most remarkable pickup”

The Rivian R1T recently received a glowing review, thanks to its apparent seamless combination of bleeding-edge technology and classic pickup truck capabilities. The review, which was published by automotive news outlet MotorTrend, may very well be the first of many positive responses that the R1T would receive when it begins customer deliveries later this month.   The

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