![California’s Helix water district gets state-of-the-art managed charging [Q&A]](https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/helix-water_MAIN.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&%23038;w=1600)
Located at Helix water district’s operations center in El Cajon, California, the project supports the district’s full transition to zero-emission vehicles while maintaining the reliability required of a mission-critical public utility. To keep it all r…
Refrigerated trailers are critical for hauling your fresh food and flowers from the farm to your local market – the problem is that they pollute like crazy, powered by red-dye diesel gensets that run around the clock, even when the truck pulling them i…
Australian company VE Motion has taken the wraps off its first commercially available battery powered trailer system for heavy trucks, offering fleets a low-cost path to electrification that can cut drivers’ fuel use by up to 50%.
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On today’s long overdue episode of Quick Charge, we’ve finally got production specs and pricing on the Tesla Semi first revealed by Elon Musk nine (9) years ago. Will it be a revolution, or a case of too little, too late to make a real impact?
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![AI in a box: Windrose wants to containerize the data center [update]](https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/windrose_trailer.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&%23038;w=1600)
Windrose first published AI-generated drawings of its BESS-in-a-trailer and mobile AI data center concept back in February, but hand it to Windrose founder, Wen Han: he’s not leaving it at that – Han has signed a new strategic partnership with the mobi…
![Autonomous, battery-swap mining truck gets big-buck boost from BYD [video]](https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/boonray.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&%23038;w=1600)
Chinese equipment brand Boonray has developed an autonomous, battery-swapping electric mining truck that it hopes will revolutionize the global mining industry – and global EV leader BYD just gave it a multimillion dollar vote of confidence.
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One of the busiest HDEV charging depots in the country got a major upgrade last week, enabling it to charge up to 200 electric semi trucks per day and offer megawatt charging to trucks that can handle the power!
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New York City’s largest food rescue organization is helping Bronx residents breathe a little bit easier with the recent acquisition and upcoming deployment of three brand-new, zero emission Volvo VNR Electric semi trucks.
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While some companies are making promises, other companies are building hybrid and electric semi trucks. In fact, more than 231,000 electrified work trucks rolled off assembly lines 2025 – and that’s just in China!
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Ford is getting into the MD- and HDEV game with the new Ford F-Line E electric semi truck that will be rolling onto Westerm European roads in either 4×2 or 6×2 configurations this summer, with 26-ton ratings and up to 1,820 lb-ft of Earth-moving torque…