Tesla grows Robotaxi fleet by 50%, Einride gets a partner, and China goes BIG
Tesla grows Robotaxi fleet by 50%, Einride gets a partner, and China goes BIG

On this second consecutive self-steering episode of Quick Charge, we take a look at how Tesla increased its national self-driving Robotaxi fleet by half with the stroke of a pen, and see how the company’s autonomous deployments compare to the rest of t…

E-quipment highlight: LiuGong 924FE electric excavator is coming to America
E-quipment highlight: LiuGong 924FE electric excavator is coming to America

Global equipment brand LiuGong says its 924FE 30-ton electric excavator isn’t an alternative to diesel. Instead, it’s better in every way – and the company’s North American customers are about to see for themselves.

350-ton Longking ZL230E is the biggest, baddest battery mining rig you can buy
350-ton Longking ZL230E is the biggest, baddest battery mining rig you can buy

Zijin Longking rolled into a media ceremony in Longyan City, Fujian Province this week with the all-electric ZL230E electric mining truck – a 350-ton GVW haul truck that sits in a class of its own as the single largest-tonnage battery electric mining t…

Pony.ai to put 100,000 autonomous electric trucks on the road by 2030 [video]
Pony.ai to put 100,000 autonomous electric trucks on the road by 2030 [video]

Chinese autonomy experts Pony.ai are planning to put 1,000 autonomous electric commercial trucks to work by 2027, but it’s the company’s plans to put 100,000 self-driving trucks on the road by 2030 that’s making headlines.

Heavy equipment space race heats up with new Vermeer lunar excavator [update]
Heavy equipment space race heats up with new Vermeer lunar excavator [update]

International equipment manufacturer Vermeer has unveiled a full-scale prototype of its Interlune excavator, a machine designed to ingest 100 metric tons of rocks and dirt per hour, extracting valuable helium as it makes its way across the surface … of…

World’s first sodium-ion electric haul truck gets to work in China
World’s first sodium-ion electric haul truck gets to work in China

While Americans fret over whether or not electric vehicles are up to the challenge of hauling them back and forth to the Piggly Wiggly, Tonly is putting a fleet of advanced sodium battery electric haul trucks to work mining heavy ore.

Revoy hybrid tandem trailer rolls towards reality with $27 million raise
Revoy hybrid tandem trailer rolls towards reality with $27 million raise

By packing batteries and an electric drive axle into a tandem trailer that fits between a conventional semi truck and trailer, Revoy EV promises to “electrify” trucking and cut a fleet’s fuel bill in half. Now, after years of development, the concept i…

Plug-in port: Brazilian Port of Santos electrifies DP World terminal
Plug-in port: Brazilian Port of Santos electrifies DP World terminal

DP World is electrifying its port fleet at the Brazilian Port of Santos with 15 battery-electric terminal trucks and three electric reach stackers in a move that marks another key step toward clean freight handling at one of Latin America’s busiest con…

E-quipment highlight: SANY SKT145Ei cabless, autonomous haul truck [video]
E-quipment highlight: SANY SKT145Ei cabless, autonomous haul truck [video]

It’s not just capable of driverless operation, the SANY SKT145Ei doesn’t even have a place for the driver to sit! The company’s latest all-electric heavy haul truck ditches the driver’s cab in favor of a millimeter-wave radar-guided sensor suite on a p…

Kalmar Ottawa electric yard truck gets to work in Canada
Kalmar Ottawa electric yard truck gets to work in Canada

Kalmar Ottawa has been a leader in diesel-powered yard trucks for decades, but as global logistics fleets move to reduce costs and insulate themselves from volatile diesel prices, the company is making that shift, too – and they’re out to prove their n…