Reducing EV range anxiety through proper planning
Range, range, range. Will it have enough range? What’s the range? How can we improve the range? These are the types of rapid-fire questions that come at the beginning of the electric vehicle conversation. For electric trucks, range varies by manufacturer and can be impacted by the route, operating environment and even the driver’s habits.
ATA MCE 2021: The photo gallery
Packed with truck technology, pulsing with electrified energy, the ATA MCE 2021 show wraps up a second half of 2021 trade shows that aimed to make up for lost time in 2020. And the shows delivered. Where ACT Expo offered sustainability excitement and TMC’s Fall Meeting brought us back down to a productive reality, ATA
Fitzgerald Peterbilt opens new Alabama location
Peterbilt Motors Company has announced the opening of a new parts and service location in Gadsden, Alabama by Fitzgerald Peterbilt. Featuring 10 service bays, 600 sq. ft. of retail space and 1,750 sq. ft. of parts storage, the facility is on State Highway 431 between the heavily trafficked Interstate I-20 and I-59. A family company
Smart solutions for fleet service shops
During the Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC)’s Fall Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, TMC and Decisiv Inc. released their most recent North American Service Event Benchmark Report, which showed an increase in parts and labor costs over the first six months of 2021. The reports, which cover power unit costs in nine top Vehicle Maintenance
Photo gallery: TMC 2021
For the first time since February 2020, a veritable lifetime ago, the American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) held its usual meeting and exposition, this time in the fall rather than in the winter and held in Cleveland, Ohio—right in Fleet Equipment‘s backyard. With that being the case, the crew at Fleet Equipment
Trucking is moving toward zero emissions (and three other takeaways from ACT Expo)
You know what phrase you didn’t hear at ACT Expo this year? “Alternative fuels.” There was plenty of talk of battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell and natural gas, but OEMs, fleets, suppliers and “as-a-service” providers talked about those technologies as true pathways toward a zero-emissions future. They weren’t “alternatives;” they’re options. And the prevailing theme
ACT Expo day two: Photo gallery
ACT Expo is busy: Thousands of attendees, a host of exhibitors from tried-and-true truck OEMs to electrification newcomers. Hydrogen hype is growing. Most importantly, real conversations about how the industry is moving toward a zero-emissions future are happening on every corner of the show floor. This isn’t a “wouldn’t it be nice?” vibe. Decarbonization is
Peterbilt General Manager Jason Skoog delivers ACT Expo keynote
Peterbilt Motors Co. General Manager Jason Skoog was featured as a keynote speaker at ACT Expo in the Long Beach Convention Center on August 31st, in Long Beach, California. Topics of Skoog’s keynote included Peterbilt’s early success in battery electric vehicles, customer tips for purchasing EVs, and what the industry needs to successfully navigate through
ACT Expo live blog: Day one (Updated!)
Electrification of the trucking industry is happening. There’s no greater proof that the buzz of activity at this year’s ACT Expo held in Long Beach, California. That’s right, an actual, real-life trade show with approximately 4,000 registered attendees. I’m on the show floor, kicking the tires on the latest zero-emissions technologies and talking with the
Shippers Transport Express fields 10 Peterbilt Model 579EVs
Peterbilt Motors Co. delivered 10 Model 579EVs to Shippers Transport Express for immediate use as part of their drayage operations at the Port of Oakland. Five additional Model 579EVs are scheduled to be put into service as part of their Port of Long Beach drayage operations in November. The OEM says this truck is optimized
Peterbilt highlights EV cost calculator
One of the biggest questions fleet have after figuring if electric trucks fit their applications is, “How do I get started?” For its part, Peterbilt launched an EV operating cost calculator in March for those interested in adding adding Peterbilt EV models to their fleets. The EV operating cost calculator outlines total electric costs and
Peterbilt Model 579EV visits the Capitol in Washington D.C.
Peterbilt Motors Co. visited Washington, D.C., recently while displaying the zero-emission battery electric Model 579EV to key government agency officials and members of Congress. The visit began with a major U.S. Department of Energy press conference, where U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced $60 million in funding for 24 research and development projects that include
