Sustainability, sustainability, and de-risking your fleet operations
Sustainability, sustainability, and de-risking your fleet operations

On today’s sustainably-produced episode of Quick Charge, we explore some of the different types of sustainability available to us in the world of electrification, celebrate some big wind and solar wins, and take a minute to enjoy some schadenfreude.

Electrifying your fleet isn’t just about going green – it’s about staying in business
Electrifying your fleet isn’t just about going green – it’s about staying in business

In the world of business, there are two kinds of sustainability – sustainability in the sense that we need a planet to live and breathe on, and sustainability in the sense that the business needs to stay in business. For years, EV proponents have been …

Einride L4 autonomous electric semi truck gets real – in Ohio
Einride L4 autonomous electric semi truck gets real – in Ohio

After a successful pilot in Europe, Swedish AI logistics firm Einride is deploying its SAE Level 4 autonomous electric semi trucks in the US, connecting EASE Logistics warehouses in Marysville, Ohio as part of the DriveOhio Truck Automation Corridor Pr…

Elon promises FSD by year’s end, but Einride has L4 autonomy for big trucks TODAY
Elon promises FSD by year’s end, but Einride has L4 autonomy for big trucks TODAY

It’s a question of who is actually delivering product and who is just delivering promises on today’s delivery-heavy episode of Quick Charge! Is the tenth time a charm for Elon’s FSD, or will Einride CEO Roozbeh Charli steal his self-driving thunder?

Fleets are moving fast to electrify as homeowners race to get 30% solar credit
Fleets are moving fast to electrify as homeowners race to get 30% solar credit

In this long overdue episode of Quick Charge, the commercial trucking and logistics space is racing to electrify in the face of an ongoing oil crunch while homeowners race to claim the 30% solar tax credit by July 4th!

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Another African country targets fossil-free electric transit by 2030
Another African country targets fossil-free electric transit by 2030

The African nation of Uganda has announced a new National E-Mobility Strategy that it hopes will energize its manufacturing sector by transitioning the country’s public transit sector fully away from fossil fuels by 2030.

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Zenobē keeps “Winnings” with Australian electric truck deal
Zenobē keeps “Winnings” with Australian electric truck deal

Zenobē recently announced plans to make a $100 million investment into the Australian market – and that investment is quickly bearing fruit in the form of a new strategic partnership with Aussie appliance brand Winnings.

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Zeem celebrates 350,000th successful charging session at LAX [video]
Zeem celebrates 350,000th successful charging session at LAX [video]

Electric logistics firm Zeem Solutions celebrated some good reliability news at ACT Expo last week, after its commercial charging depot at LAX hit a huge milestone, surpassing 350,000 successful charging sessions as one of the highest-throughput chargi…

E-quipment highlight: Kalmar li-ion Super Heavy electric forklifts
E-quipment highlight: Kalmar li-ion Super Heavy electric forklifts

Kalmar rolled out its first-ever li-ion-equipped electric “medium” forklift at last week’s ACT Expo – but Kalmar’s medium isn’t like your medium. Kalmar’s medium forklift trucks can hoist up to 40,000 lbs. And their biggest models can lift more than 4x…

Frankfurt expands commercial EV fleet with 10 new vocational trucks
Frankfurt expands commercial EV fleet with 10 new vocational trucks

The German city is expanding its truck fleet with 10 new, specially upfitted examples of the Mercedes-Benz eEconic heavy-duty EVs, bringing the city’s total count of battery-electric low-floor trucks to 34.

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