Tag: Battery Swapping
Janus Battery Swap Trucks Show The Way
Recent CleanTechnica stories from Michael Barnard have highlighted CATL’s joint venture to introduce electric truck swap infrastructure to Europe. That company provides turnkey solutions for swap stations and batteries. Electric truck swap developments extend to other areas of the globe as well. Janus Electric is a company in Australia that … [continued]
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Germany Is Subsidizing Hydrogen Truck Purchases, Not Battery-Electric Ones
Germany’s latest hydrogen truck programme attracted 526 applications seeking €455 million from a €220 million funding pool. That has been presented as evidence that hydrogen freight is finally finding a market. A more revealing fact sits inside the programme design: Germany is offering purchase support for hydrogen trucks while battery-electric … [continued]
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CATL Is Building The Electric-Truck Platform Europe May Have To Join
Swaptopus is easy to misread as a quirky name for another electric-truck infrastructure project. It is a newly formed joint venture between Octopus Energy and CATL, created to develop automated battery-swapping hubs for heavy trucks across Europe. Octopus is a UK-founded energy and technology group whose activities span electricity retail, … [continued]
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Philippines Logistics Firm Sees Swappable Battery Scooters As The Next Milestone In Last-Mile Deliveries
Philippines’ express delivery service JRS Express and mobility startup Voltai finalized a pilot partnership to integrate electric motorcycles and battery-swapping technology into commercial logistics operations in Metro Manila last March. As of July 16, the partnership has begun running a real-world testing ground for two-wheel electric vehicles (EVs) operating within … [continued]
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Volvo’s Electric Truck Is Moving Faster Than Its Hydrogen Strategy
Volvo’s new FH Aero Electric is the kind of truck legacy manufacturers used to imply battery-electric trucking could not really become. It claims up to 700 kilometers of range, carries up to 725 kWh of usable battery energy, supports megawatt charging, and uses a new e-axle to free more chassis … [continued]
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