Better Fleet takes on California’s Helix water charging project
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 running smoothly, the district has deployed Better Fleet’s advanced managed charging software solution – and we’ve got the company’s CEO, Dan […]
200 Electric Trucks Can Be Charged At One Depot In A Day?
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! When I worked at an energy efficiency organization, a manager once said, “There are metrics and there are meaningful metrics.” Some measuring yields numbers that may not be useful or applied productively. Lately while writing about electric vehicle […]
BYD invests in autonomous, battery-swap mining truck business
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. Led by a team of scientists from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and built with L4-level autonomous driving technology at its […]
You Can’t Buy This, America: BYD T4 EV Truck for Hauling
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. In the US, the Ford F-150 has been the best-selling truck for 48 consecutive years and the best-selling vehicle overall for the past 43 years. Americans love their trucks. Much of that love has little to do with actually carrying cargo in the bed. However, […]
BYD Commercial Electric Vehicle Sales Up 213% in 2025
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. BYD’s having mixed results with plugin passenger vehicle sales lately, with plugin hybrids dropping while full electrics (BEVs) continue to rise. In the commercial vehicle sector, there’s a little bit of an up-and-down matter in one segment, but the overall trend is very positive. Let’s […]
Volvo Accelerates Electric Truck Adoption With Rapid Expansion of Certified EV Dealer Network
What This Means for the Growth of Commercial EV Charging Infrastructure Volvo Trucks has announced major progress in its electric HGV (heavy goods vehicle) rollout, supported by a rapidly expanding network of certified EV dealers. This development is helping the company strengthen its leadership in the global heavy-duty electric truck segment — and it highlights […]
London Fire Brigade rolls out handful of electric cars and trucks
The London Fire Brigade has become the first fire service in the United Kingdom to operate a fully electric driver-training and operational fleet, deploying eight Volvo XC40 electric cars alongside two Renault Trucks E-Tech D electric lorries. The vehicles were unveiled at the Brigade’s Operational Support Centre (OSC) and will be used to deliver essential […]