The Model 220EV is Peterbilt’s first electric configuration for medium-duty applications. Customer deliveries expected to start by the end of 2020.
Investors include Proeza Ventures, a mobility-focused VC firm backed by Tier 1 supplier Metalsa’s holding company, and BUILD Capital Group. Rob Ferber, employee number one and former science director at Tesla, hired as CTO.
Shyft's go-to-market Utilimaster brand is producing its first production order of electric vehicles for two leading parcel delivery companies on its new flexible body assembly line.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not significantly affected Daimler Trucks North America’s work on medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric trucks, and despite production shutdowns due to the pandemic, the company is back to building vehicles at the same rate it was before the pandemic hit.
Navistar announced a new facility in Rochester Hills, Mich., will house its NEXT eMobility Solutions business unit.The building will serve as the technical lead location for NEXT and will include design, engineering, and analysis of all its electric vehicles and batteries.