Is it time to replace the diesel heavy-duty trucks with electric? The Fast Lane Truck continues its No, You’re Wrong! series with another episode concerning electric drive as an answer. This time, the questions are: Are diesel HD trucks dead? Will electric pickups replace them? Raising such questions indicates that electrification matured enough to draw
Hyundai Reveals Render Of Fuel Cell Truck For 2019 It seems that Hyundai has envied the Toyota Portal project and would like to have its own hydrogen fuel cell truck – here is the render the of vehicle that will be unveiled at the upcoming IAA Commercial Vehicles show. The market launch of Hyundai FCV truck is scheduled for
MAN announced the unveiling of its first all-electric distribution truck – the MAN eTGM, and first all-electric bus – the MAN Lion’s City E, at upcoming IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 in September. The MAN Lion’s City E is a 12-meter electric bus with powertrains from 160 to 270 kW. We must say that the bus
Tesla automaker has posted a new video of its Semi prototype with trailer heading across San Francisco’s Golden Gate bridge on its way to Santa Rosa. Aside from its futuristic facade, the semi looks at home on local roads and traffic. https://twitter.com/Tesla/status/1009470198896738305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1009470198896738305&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finsideevs.com%2Ftesla-posts-new-video-of-semi-driving%2F Acceleration 0-60 mph with 80K lbs load – 20 sec Speed up a 5% Grade
Mercedes-AMG isn't planning to upgrade the X-Class anytime soon—it probably has to do with the fact the mid-size pickup truck is based on a donor Nissan platform—but there are plenty of tuners out there willing to step in. One of them is Pickup Design, the pickup truck division of Polish tuner Carlex Design, which has just unveiled
Daimler rolled out an all-electric heavy-duty truck concept at the Tokyo Motor Show this week. A production version could launch within four years in markets such as Japan or Europe, the company says. The E-Fuso Vision One, created by Daimler’s Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, boasts a similar payload capacity to a comparable diesel truck. It can carry
Chevrolet made for many truck lovers what they wished when on the preview at the 2017 Colorado ZR2 last year. They made a more sport vehicle with cutting away the front bumper, towering suspension travel and some more right parts to make a mini Ford Raptor from a basic midsize pickup, the ZR2 just showed that General Motors
Some of pickup vehicles are selling in China. That’s not surprising that these vehicles are no longer limited in urban areas in this nation. But there's been a course changing and Ford and General Motors are stepping on to take pickups to premium customers in the world’s largest auto market. Chevrolet reported in November that will be selling
Ford is equipping up because of beginning a full-scale production of the new Raptor in November. They won't make first deliveries of the truck for one more month. Despite that fact, the orders are stocking up and many buyers looking for the big-ticket packages. 65 percent of early orders are coming from retail buyers. The largest markets are Texas,
