On Monday, Daimler Trucks announced that their new Fuso Canter E-CELL electric prototype would be shown at this week’s IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Europe. Now that the truck has debuted, more information is available about it. The E-CELL is a fully battery electric truck (Fuso also has a diesel electric hybrid truck already on [...]
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Kudos to Truckers
September 22nd, 2010 
Aaron Turpen Just wanted to give a quick “good job” back slap to truckers all over the U.S. Despite crazy four wheelers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that the number of truck-involved traffic fatalities declined by a whopping 20% in 2009 from 2008 numbers. That’s a 33% decrease since 2004, which the NHTSA is [...]
First Ever Diesel-Electric Hybrid Tank Truck Built by Freightliner
September 20th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Freightliner Trucks has delivered the world’s first diesel-electric hybrid truck built to be a mobile tank wagon for fuel delivery. The truck is a tanker version of the Business Class M2 106 Hybrid and will be put into service by Diesel Direct in Massachusetts. The Boston-based company will use the custom-designed tank wagon to provide [...]
Daimler To Present Electric Fuso Canter Concept
September 20th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Daimler Trucks’ Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp has announced that they will unveil the Fuso Canter E-CELL concept battery electric truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover tomorrow. The Canter E-CELL will have a range of about 120km (75 miles) per charge, making it a direct competitor to the Smith Electric Newton. [...]
