THE REPORTING
News, without the noise.
Six short stories expanding reporting from the Electruck notebook. Company claims stay attributed. Unknown numbers stay out.
A megawatt charger that drives to the excavator
DIMAAG shipped Komatsu a 20-ton-class electric excavator and a mobile charger. The idea is to store power overnight, then deliver it during breaks.
Read the storyCenntro reports 20 electric truck deliveries and over $2.44M in revenue
The LS450 deliveries were made under New York’s truck voucher program. Delivery revenue is not the same thing as an incentive award.
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BHP and Rio Tinto complete their first megawatt-scale Cat 793 XE charge
The Jimblebar trial has reached a high-power charging milestone. It is their first in this trial, not a claimed world first.
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Mack MD Electric: 150 or 240 kWh, with 80 kW DC charging
A Class 6-7 truck with two battery configurations. Here is what the recorded specs say, and what they do not.
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First Student’s depot charging comparison: $945,000 and four weeks above ground
Con Edison’s case study compares above-ground charging construction with two trenching scenarios. The full phase-one project was $3M.
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Janus reports 124 trucks in its North American order book. Texas is a separate proposed pilot.
The order-book figure, incentive applications and ConGlobal’s non-binding Texas MOU describe different stages. They should not become one delivery count.
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