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Freightliner eCascadia offers up to 250 miles of range with lithium-ion battery packs. Solid-state batteries, which remain in development, can offer roughly twice the energy density in a much lighter and non-flammable package. Should fleets wait four or five years for solid-state to hit the market? Or is the push for zero emissions so strong that waiting around for better and safer tech no longer an option?
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Super VHS, Super BETA, laser disc…these were relatively short-lived video platforms that were replaced quickly by DVDs in the 1990s.
While they were a nice improvement over the typical video resolution of 240 horizontal lines, they clearly lacked the sharper resolution, compact size and shelf-life of DVDs.
A Teamsters local asked an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to enforce an arbitration award that found a food distributor violated a labor contract by cutting union workers' hours during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the arbitrator reasonably found the company's actions were not in response to "an act of God."
Electric Semi-Trucks Are On Their Way, At Last
Volvo gets an order for its VNR Electric trucks, but logistics companies are not in a hurry to go EV. Volvo
Volvo and Daimler are among the early producers of electric semis and box trucks in the US, with Volvo recording its largest order to date this month.
Daimler has opened up preorders for its electric trucks this month under the Freightliner brand.
Earliest volume adopters may still be logistics and consumer giants like UPS and Amazon, with smaller electric box trucks for last-mile deliveries.
Volvo Trucks has just received the single largest order for its VNR Electric model, with Quality Custom Distribution (QCD), a food service logistics supplier, requesting 14 trucks for its Southern California operations. The Class 8 trucks, built at Volvo Trucks New River Valley plant in Virginia, will serve last-mile delivery routes for QCD starting this fall.
Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, April 13, 2021:
Volvo Trucks North America customer Quality Custom Distribution (QCD) will deploy 14 Volvo VNR Electric models in its Southern California last-mile delivery routes by the end of 2022.
Volvo secures largest VNR Electric order to date
Foodservice carrier Quality Custom Distribution (QCD) will deploy 14 Volvo VNR Electric models in its Southern California last-mile delivery routes over the next two years, representing the largest single purchasing commitment of the Volvo electric trucks to date.
Volvo Trucks will begin delivering the Class 8 battery-electric trucks to QCD this fall to operate out of its distribution center in Fontana, California.