Electric Big Rigs Are Coming—and We Drive Four of Them

May 24, 2021 at 07:50 AM CST
Electric cars now make up about two percent of sales and growing. Electric trucks are a little slower to adapt but are nonetheless plowing ahead in their adoption by the market. Big truck makers MAN and Scania have started pouring almost $2 billion into electric truck R&D. Volvo has a fleet of 70 electric big rigs operating in Southern California. Tesla may or may not start cranking out a few trucks at its own factory once it figures out where to get enough batteries for them. And Daimler subsidiary Freightliner has a demo fleet of electric trucks 40 strong, and will introduce commercially available models in numerous classes next year.

May 24, 2021 at 07:50 AM CST

Electric cars now make up about two percent of sales and growing. Electric trucks are a little slower to adapt but are nonetheless plowing ahead in their adoption by the market. Big truck makers MAN and Scania have started pouring almost $2 billion into electric truck R&D. Volvo has a fleet of 70 electric big rigs operating in Southern California. Tesla may or may not start cranking out a few trucks at its own factory once it figures out where to get enough batteries for them. And Daimler subsidiary Freightliner has a demo fleet of electric trucks 40 strong, and will introduce commercially available models in numerous classes next year.