1. Emissions & Efficiency

    Trucks as electric freight trolleys

    Aug. 6, 2014
    In partnership with the Volvo Group’s Mack Trucks subsidiary, Siemens is planning to build an “eHighway” system near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to electrically power freight-hauling trucks in a fashion similar to trolleys or streetcars. A two-way, one-mile mile catenary system will be installed by Siemens with different battery-electric and hybrid Mack trucks participating.

    In partnership with the Volvo Group’s Mack Trucks subsidiary, Siemens is planning to build an “eHighway” system near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to electrically power freight-hauling trucks in a fashion similar to trolleys or streetcars. A two-way, one-mile mile catenary system will be installed by Siemens with different battery-electric and hybrid Mack truck models participating.

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    Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

    Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

     

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