Autonomous Trucks
Volvo Trucks North America, Paccar and Daimler Truck North America are building Class 8 electric trucks on regular production lines now. “Right now, an electric truck is four times that of a diesel,” Youssefzadeh said. (Photo: Alan Adler/FreightWaves)Incentives help meet medium-duty TCOTim Krauskopf, CEO of medium-duty electric truck maker Motiv Power Systems, thinks dependence might be too strong a word to describe the state of electric truck incentives. Adding the IRA incentive of $40,000 per vehicle, the total cost of ownership math for medium-duty electric trucks becomes compelling. The CAT Scale locator app allows drivers to locate the nearest CAT Scale locations on their mobile devices, plan their routes based on their current locations and save CAT Scale locations.