Fleets
From Detroit Diesel to Detroit ePowertrain
Daimler Trucks subsidiary getting $20 million investment to make e-axles for electric commercial trucks.
Category: motors
Vehicle Tech
General Motors showcases EV component roadmap
Ultium Drive system includes modular electric motors and drive units that will support a range of electrified vehicles.
Manufacturing
Lordstown Motors to make hub motors for electric pickups in house
Startup licenses design from Solvenia’s Elaphe Propulsion Technologies for work trucks.
Manufacturing
Electric pickup startup Lordstown Motors gets 250-truck order (Video)
Ohio utility company FirstEnergy plans to buy early production run.
Manufacturing
Fiat Chrysler to focus on hybrids, not full EVs
Production plans detailed in the automaker’s contract with the UAW show several hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the works.
Manufacturing
Ford UAW contract includes investments (mostly for EVs) in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky
Detroit-area Romeo Engine Plant would close, but workers could transfer 16 miles south to Van Dyke Transmission Plant.
Vehicle Tech
Delphi, Cree partner on electric vehicle electronics
Silicon carbide semiconductors could shrink EV electronics while boosting system power capabilities.