E-quipment highlight: SANY SKT145Ei cabless, autonomous haul truck [video]
E-quipment highlight: SANY SKT145Ei cabless, autonomous haul truck [video]

It’s not just capable of driverless operation, the SANY SKT145Ei doesn’t even have a place for the driver to sit! The company’s latest all-electric heavy haul truck ditches the driver’s cab in favor of a millimeter-wave radar-guided sensor suite on a p…

Deliveries, automation, and the gateway drug to electrification with BIG JOE
Deliveries, automation, and the gateway drug to electrification with BIG JOE

Full autonomy, big delivery numbers, and a push towards electrification that’s moving global markets? We must be talking about electric forklifts! On today’s uplifting episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got Big Joe CMO Martin Boyd here to walk us through s…

Electric, autonomous, and there’s 800 of them: inside this week’s BIGGEST deal
Electric, autonomous, and there’s 800 of them: inside this week’s BIGGEST deal

In a massive deployment of self-driving trucks that makes most autonomous and electric vehicle deployments look tiny in comparison, Chinese heavy equipment brand Tonly just signed a deal to deliver 800 autonomous, “New Energy” mining trucks to Xinjiang…

Honda goes all-in on EVs in a multibillion dollar market: commercial lawnmowers
Honda goes all-in on EVs in a multibillion dollar market: commercial lawnmowers

Honda Automobile dealers will have to wait a little longer for a self-driving EV that seriously worry Tesla or GM – but Honda Power Equipment dealers are playing in a multibillion market, too, and they have an advanced, autonomous, and all-electric veh…

Tesla in-cabin camera fails to prevent 60 mph naps as Wisk Aero faces lawsuit
Tesla in-cabin camera fails to prevent 60 mph naps as Wisk Aero faces lawsuit

On today’s surveillance-heavy episode of Quick Charge, it sure looks like Tesla’s in-cabin driver cam failed to stop one woman from falling asleep at the wheel, but safety and attention monitoring may not be the end game for that camera after all.

Tesla erases the past, CAT electrifies the future, and EV tech training TODAY
Tesla erases the past, CAT electrifies the future, and EV tech training TODAY

On today’s time-traveling episode of Quick Charge, Tesla might be trying to erase evidence of FSD fraud, Caterpillar keeps trying to electrify the construction space, and time is rapidly running out on what’s left of the 30% home solar tax credit.

Robotaxi has the wrong kind of momentum, but wind, and solar are doing GREAT
Robotaxi has the wrong kind of momentum, but wind, and solar are doing GREAT

On today’s momentous episode of Quick Charge, we are all about momentum, with solid-state EV batteries gaining ground in China as wind and solar continuing to grow in the US while Tesla’s self-driving Robotaxi fleet, well – doesn’t.

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REALLY Quick Charge: The state of clean trucking with Joe Annotti
REALLY Quick Charge: The state of clean trucking with Joe Annotti

On this really quick episode of Quick Charge, we spend time with TRC Senior Director and ACT Expo co-founder Joe Annotti to talk about the state of clean trucking in 2026, incentive programs, and ever so briefly talk about why Autocar was my favorite O…

Sustainability, sustainability, and de-risking your fleet operations
Sustainability, sustainability, and de-risking your fleet operations

On today’s sustainably-produced episode of Quick Charge, we explore some of the different types of sustainability available to us in the world of electrification, celebrate some big wind and solar wins, and take a minute to enjoy some schadenfreude.

Einride L4 autonomous electric semi truck gets real – in Ohio
Einride L4 autonomous electric semi truck gets real – in Ohio

After a successful pilot in Europe, Swedish AI logistics firm Einride is deploying its SAE Level 4 autonomous electric semi trucks in the US, connecting EASE Logistics warehouses in Marysville, Ohio as part of the DriveOhio Truck Automation Corridor Pr…