SPAC attack: Einride bets $1.35B that their SPAC will be different
SPAC attack: Einride bets $1.35B that their SPAC will be different

Swedish electric and autonomous trucking group Einride has made progress on its plan to take the company’s stock public through a $1.35 billion SPAC deal with Legato Merger Corp. III following a $113 million oversubscribed capital raise.

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Hitachi unveils full line of electric air compressor solutions at CONEXPO
Hitachi unveils full line of electric air compressor solutions at CONEXPO

It’s not just about emissions, and it’s not just about costs – municipalities across the country are cracking down on noise levels, and construction crews that promise quiet, emissions-free job sites are winning the work.

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Elon’s dirty deals, Tesla’s credit losses, and electric semi trucks save BIG money
Elon’s dirty deals, Tesla’s credit losses, and electric semi trucks save BIG money

On today’s disturbingly dirty episode of Quick Charge, Elon Musk is undoing nearly two decades of decarbonization by pumping out massive amounts of pollution to keep his xAI and Grok slop-machines rolling – and hurting some of America’s most vulnerable…

Zoomlion looks set for breakout year with $1.2 BILLION in deliveries
Zoomlion looks set for breakout year with $1.2 BILLION in deliveries

Chinese manufacturing and equipment firm Zoomlion looks set for a breakout year – the company has shipped some 15,000 units with a combined value of approximately 8.5 billion yuan (~1.2B), and we’re barely into March (!).

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Ignore WW3 – these electric excavators are going TO THE MOON [update]
Ignore WW3 – these electric excavators are going TO THE MOON [update]

Engineering startups Astroport Space Technologies and Astrolab have successfully completed a real-world demonstration for their UTIPA Excavator – an all-electric machine designed to become the cornerstone of lunar construction solutions and pave the wa…

Real-world test: electric semi trucks can save fleets nearly $160,000 per truck
Real-world test: electric semi trucks can save fleets nearly $160,000 per truck

After following two fleets over more than a year and 200,000 km of real-world driving, Canada’s most comprehensive real-world test of electric semi trucks showed that fleets can realize nearly $160,000 in savings. Per truck.

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Where do you charge your wheel loader? Try the Circle K!
Where do you charge your wheel loader? Try the Circle K!

As more and more job sites make moves to electrify their heavy equipment assets, there have been more and more questions from those on the outside looking in about how and where those big machines get charged up – which is why I absolutely love this pi…

E-quipment highlight: JCB A45E electric articulating boom
E-quipment highlight: JCB A45E electric articulating boom

British equipment experts JCB have developed a fully electric articulated boom lift that delivers the reach, maneuverability, and all-day productivity contractors expect, but without the emissions, noise, or fuel bills of diesel. Meet the A45E Articula…

Hitachi rolls out new 13 ton “dual mode” electric excavator that can run 24/7
Hitachi rolls out new 13 ton “dual mode” electric excavator that can run 24/7

Hitachci Construction Machinery NV is expanding its lineup of quiet, zero-emissions construction equipment offerings with a new, 13 ton battery electric excavator that can run 24/7 – and it’s just in time to wow the crowds at next month’s CONEXPO in La…

Mack LR Electric garbage trucks help the Bronx breathe better
Mack LR Electric garbage trucks help the Bronx breathe better

Royal Waster Services took delivery of its first Mack LR Electric garbage truck in December — and they’re happy enough with their big EV’s performance to have placed an order for three more, helping Bronx residents sleep in, and breathe easier.

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