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The No Tractor, Tractor Trailer
Less than a year after its founding, truckless trucking brand Humble Robotics has secured more than $75 million after a $51 million Series A funding round that will fuel the company’s transition from prototype to preproduction.
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Humble Hauler autonomous trailer takes the truck out of trucking [update]
Less than a year after its founding, truckless trucking brand Humble Robotics has secured more than $75 million after a $51 million Series A funding round that will fuel the company’s transition from prototype to preproduction.
Humble Hauler autonomous trailer takes the truck out of trucking [update]
This startup just showed off a fully driverless, cab-less, and truck-less battery-electric freight platform for container trailers.
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The biggest cost is the software. The motor/solonoid is pretty small and cheap. But writing and integrating the software (especially today) would be the biggest budget item. Possibly a load cell to measure the actual stress. We are talking about “Iron Man” technology.
Sorry, now I’m mentally sketching the system.
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Sorry, now I’m mentally sketching the system.
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I would like to see this at every station that sells gas and has chargers. What do you think?
On a recent road trip covering over 3,000 kilometers from Newcastle to Melbourne, Phillip Island, and the Dandenongs in a Hyundai Ioniq 9, I noticed something missing at most petrol stations: the electric vehicle charging price displayed on the main sign. In Toowoomba, Queensland, however, one petrol station has added a new row to its price board—’electric, 35 cents’—making it easy to compare the cost of charging an EV with filling up on petrol or diesel.
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Toowoomba Petrol Station Lists EV Charging at 35c/kWh, Exposing Real Fuel Costs
November 12, 2026/Sam EvansOn a recent road trip covering over 3,000 kilometers from Newcastle to Melbourne, Phillip Island, and the Dandenongs in a Hyundai Ioniq 9, I noticed something missing at most petrol stations: the electric vehicle charging price displayed on the main sign. In Toowoomba, Queensland, however, one petrol station has added a new row to its price board—’electric, 35 cents’—making it easy to compare the cost of charging an EV with filling up on petrol or diesel.
EV Charging Price Now on the Board
Toowoomba Petrol Station Lists EV Charging at 35c/kWh, Exposing Real Fuel Costs - The Electric Viking
A petrol station in Toowoomba, Queensland, now displays its public EV charging price—35 Australian cents per kilowatt hour—alongside petrol and diesel on its main sign. This clear comparison shows that charging an electric SUV at this station costs about a third as much as fueling a petrol SUV...
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Classic Chevrolet Bel Air Goes Electric With Tesla Supercharger Access - The Electric Viking
West Coast Customs built a Chevrolet Bel Air restomod, dubbed Project B-Zero, using a Tesla Model 3 powertrain for entrepreneur Troy Swope. It charges at up to 250 kW on Tesla Superchargers, going from 10% to 80% in about 25 to 30 minutes.
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EV's Are Terrible In Winter. Not So.
Battery-electric snow-clearing has been demonstrated in Norway; Sweden is adding hydrogen range extension to an already electric truck.
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Battery-electric snow-clearing has been demonstrated in Norway; Sweden is adding hydrogen range extension to an already electric truck.
Norway’s Electric Snowplow Worked.
Norway has already demonstrated battery-electric snowplowing on one of its toughest mountain highways. A Scania 45 R covered roughly 7,000 km on Hardangervidda, plowing, grading and spreading sand through a Norwegian winter. Its performance exceeded expectations.
Norway's Electric Snowplow Worked. Why Is Sweden Adding Hydrogen?
Norway has proven battery-electric highway snowplowing. Sweden's hydrogen range extender must beat batteries, charging and simpler reserve-fuel options.
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EV Sales Grow Another 8% In Europe
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Global EV sales climbed 8% in October, with Europe’s battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales jumping 49% and North America posting its first year-over-year increase in 2026. But that North American rebound comes with a big catch.
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Europe’s electric car sales jump 49% as global EV sales grow
Global EV sales climbed 8% in October, with Europe’s battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales jumping 49% and North America posting its first year-over-year increase in 2026. But that North American rebound comes with a big catch.
Europe’s electric car sales jump 49% as global EV sales grow
Global EV sales hit 2.09 million in October as Europe surged, but North America's return to growth comes with an important caveat.
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The Semi's Are Moving Eastward.
The 50,000 figure is what makes the Semi look like a real business to investors instead of a niche program that took nine years to get going. Tesla has a long history of quoting capacity long before it reaches it, so we shouldn’t treat “built for 50,000” as anything more than a ceiling.
Our read: Tesla is still far from that 50,000 rate. Fifty trucks for one customer is 0.1% of a year at full capacity, and if Tesla were shipping in large volumes, a single 50-unit batch wouldn’t get its own post. But the ramp has clearly started, the order book is real, and it’s plausible Tesla gets into the thousands by the end of the year.
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Electrek’s Take
Tesla keeps the Semi numbers vague on purpose. It’s happy to talk about a 50,000-truck-a-year factory, and it posts hero shots when a batch ships, but it won’t give the one number that shows whether the factory is anywhere close to that.The 50,000 figure is what makes the Semi look like a real business to investors instead of a niche program that took nine years to get going. Tesla has a long history of quoting capacity long before it reaches it, so we shouldn’t treat “built for 50,000” as anything more than a ceiling.
Our read: Tesla is still far from that 50,000 rate. Fifty trucks for one customer is 0.1% of a year at full capacity, and if Tesla were shipping in large volumes, a single 50-unit batch wouldn’t get its own post. But the ramp has clearly started, the order book is real, and it’s plausible Tesla gets into the thousands by the end of the year.
Tesla confirms rare new delivery of 50 Semi electric trucks in Chicago
Tesla says 50 Semi electric trucks are headed to Chicago for HMD Trucking, a rare look at a ramp it keeps vague despite claiming 50,000 trucks a year.
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