Workhorse Trucks
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Workhorse hasn't yet announced what Vice President Mike Pence claimed earlier this week: that it's secured financing to buy the GM facility in Lordstown, Ohio.
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Trump tweets that Workhorse electric truckmaker may take over Ohio GM plant (Updated)
President Donald Trump praised the move for the Lordstown plant and said GM would spend $700M in the state as part of the deal.
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All-electric helicopter makes record flight
Electric transportation is about more than cars. Trucks and buses are also moving toward electric propulsion. Planes, with their long ranges and high power demands seem to be harder. Where electric power does seem to be making progress in the skies is in helicopters. An independent engineering...
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UPS says 50 Workhorse plug-in hybrid trucks cost no more than regular delivery vans
For almost a decade, commercial-fleet managers have acknowledged that electric truck are much cheaper to run per mile than the diesel equivalents they now use. But justifying the purchase of electric trucks has been a challenge because their upfront costs have been considerably higher. That may now...
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Workhorse expands $1,000 preorders for plug-in hybrid pickup from fleets to public for $1,000
After $300 million in claimed fleet preorders for its plug-in hybrid pickup truck, Workhorse will open its order books for everyone to claim a spot in the production schedule. The Workhorse W-15 will be the first publicly available vehicle from a company that began its electrification journey more...
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Workhorse N-Gen electric parcel van comes with optional drone delivery
Workhorse, best known for its forthcoming W-15 range-extended electric pickup truck, today revealed its newest vehicle. The N-Gen electric van will tackle the important "last-mile" delivery segment, performed by vehicles that deliver parcels over relatively short distances. Not only makers like...
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Over seven years of plug-in electric cars and 20 years of hybrids, the pickup truck sector remains largely untouched. GM sold hybrid Chevrolet and GMC pickups for a few years, and Ford plans an F-150 hybrid in 2020. A startup company now called Workhorse (nee AMP) noticed that white space and made a bold play for the market with its W-15 plug-in hybrid pickup truck. DON'T MISS: Workhorse W-15 range-extended electric pickup truck revealed (video) With an estimated 80-mile range on electric power and 32 mpg highway and 28 mpg city with the gasoline engine, Workhorse leads in crowding segment...
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Workhorse W-15 range-extended electric pickup truck revealed (video)
Workhorse may have the ultimate proposal for commercial fleets with the reveal of its W-15 pickup truck, the first range-extended electric pickup truck to be built from the ground up with fleets in mind. While Tesla says it is developing an all-electric pickup, which will supposedly be revealed in...
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Workhorse range-extended electric pickup truck announced for future
Workhorse plans to launch an extended-range electric pickup truck in 2018.
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Amp Electric's Workhorse Wants To Be 'Tesla Of Trucks' For Electric Delivery Vans
Aside from economic recession and cautious buyers, one of the biggest challenges for companies that want to sell electrified commercial trucks turns out to be ... making or converting trucks. Amp Electric, a surviving veteran of several generations of electric-truck development, decided to solve...
John Voelcker