Trucking news and briefs for Friday, Nov. 22, 2019:
Nikola, Anheuser-Busch partner on ‘zero-emissions’ delivery
Anheuser-Busch, in partnership with Nikola Motor Company and BYD Motors, completed Thursday a zero-emission beer delivery in the brewer’s hometown of St. Louis.
Nikola’s hydrogen-electric truck picked up the load of beer and delivered it to Anheuser-Busch local wholesaler partner, Lohr Distributors, marking the first commercial delivery using a Nikola hydrogen-electric vehicle.
Lohr Distributors then delivered the beer to the Enterprise Center, home of the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues, on a BYD electric truck.
Last year, Anheuser-Busch placed an order for up to 800 Nikola hydrogen-electric powered semi-trucks and announced a pilot project with BYD in California last month at four Anheuser-Busch distribution facilities across southern California. The 21 BYD electric trucks, as well as a 958.5 kW solar array to charge the vehicles, will be implemented this year as the largest Class 8 electric truck deployment in North America.
Navistar gets waiver for mounting driver assist system on windshield
Navistar has been granted a waiver from federal regulations that will allow the company to mount its advanced driver-assistance systems lower on the windshield than current regs allow.
The company petitioned to have its system mounted in the upper center area of the windshield and in an area where the windshield is swept by the wipers to provide a clear view of the road ahead and any obstacles that may be in the truck’s path. Navistar’s system includes features such as rear-end collision mitigation, adaptive cruise control with following distance alerts, stationary object alerts, lane departure warning, alerts when speeding and automatic braking on stationary vehicles.
