SELMER, TN—GE Appliances is using an autonomous truck to deliver air conditioners and refrigerators from its assembly plant here to a nearby warehouse.

SODERTALJE, Sweden—Engineers at Scania Group have developed a solar-powered semi truck.  

JOLIET, IL—Lion Electric Co. recently celebrated the official opening of a 900,000-square-foot facility here that will assemble battery-powered school buses and trucks.

ANTSY, England—The London Electric Vehicle Co. has unveiled a new modular platform for commercial applications, such as battery-powered delivery trucks.

PORTLAND, OR—Daimler Truck North America is creating an initiative called Greenlane that will design, develop, install and operate a nationwide network of charging facilities.

MIAMI—Ryder System Inc. plans to add 4,000 BrightDrop Zevo 600 and Zevo 400 electric vans to its lease and rental fleet over the next two years.

JACKSONVILLE, FL—Cenntro Electric Group Ltd. has ramped up its truck factory here to produce a new line of battery-powered trucks.

ROVANIEMI, Finland—Mercedes-Benz engineers are testing heavy-duty eActros trucks here in extreme weather conditions at temperatures down to – 13 F.

Heavy- and medium-duty trucks are one of the hottest segments of the electric vehicle industry today. Both legacy manufacturers and start-ups are scrambling to develop battery-powered machines. Vehicles are slowly starting to roll off assembly lines, but this new class of truck is expected to dominate the market within the next 15 years.