Every company starts out somewhere, and for startup Class 8 hybrid electric-diesel truck manufacturer Edison Motors, that place was the back garden of founder and CEO Chace Barber’s parents ...

Edison Motors, a Canadian startup, is pushing the boundaries of freight transportation with Topsy, a hybrid semi-truck that blends diesel power with electric efficiency. Unlike fully electric ...

Truck driver and innovator Chace Barber of Canada’s Edison Motors recently reeled off the perfect explanation of why expecting semi-trucks and other large vehicles to go all electric is a bad ...

Behind the Edison Motors prototype above on the trailer is a creation of the host of the fund-raiser car and truck show where Magill saw Topsy in person. That host, Deboss Garage, fashioned that ...

The concept and Edison Motors’ progress is explained in a recent video by The Drive on Youtube, starting off with the point that diesel-electric technology is an obvious fit for large trucks ...

The company promises that trucks with this kit and 35-inch tires will max out at 87 miles per hour. Edison Motors Edison’s website details both two-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive options.

The concept and Edison Motors’ progress is explained in a recent video by The Drive on Youtube, starting off with the point that diesel-electric technology is an obvious fit for large trucks ...

After reserving a Tesla semi truck and waiting five years, Edison Motors co-founder Chace Barber determined that the Tesla wasn't really what he wanted in an electrified logging truck. It might ...

Six years ago, Chace Barber was a truck driver hauling logs from B.C.’s remote forests, spending $15,000 a month on fuel. Searching for a way to cut fuel costs, Mr. Barber pooled his savings and ...

A new hybrid electric heavy duty truck developed by Edison Motors in Merritt, B.C., is now officially road-worthy. Edison ‘s L500 semi prototype -- dubbed the "Topsy" -- has been granted a ...

Its wheels are driven solely by electric motors, but there’s a 9.3-liter ... electrified powertrains into used logging trucks, the Edison L-Series is billed as their flagship product.

Other notable companies include Mercedes-Benz, Edison Motors, and Hino Motors — a subsidiary of Toyota. Though many of us have had these hybrid semi-trucks whiz past us on the freeway ...