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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...