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In the nascent electric pickup wars, Detroit won’t need tents.

Two newcomers to the electric-vehicle market, Nidec Corp. and Foxconn Technology Group’s automobile arm, unveiled an agreement on supplying electric powertrains — the collection of components including the motor, gears and drive shaft that propel a vehicle.

Original equipment manufacturers, shippers and environmental activist groups are aligning behind the promised benefits of zero-emission trucks, and are encouraging the trucking industry to accelerate adoption of vehicles powered by alternatives to diesel.

A school system outside Washington is poised to become the nation’s biggest operator of electric school buses.

Xos, a manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles, announced a partnership with Thompson Truck Centers to distribute its trucks beginning in the second half of the year.

Truck maker Volvo Group and the travel plaza trade group Natso separately announced additional steps to ensure they assist in the infrastructure development and broader deployment of electric trucks.

President Joe Biden is preparing an executive order to marshal the federal government’s purchasing power by requiring that federal agencies — including the U.S. Postal Service — buy clean vehicles and renewable power, according to three people familiar with the matter, though the timing of the announcement isn’t clear.

Oak Park, Mich.-based electric-vehicle startup Bollinger Motors on Oct. 15 said it will produce its own battery packs for its vehicles according to a new design it developed and for which it has submitted a patent.

WASHINGTON — The day before traveling to Cleveland for his first presidential debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden, President Donald Trump inspected the new Endurance electric pickup truck from Ohio’s Lordstown Motors outside the White House, claiming success for boosting the region’s economy after General Motors shuttered its plant that made the Chevrolet Cruze.

The Lion Electric Co. announced a memorandum of understanding for Class I freight railway CN to acquire 50 heavy-duty zero-emission trucks for intermodal use to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.