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Daimler Truck North America Invests in Clean Transportation Tech in Portland, Oregon

May 14, 2024DTNA has two new investments at its headquarters complex on Swan Island: a new electric vehicle supply equipment training center near Electric Island and a new engineering facility at its campus.

via Fleet Owner

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Smarter Vehicles Could Mean Big Changes for Traffic Lights

May 14, 2024As cars and trucks get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for more than a century could also be on the cusp of a major transformation.

via Transport Topics

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What are Scope 3 Emissions and Why Should Trucking Companies Care?

May 13, 2024The key for trucking in this discussion is that a fleet’s Scope 1 emissions are part of a shipper’s Scope 3 emissions. And large companies, for many reasons, are looking to reduce those emissions.

via HDT

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Penske Truck Leasing Becomes Charter Member of Zero-Emission Coalition

May 13, 2024Powering America’s Commercial Transportation (PACT), a coalition focused on education and advocacy for accelerating construction of nationwide infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), has added Penske Truck Leasing as a charter member.

via NGT News

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BP Keen to Buy Tesla Supercharging Sites for US Expansion

May 10, 2024BP Plc’s electric vehicle charging arm is eager to snap up Tesla Inc. supercharging sites across the US — along with the workers behind them — and has pledged $1 billion to expand its network.

via Transport Topics

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Daimler to Merge Autonomous Driving with Battery Electric Propulsion

May 10, 2024Daimler Truck is a step closer to achieving its safety and sustainability goals. The company unveiled a battery-electric eCascadia daycab equipped with an integrated autonomous driving stack from Torc Robotics.

via HDT

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Range Energy, Thermo King Partner to Promote Electric Reefer Trailer Adoption

May 9, 2024Range Energy and Thermo King have formed a strategic collaboration to advance the commercialization of electric refrigerated trailers in the Americas.  

via NGT News

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Nikola: ‘We Are in the Execution Phase’

May 9, 2024The company exceeded its own delivery guidance for its hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in Q1.

via Fleet Owner

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Amazon Unveils First Electric Seaport Trucks Amid Push to Slash Tailpipe Emissions

May 8, 2024Amazon recently unveiled the first of a dozen Volvo electric big rigs it plans to deploy this year to pick up cargo from the nation’s busiest container seaport in Southern California.

via Reuters

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DOE Announces $27M in Grants to Install Batteries, EV Chargers, Efficiency Retrofits

May 6, 2024More than three dozen state and local governments will receive funds, including $2.2 million for Chicago to launch a building electrification campaign, install EV chargers, and other projects.

via Utility Dive

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41 Volvo VNR Electric Trucks Go to Work in California

May 6, 20244 Gen Logistics, a family-owned drayage company based in Southern California has deployed 41 Volvo VNR Electric trucks, the OEM has announced. 4 Gen Logistics will use its new electric trucks to haul freight throughout the Inland Empire and between the Port of Long Beach and distribution warehouses in the region.

via HDT
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Could Autonomous Trucks Help Save the Planet?

May 3, 2024In a white paper released Tuesday, Aurora Innovation looked at immediate, medium- and longer-term opportunities and found some obvious and not-so-obvious savings.

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ATRI: Renewable Diesel Better Emissions Option than BEVs

May 3, 2024The American Transportation Research Institute has released a new report that analyzes the benefits of employing renewable diesel as an alternative to battery-electric trucks.

via HDT

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Millions of Semi-Trucks Still Rely on Fossil Fuels — Cutting-Edge EV Tech Site Could Change That

May 1, 2024The Gilroy site will serve as a test bed for the new technologies — both for the company and the industry — allowing them to understand the strengths and limitations of the tech in the real world.

via Mercury News

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The ZEV Transition is Happening in California

May 1, 2024Two private companies are focused on offering a solution to the costly ZEV truck transition and another wants to close the charging gap for renters.

via Spectrum News 1
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Big Rigs in California Are Getting Cleaner — But Can Long-Range Targets for Trucks be Met?

May 1, 2024With California at the forefront, adoption is gaining ground among vehicles that travel around 200 miles or less per day — what’s called the short-haul sector that includes delivery vans, buses, etc.

via San Diego Union-Tribune