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Additional Balancing Act Needed Amid Electric School Bus Push

August 8, 2024Vehicle insurance rate are up across the board, meaning additional costs for electric school bus owners

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50,000 Autonomous Long-Haul Trucking Miles for Kodiak, J.B. Hunt

August 7, 2024A weekly delivery collaboration has surpassed 50,000 autonomous long-haul trucking miles, with J.B. Hunt Transport Services using Kodiak Robotics trucks to transport Bridgestone passenger-car tires between South Carolina and Dallas.

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Amazon to Suppliers: We Will ‘Prioritize’ Those Who Tell Us Their Emission Reduction Plans

August 6, 2024The $2.1 trillion e-commerce giant offers its highest-emitting suppliers free tips and guidance, based on its playbook.

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Legislation Reauthorizing DERA Program Passes Senate, Held in House

August 6, 2024A bill to reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through fiscal year 2029 passed by the Senate in May would provide school buses more funding opportunities, that is if the House acts by Sept. 30, the date the current DERA program funding expires.

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Washington Climate Legislation Faces Trucking Backlash

August 5, 2024Washington’s Climate Commitment Act grants a five-year exemption to fuel used for agricultural transportation — but the fuel cost for fleets to move agricultural goods is rising regardless.

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US Trucking Embraces Renewable Diesel for Cleaner Operations

August 5, 2024Renewable diesel as a drop-in fuel for diesel combustion engines is starting to gain traction in the U.S. trucking industry, said suppliers, distributors and federal energy researchers.

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Trucking’s ‘Driverless Era’ Revs Up

August 1, 2024Fleet buys in on Kodiak Robotics’ driverless solutions to haul sand in Texas and New Mexico. After successful tests, Atlas Energy Solutions plans to add two Kodiak trucks to its operations in early 2025 as autonomous technology’s trucking future takes shape.

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Where Do Propane Powered Trucks Fit in the Energy Transition?

July 31, 2024A Newark/Elizabeth container port is switching its fleet to propane for moving containers to trains; more will follow.

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Tesla in Fatal Washington Crash Was Using Self-Driving System

July 31, 2024Authorities in Washington have determined that a Tesla that hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle in April was operating on the company’s “Full Self Driving” system at the time of the crash.

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Clean Energy Breaks Ground on RNG Facility at Dairy Farm

July 30, 2024Clean Energy’s groundbreaking investment in a Texas dairy home to 16,000 cows will produce renewable natural gas from organic waste, creating a negative carbon output.

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Mercedes Fuel Cell Trucks Go to Work in Europe

July 30, 2024At the Daimler Truck Test and Development Center in Woerth am Rhein, Germany, Martin Daum, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck, celebrated the start of the initial customer trials of five Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck fuel cell prototype trucks.

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Atlas Energy to Deploy Self-Driving Trucks for Fracking Sand

July 29, 2024Atlas Energy Solutions plans to deploy self-driving trucks developed by Kodiak Robotics for delivery of fracking sand to Permian Basin oil and natural gas wells in Texas beginning in early 2025, the automated technology developer said.

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German Agency OKs Volkswagen’s Plans to Buy Rivian Stake

July 29, 2024The joint venture planned by the two companies and VW’s minority stake in Rivian have been given the all-clear, the authority said.

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Video: Accelerating California’s Hydrogen-Truck Future

July 25, 2024Kelly Ratchinsky, Calstart’s technical project manager for hydrogen infrastructure, shares her insights with HDT equipment editor, Jim Park. Ratchinsky outlines what she envisions the future of the medium- and heavy-duty transportation industry will look like using hydrogen powered vehicles.

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Trump Targets Biden Administration’s EV Agenda at RNC

July 25, 2024A rollback of policies that Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump believes unfairly target fossil fuel-powered vehicles would be among the central priorities he would tackle if re-elected this fall.

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Hydrogen as a Viable Alternative Fuel

July 24, 2024While the competition among alternative fuels is fierce, hydrogen has emerged as a strong—yet often underappreciated—contender. Despite its potential, hydrogen has been somewhat sidelined in the race toward net-zero emissions, overshadowed by the rapid adoption of electric vehicles.

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