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Nikola Flips Battery Woes into Goodwill Gesture

July 15, 2024Nikola appears to have turned what could have been PR disaster into some genuine benefits for fleet customers. Last year, Nikola recalled more than 200 battery-electric trucks after seveal trucks caught fire. After identifying the cause of the battery fires at its Coolidge, Arizona factory, Nikola has switched battery suppliers and now uses a completely...

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Proterra

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Recharging the Electrification Landscape

July 15, 2024Join Proterra for an upcoming reintroduction to the company and see how they are helping create a more sustainable world with innovation and collaboration.

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EPA Sets Crucial Hearing for Trucking Industry: California’s Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation Under Spotlight

July 12, 2024The EPA's upcoming public hearing regarding California's waiver request is anticipated to shed light on the regulatory path forward.

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Windrose Trucks Coming to U.S. in 2025

July 12, 2024Windrose plans to build a “global chassis” based roughly on current European specs. Published specs suggest the first iteration will have a range of up to 670 km (415 miles). That’s fully loaded with a planned tare weight of 25,000 pounds.

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Hexagon Agility and Brudeli Green Mobility to Deliver NZEVs

July 12, 2024Clean fuel solutions firm Hexagon Agility and Norwegian electric transmission tech company Brudeli announced a collaboration that unveiled the Brudeli Powerhybrid, the first near-zero-emission vehicle that complies with California’s Advanced Clean Trucks and Advanced Clean Fleets rules.

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DOE Awards $1.7 Billion to Convert Facilities in Eight States to Manufacture EVs

July 11, 2024As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $1.7 billion to support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight states — Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia — to manufacture electric vehicles and serve their supply chain.

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Volvo to Get Energy Grants for EV Trucks

July 11, 2024The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites owned by General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Volvo and other carmakers in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia.  

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Amplify Cell Technologies Begins Construction of Mississippi Battery Cell Factory

July 10, 2024Amplify Cell Technologies, a joint venture between Accelera, Daimler, and Paccar, recently broke ground at its new battery cell manufacturing plant in Marshall County, Mississippi.
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eTruck Bringing New Spin to Electric Truck Market

July 9, 2024This family-owned and female-led company has come up with an interesting solution to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the commercial transport sector.

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New Jersey’s New Port Equipment Regulation Adds Another Puzzle Piece to a Complicated Compliance Future

July 9, 2024Port businesses find themselves in the midst of a complex compliance landscape as New Jersey’s cargo handling equipment regulation is now fully enacted.

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Congressional Republicans Target EPA Rule

July 8, 2024Senior congressional Republicans recently called on the Biden administration to abandon an emissions rule the Environmental Protection Agency issued earlier this year specific to the freight sector.  

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California Requiring Zero-Emissions Forklifts

July 8, 2024Fleets operating in California must phase out the use of large spark-ignited forklifts and use zero-emissions forklifts, according to a new regulation from the California Air Resources Board.

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Red ICE and Blue: The Hunt for a Hydrogen Truck Engine Part 2

July 3, 2024In terms of performance, early tests confirm that hydrogen internal combustion engine performance is very similar to a natural gas truck engine.

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Daimler Truck North America collaborates with Salem Carriers, Electrada on Charging-as-a-Service

July 3, 2024DTNA and its partners provide a Charging-as-a-Service solution at Salem’s Statesville, North Carolina, depot.

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Volvo’s All-New VNL About to Ramp Up Production, Teases New Electric

July 2, 2024Volvo Trucks' updated ultra-fuel-efficient VNL benefits from a new factory and new thinking as it makes its way off the line.

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The Right Utility Provider Is Key for Fleet Electrification

July 2, 2024As electrification becomes more of a viable option for trucking businesses, some fleets have found it challenging to find the right utility provider to power their operations.

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