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Spate of Self-Driving Probes Points to Higher Safety Bar

May 17, 2024Companies offering driver-assistance systems and developing autonomous vehicles are entering a new phase of more exacting oversight, with the top U.S. auto safety regulator investigating four of the industry’s most prominent companies in rapid-fire fashion.

via Transport Topics
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GNA, Now Part of TRC, Surpasses $1.5 Billion in Secured Funds for Clean Transportation Projects 

May 16, 2024After surpassing $1 billion in funding secured on behalf of our clients in 2022, our team is thrilled that less than two years later we have surpassed the $1.5 billion mark. 

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Expedite Your EV Adoption with Volt Vault

May 15, 2024Using RNG to generate electricity onsite and on demand, Volt Vault allows fleets to take back control of their EV roadmap.

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17 States Sue to Block California’s Advanced Clean Fleets Rule

May 15, 2024A group of states that loosely parallels those that filed suit last year to stop California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule have taken similar action against the state’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule, seeking to stop the ACF while it awaits a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Amazon Building Electric-Truck Fleet in Southern California

May 15, 2024Amazon is building a fleet of Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 heavy-duty battery-electric trucks operating at and around the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the e-commerce giant’s largest electric truck fleet yet.

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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.

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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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‘The Transport Project’ Launched to Advance Fleet Flexibility

May 13, 2024The Transport Project is a national coalition of roughly 200 fleets, vehicle and engine manufacturers and dealers, servicers and suppliers, and fuel producers and providers dedicated to the decarbonization of North America’s transportation sector.

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Partnering for Change: Castrol, Safety-Kleen Create Circularity for Lubricants Industry

May 13, 2024While fuel economy and electrification will play a key role to decarbonize commercial transportation operations, the application of lower-carbon-footprint lubricants can also support these accelerated sustainability goals.

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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.

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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