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Volvo LIGHTS award winners

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Volvo LIGHTS Project Wins SCAG Sustainability Award

May 24, 2022The Southern California Association of Governments recently awarded the Volvo LIGHTS project with its 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability award.

Volvo LIGHTS

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Experts Urge Preparation Now for Transition to EVs

May 24, 2022Sometime in the 2020s or early 2030s a growing number of traditional longhaul trucks could be running on hydrogen fuel cell systems while vans and trucks running regional and local routes will rely on battery-electric propulsion systems.

via Transport Topics

Fleet Electrification at a Crossroads

May 23, 2022With at least two dozen manufacturers ready to serve the commercial vehicle market with electric trucks and chassis, fleets will soon be making tough decisions they never had to with ICE vehicles.

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yellow electric school bus in front of school

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EPA Begins Accepting Applications for Year-One Clean School Bus Program Rebates

May 23, 2022The long-anticipated U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean School Bus Program is now open for eligible applicants to apply for rebates when purchasing zero- or low- emission school buses.

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Lessons Learned from Volvo LIGHTS Leading the Charge Forward

May 20, 2022A recently released guidebook from the Volvo LIGHTS project is offering fleets insight into how to move forward with the wide-scale adoption of electric trucks.

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Daimler to Deploy 800 eCascadias to Sysco

May 19, 2022Food service distributor Sysco Corp. and Daimler Truck North America jointly announced Sysco’s letter of intent to deploy 800 battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractors by 2026.

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Gallery: Future of Transportation Draws Record Crowd to ACT Expo

May 18, 2022Fleet leaders, suppliers, and more descended upon Southern California to get a close-up view of the emerging future of transportation. Along with high-tech equipment, CV leaders used the expo to discuss how to get the industry to zero emissions.

via Fleet Owner

‘Clean’ Trucking is Here to Stay

May 18, 2022While the industry waits for electric vehicle charging infrastructure to catch up with OEM production, commercial fleets are investing in a variety of technologies to help them improve fuel economy and reduce emissions.

via Fleet Owner

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ACT Expo Panelists: It Takes a Village to Electrify

May 17, 2022If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times. Invest in your people, plan for future infrastructure needs, and lean on your partners. Those were the three main themes from the “Electrifying School Bus Fleets: Challenges and Triumphs,” panel discussion at ACT Expo.

via School Transportation News

Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks Are Hitting the Roads in California and Beyond

May 17, 2022Battery-powered big rigs are finally moving from tests to real-world rollouts for shorter routes.

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Big Rigs Going Electric As Navistar, Cummins, Daimler Rev Up Next-Generation Trucks

May 16, 2022The electric vehicle revolution is far bigger than Tesla and Ford as the world’s top makers of heavy-duty trucks and powertrains including Navistar, Daimler, Cummins, Hyundai and Volvo also intend to shake up their industry with next-generation battery- and hydrogen-powered models that cut carbon and exhaust pollution.

via Forbes

Fleets Share Progress, Frustrations on the Race to Cut Carbon Emissions

May 16, 2022Fleets will ultimately bear the brunt of efforts to reduce trucking’s impact on the climate crisis. And at the third and final Roundtable Discussion at ACT Expo, four fleets discussed how they’ve tackled the sustainability challenge — and the long road still ahead.

via Heavy Duty Trucking

Cummins CEO: Zero-Emission Future can be Profitable for Trucking

May 16, 2022In his ACT Expo keynote, CEO Tom Linebarger calls on the trucking industry to work together to create and share a future that combats climate change and solves problems as it scales up decarbonizing solutions to bring adoption costs down.

via Fleet Owner

Navistar CEO Calls for Long-Term Commitment to get to Net Zero

May 16, 2022Taking the stage on the second day of ACT Expo as keynote speaker, Navistar CEO Mathias Carlbaum pointed out a newspaper article from 1912, with a scientist reporting that “coal consumption is affecting our climate.”

via Heavy Duty Trucking

Sustainable Trucking will Require Multiple Solutions: ACT Expo Panel

May 16, 2022Truck manufacturers, energy providers, and fleets alike are sharing a common journey toward sustainable transportation. Just don’t expect any single energy source to answer every need.

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Survey Cites Fleets’ Growing Acceptance of Alt Fuels, Sustainable Tech

May 16, 2022Overall use of clean fuels and advanced vehicle technologies is rapidly progressing, according to a recent survey of 250 public, private and municipal fleets. But industry experts added that many thorny issues remain.

via Transport Topics