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Tesla Promises Semi Truck Production to Begin in Late 2025

April 26, 2024Tesla Inc.’s touted Class 8 Semi tractor is likely to begin rolling off the company’s Reno, Nev., production line late next year, according to a senior executive.

via Transport Topics

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Nikola’s Hydrogen-Truck Fueling Strategy

April 26, 2024Nikola’s Hyla Energy division is using modular hydrogen refueling stations to help bridge the chicken-and-egg gap between supply and demand for fuel-cell-electric trucks.

via HDT

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Tesla Co-Founder J.B. Straubel Built an EV Battery Colossus

April 23, 2024Redwood plans to manufacture enough cathode active material to build more than 1.3 million EVs a year by 2028, in addition to other battery components that have never been made in the U.S. before.

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Study: EVs Are Lowering Electricity Bills for All Customers, Not Just EV Owners

April 22, 2024The analysis compared the prices EV owners paid for electricity with the costs for utilities to build power plants and to generate and distribute the energy.

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US Has a Fast EV-Charging Station for Every 15 Gas Stations

April 22, 2024There are now almost 8,200 quick-turn EV stations across the country, or one for every 15 gas stations.

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EV Realty Secures Electricity Before Launching Charging Sites

April 19, 2024Startups, real estate giants and others developing electric truck charging sites tend to pick locations before being certain they can get electricity in a timely fashion. Startup EV Realty prioritizes having the juice available when it buys a property.

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Castrol Launches MoreCircular to Reduce Carbon Footprint

April 17, 2024Castrol MoreCircular encompasses the entire process of collecting used oil from business customers, re-refining it, and integrating re-refined base oil into premium lubricants for supply to businesses.

via Fleet Owner

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Project Aims to Develop Wireless Charging for EVs Moving at Highway Speeds

April 17, 2024Purdue University engineers and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) are working to make it possible for electric vehicles ranging from tractor-trailers to passenger cars to wirelessly charge while driving on highways.

via NGT News

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Kentucky Lawmakers Override Veto, OK Fully Autonomous Vehicles

April 16, 2024Kentucky has legally paved the way for autonomous vehicles on its roadways with the legislators gathering enough support to overcome significant opposition in both chambers to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of House Bill 7.

via Transport Topics

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Volvo: Truck Engines Have a Zero-Emissions Future

April 16, 2024High-horsepower engines burning synthetic diesel fuel will have definite role in future zero-emission trucking solutions, according to Lars Stenqvist, chief technology officer for the Volvo Group.

via HDT

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NTSB Probes Fatal Crash Involving Ford With Automated System

April 11, 2024The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a March crash near Philadelphia that killed two people and involved a Ford electric vehicle that may have been operating on a partially automated driving system.

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Innovator of the Year Talks School Bus Charging Solutions

April 11, 2024Student transportation contractor and electrification pioneer First Student shared a new, efficient solution to school bus infrastructure challenges.

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Court Upholds EPA’s Ability to Grant Environmental Waivers to California

April 10, 2024The ability of California to set its own, more stringent environmental and emissions standards — the basis for the state’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule and possibly its Advanced Clean Fleets rule — was upheld Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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EU Approves Tougher, Broader Heavy-Duty CO2 Emissions Cuts

April 10, 2024The European Parliament approved a mandatory target to reduce 90% of CO2 emissions from new heavy trucks by 2040. The regulation sets tougher standards than previous EU legislation and widens the scope of vehicles covered.

via HDT

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Forget the Carrot. EPA Uses Stick.

April 8, 2024By forcing the market to match regulators’ lofty wishes, trucking’s decarbonization journey could slow. Look at all the trucking operations still hanging on to those pre-2010 engines.

via Fleet Owner

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Musk Says Tesla Will Unveil Robotaxi in August

April 8, 2024Tesla Inc. plans to unveil its long-promised robotaxi later this year as the electric carmaker struggles with weak sales and competition from low-cost Chinese EVs.

via Transport Topics