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Continental, Aurora: 2024 a ‘Pivotal Year’ for Autonomous Trucking

January 15, 2024At a press briefing at the CES high-tech trade show in Las Vegas, Continental executives touched on some of the company’s ongoing technology initiatives in both the passenger car and commercial vehicle markets.

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More Funding for Charging and Alt-Fuel Infrastructure

January 15, 2024The government continues to back the zero-emission vehicle transition with funding toward a much needed alt-fuel and EV infrastructure.

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Bosch to Launch Hydrogen Engine Later This Year

January 9, 2024Global automotive supplier Bosch announced a variety of advanced high-tech transportation solutions at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show — including the launch of a hydrogen engine later this year.

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Nikola Showcases Hydrogen Fuel Cell EV at CES

January 8, 2024The Nikola Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle was designed around regional haul with a range of about 500 miles when there is a loaded trailer attached.

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Fuel Cell EVs Will Account for 4% of Zero-Emission Market in 20 Years: Report

January 5, 2024IDTechEx‘s report “Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles 2024-2044” examines the FCEV market with historic and current adoption, drivers and barriers, total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, model benchmarking and forecasts for units, fuel cell demand, battery demand, and market value across cars, vans, trucks and buses.

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State Group Sues Biden Administration Over Emissions Rules

January 5, 2024A consortium of 21 states has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that President Joe Biden and his administration have overstepped their authority in taking steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

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Electric Trucks Should Shake Off Setbacks in 2024

January 4, 2024Despite the ongoing challenge of matching electric trucks with convenient and reliable charging, 2024 looks like it could shake off some of the growing pains of 2023.

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Greenlane, Uber Freight Join in Electric Truck Charging Push

January 4, 2024Charging infrastructure developer Greenlane plans to utilize Uber Freight data alongside its own findings in building its proposed public electric and hydrogen commercial vehicle charging network, the Daimler Truck North America-backed joint venture said.

via Transport Topics

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Nikola CEO Girsky Upbeat Despite Myriad Challenges

December 27, 2023After a litany of setbacks, the company’s cash is still tight. But it is at its highest level in 18 months. Nikola is producing fuel cell trucks at its plant in Coolidge, Arizona, and beginning deliveries to customers.

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

December 27, 2023It’s the hoped-for civilian spin-off of a project that the Strategic Technology Office of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is pursuing as part of a drive to ease the military’s deployment of all-electric supply vehicles by 2030 and of EV tactical vehicles by 2050.

via IEEE Spectrum

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New York City Agency to Deploy Electric School Buses Using ALM

December 26, 2023New York City School Bus Umbrella Services (NYCSBUS) has approved charging infrastructure and automated load management (ALM) to support 25 electric school buses, most of which will be deployed in the Bronx.

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Battery-Electric Truck Growth Underwhelms in 2023

December 26, 2023Progress in 2023 for battery-electric trucks was slower than expected, with demand underwhelming and improvements needed for the underlying infrastructure, executives at original equipment manufacturers say.

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Hydrogen Hubs Central to State Government Action in 2023

December 22, 2023Governors took action in 2023 to prepare their states for the future, competing for funding to build government-backed hydrogen hubs and battling their neighbors to lure economic development projects that promise to create or expand distribution, warehousing and logistics operations.

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California’s Electric Truck Mandates Pose Challenges — and Opportunities — for Small Fleets

December 22, 2023Diesel-powered trucks are an endangered species in California—assuming that existing laws stand, all trucks in use in the state must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2042, and interim targets will start to bite much sooner.

via Charged EVs

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Westport, Partners Demonstrate Hydrogen-Powered Transportation

December 21, 2023Westport Fuel Systems Inc., a supplier of advanced alternative fuel systems and components, has successfully completed a heavy-transport demonstration, with KAJ Inrikes and others, of its H2 HPDI fuel system-equipped prototype truck hauling a trailer filled with IKEA home-furnishing products in Älmhult, Sweden.

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Daimler to Test Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks with Customer Fleets

December 21, 2023Daimler Truck is entering the next development phase for its hydrogen fuel-cell trucks. After a rigorous testing phase on the test track and on public roads, the FCEV trucks are now ready for deployment testing with customers.

via HDT