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ACT Expo to Spotlight Industry’s Biggest Announcements

April 26, 2024Learn about game-changing new partnerships, exclusive product updates, new low- and zero-emission vehicles, and the latest advanced vehicle deployments.

ACT Expo

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Championing the Crucial Dialogue to Advance Fleet Electrification

April 26, 2024Fleets and utilities must create a foundation for strategic planning, allowing utilities to gauge the scale of infrastructure needed to take proactive steps to meet the charging demand effectively for their fleet clients.

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CHLS 2024

2024 CHLS to Promote State’s Move Towards Becoming a Strong Hydrogen Market Leader

April 24, 2024The ongoing developments, as well as the policies, programs and incentives needed to accelerate production, use, and storage of hydrogen will be center stage at this year’s California Hydrogen Leadership Summit.

California Hydrogen Leadership Summit

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EPEQ Electrified Power Equipment is Your Hard-to-Electrify Solution

April 24, 2024Turn your electric vehicle into an EV work truck, while also reducing emissions to meet green initiatives and lowering fuel consumption and operating/maintenance costs.

Vanair

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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.

via Transport Topics

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Innovative Solutions for the Challenge of WAIRE Compliance in California

April 22, 2024Implemented to meet California's increasingly strict environmental standards, WAIRE could cost warehouse owners up to $10,000 per day if they fail to compile and submit the necessary data.

Babaco Fulfillment

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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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Hydrogen Driving Trucking and Transit on Path to Zero Emissions

April 17, 2024Hydrogen is gaining significant momentum as a key tool to decarbonize the medium- and heavy-duty transit and freight sectors. 

Fuel Cell Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA)

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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

Commercial EV market

Population, Pricing, and Battery Supplies Point to Concentration in the Commercial EV Market

April 15, 2024As the battery production and commercial vehicle supply chains become more and more intertwined, their co-dependency provides a useful forecast of the EV market size and scale as fleets chart the path to corporate targets and/or local mandates.

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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.

via Transport Topics

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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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Blue, purple and red Semi trucks climbs Interstate Hill In Heavy Traffic

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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.

via FreightWaves