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Biden Drops Mileage Score for EVs in Bid to Spur Sales

March 19, 2024The Biden administration is setting a new estimate of the fuel efficiency of electric vehicles that’s meant to better reflect the real world and is likely to further drive sales of emission-free cars.

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Diesel to Still Rule Transportation ‘For Many Years’

March 19, 2024Today’s fleet leaders must balance regulatory and customer pushes toward decarbonization with the pragmatic pull toward traditional diesel power.

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California Postpones Periodic Smog Test Check for Trucks

March 18, 2024The California Air Resources Board has delayed the first periodic testing deadline for the Clean Truck Check Program to Jan. 1, 2025.

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Pathways to Procurement: Driving e-Mobility Through Partnerships

March 15, 2024For utilities considering adopting an EV charging program, ABB e-Mobility’s Todd Shock has one piece of advice: go big, or go home.

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Bollinger on the Cusp of Becoming ‘a True OEM’

March 15, 2024With a renewed focus on fleets, capital, and grand production plans, the startup is about ready to begin building its Class 4 chassis cabs, designed for upfitters to adapt seamlessly from ICE to EV body building.

via Fleet Owner

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Biden Administration Unveils EV Freight Charging Plan

March 14, 2024As part of its continued push to decarbonize aspects of the freight sector, the Biden administration’s Joint Office of Energy and Transportation debuted its road map to gradually help reduce emissions through 2040.

via Transport Topics
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New Federal Strategy to Develop Zero-Emission Infrastructure Along Freight Corridors

March 14, 2024The strategy is designed to guide the deployment of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure from 2024 to 2040, according to an announcement, encouraging federal and state government and private-sector investments to develop charging infrastructure.

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ACT News Talks Tech: CHBC’s Katrina Fritz

March 13, 2024Katrina Fritz, President and CEO of the California Hydrogen Business Council, discussed the state of the hydrogen industry in the latest ACT News Talks Tech interview. 

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ACT Expo Unveils Impressive Speaker Lineup for 13th Annual Event

March 12, 2024Throughout the four-day event, industry leaders and innovators will share insights, strategies, and success stories through a dynamic program featuring fleet case studies, executive panels, keynotes, technical workshops, and breakout sessions.

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EPEQ IM: The Solution for Idle Control, Cost Reduction, & Emission Mitigation

March 12, 2024EPEQ IM reduces or eliminates the unnecessary idling of a vehicle’s engine and adapts to your fleet’s needs.

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ACF Spurs Small Gain in Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks at Port of Long Beach

March 5, 2024Even with regulators shelving California’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule for at least a few months, the first data released by the Port of Long Beach suggests how the drayage industry was getting ready for its launch at the start of this year.

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CARB Uses $33M in Funding to Target Other Zero-Emissions School Travel

March 5, 2024CARB announced Thursday it awarded $33 million to seven low-income communities to fund zero-emissions transportation and mobility options that can benefit schoolchildren, which includes over $6.5 million to purchase four electric shuttle buses to transport students and a charging station as well as to provide driver training for the City of El Monte.

via STN

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NACFE, RMI Release New Report on SuperTruck 2 Findings

March 4, 2024The North American Council for Freight Efficiency and RMI have released a new report assessing the commercial vehicle technologies investigated and demonstrated by truck makers as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s SuperTruck 2 program.

via Transport Topics

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Volvo VNR Electric Trucks to Be Part of Pilot Program Supporting Drayage Fleets

March 4, 2024Two Class 8 Volvo VNR Electric trucks will be utilized to launch the pilot ONE Electric Truck Program, which offers small drayage fleets in Southern California a free three-month lease on the zero-tailpipe emission Volvo VNR Electric trucks.

via NGT News

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Financing a Successful Transition to Electric

March 4, 2024Technology advances and regulations around electrifying medium- and heavy-duty vehicles are leading many fleet owners and operators to transition to electric sooner than they might have originally planned.

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Department of Energy Rebrands Clean Cities Name

March 1, 2024While not a big departure from its original name, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that its Clean Cities program is now known as Clean Cities and Communities.

via STN