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ArticlesCover Storyby Deborah LockridgeNovember 16, 2020

Meet HDT's 2020 Top Green Fleets

Twenty companies illustrate how trucking can take the lead in sustainability in HDT's annual Top Green Fleet awards, honoring strategies such as electric vehicle and alternative fuel adoption, fuel-saving techniques, and green facilities.

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NewsNovember 16, 2020

Proterra Names New President for Powered and Energy Team

As president of Proterra Powered and Energy, Gareth Joyce will lead Proterra's growing business as a provider of its electric vehicle technology to commercial manufacturers and charging infrastructure solutions for heavy-duty electric fleets.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2020

Renewable Natural Gas Vehicles Achieve First-Ever Carbon Negative Milestone

According to recent data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the energy weighted carbon intensity (CI) value of California’s natural gas vehicle fuel portfolio in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program was below zero. 

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Newsby Stephane BabcockNovember 11, 2020

Penske Deploys eM2 to Temco Logistics’ Fleet

Penske Truck Leasing has put a battery-electric eM2 from the Freightliner Innovation Fleet into service with Temco Logistics, a final-mile, white glove solutions provider.

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Newsby StaffNovember 11, 2020

Cummins, Navistar to Develop Fuel-Cell Class 8 Truck

Cummins and Navistar announced they will work together to develop a Class 8 electric truck powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

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NewsNovember 10, 2020

C.A.T.’s Natural Gas Trucks Get Boost with Hyliion E-axles

C.A.T. Transport is taking a new step in its natural gas propulsion approach, as the company’s first hybrid truck recently hit the road.

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Newsby StaffNovember 9, 2020

Kenworth, Peterbilt Zero-Emissions Trucks Reach Summit

A pair of Paccar zero-emission trucks — a Kenworth T680 fuel cell electric vehicle and a battery-electric Peterbilt Model 579EV — recently became the first Class 8 zero-emissions vehicles to drive to the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado.

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Newsby StaffNovember 5, 2020

Volvo Trucks to Offer Full Range of Electric Trucks in Europe, Green Financing

Starting in 2021, European carriers will have access to all-electric versions of Volvo's line of heavy-duty trucks. The announcement came in conjunction with Volvo Group's Capital Markets Day, where the company laid out its strategy to provide solutions that are “100% safe, 100% fossil-free and 100% more productive.”

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Newsby StaffNovember 5, 2020

Volvo VNR Electric Truck to Hit the Market Dec. 3

Volvo Trucks North America announced it will begin selling the Volvo VNR Electric truck model on Dec. 3. It will start producing the VNR Electric at its New River Valley manufacturing plant in Dublin, Virginia, in early 2021.

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Newsby StaffNovember 5, 2020

Pride Group Enterprises Reserves 150 Tesla Semis

Pride Group Enterprises recently reserved 150 Tesla Electric Semis with the option to increase the order to 500 trucks.

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