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Graphic Illustrating Decoding Decarbonization in Trucking
Articlesby Deborah LockridgeMay 10, 2024

Why Sustainability Matters for Trucking Success

If you're a trucking fleet and your customers haven't asked you yet for information about sustainability and ESG, now's a great time to start preparing answers to the questions that will come.

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Amazon Volvo VNR Electric truck.
Newsby Jack RobertsMay 10, 2024

Amazon Building Electric-Truck Fleet in Southern California

Amazon said its southern California fleet of Volvo VNR Electric trucks is the company's largest fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks in any country so far.

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Mack LR Electric refuse truck.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 9, 2024

Vehicle-to-Grid Charging Key for Evergreen Waste Mack LR Order

Evergreen Waste Services plans to use bi-directional charging to charge its five new Mack LR refuse trucks during off-peak hours.

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2024 Freightliner eCascadia electric-autonomous truck at charging station.
Newsby Jim ParkMay 8, 2024

Daimler to Merge Autonomous Driving with Battery Electric Propulsion

Daimler reveals its latest testing and development platform, a day cab eCascadia fitted with Torc Robotics' Virtual Driver. These testbed trucks will provide insights into motion control, energy consumption impacts of autonomous control of BEVs.

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Nikola Tre Class 8 truck.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 7, 2024

WattEV Opens World’s Largest Solar-Powered Truck Charging Depot

WattEV’s newest charging depot in Bakersfield features MCS rapid charging and battery energy storage system.

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Eaton-BAE Systems BEV powertrains.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 7, 2024

Eaton, BAE to Collaborate on Electric Truck Powertrains

Eaton and BAE Systems are expanding their research and development collaboration to include battery-electric truck powertrains.

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Toyota-Kenworth Tri-gen power.
Newsby Jack RobertsMay 7, 2024

Toyota Pushes the ZEV Envelope

Toyota has unveiled an array of cutting-edge zero-emission vehicle technologies that could soon benefit fleet operations in North America.

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Several blue Volvo VNR Electric Trucks.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 6, 2024

41 Volvo VNR Electric Trucks Go to Work in California

A Southern California drayage feel has deployed 41 Volvo VNR Electric trucks hauling freight in and around Long Beach.

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Hyundai Xcient Class 8 Fuel Cell Electric Trucks at hydrogen fueling station.
Newsby StaffMay 3, 2024

High-Capacity Hydrogen Truck Fueling Station Opens in Oakland, California

The new FirstElement Hydrogen Refueling Station in West Oakland, California, is using new technology that allows fueling of hydrogen-fuel-cell trucks in about the same amount of time it takes to refuel a diesel truck.

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Renewable diesel fuel.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 1, 2024

ATRI: Renewable Diesel Better Emissions Option than BEVs

Wide-scale use of renewable diesel fuel would be substantially cheaper than the adoption of electric trucks, according to a new study, while delivering comparable emissions reductions.

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