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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJuly 24, 2025

California Gives OEMs More Flexibility on Clean Truck Certifications

California has tweaked its clean-truck certification rules to make things a little more flexible for truck makers to meet California's Advanced Clean Truck and NOx emissions rules as outlined in the Clean Truck Partnership.

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Bronx is Breathing Mack LR Electric truck.
Newsby StaffJuly 24, 2025

New York City's ‘Bronx is Breathing’ Project Supports Electric Trucks

Mack Trucks has delivered the first Mack LR Electric refuse vehicle as part of New York City's “The Bronx Is Breathing” freight-focused electric vehicle charging facility project.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeJuly 22, 2025

Congress Eyes New Highway Bill — and a New Way to Fund It

The current highway funding bill expires next year. The fuel tax is outdated, the Highway Trust Fund is in trouble. What possible fixes are being floated? Commentary from HDT's Deborah Lockridge.

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A WattEV electric semi-truck with a green cab and white trailer is parked in an industrial area under clear skies, showcasing the company's zero-emissions freight branding.
Newsby Nicole DamronJuly 16, 2025

WattEV Unveils New Southern California Charging Depots

WattEV is adding three high-capacity truck charging depots across California with state grant funding, targeting key freight corridors ahead of megawatt charging adoption.

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Battery electric heavy-duty Kenworth truck
Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 11, 2025

New ZEV Drayage Incentives for Seattle-Tacoma Port Truckers

Program brings first electric semi-trucks and charging infrastructure to local fleet operators.

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Port of Newark EV truck charging station.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 9, 2025

Port Newark Opens Electric Truck Charging Station

The charging station features four 350-kilowatt direct current (DC) fast chargers and offers compatibility with most widely available commercial electric truck models.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 9, 2025

ABF Pilots Tesla Electric Semi Truck in LTL Operations

Less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight ran a battery-electric Tesla Semi in a three-week pilot program, finding progress in heavy-duty BEVs in some areas but improvement needed in others.

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Hydrogen truck in Europe.
Newsby Jack RobertsJuly 8, 2025

Europe at the Green Energy Crossroads

A group of CEOs is urging the European Union to accelerate hydrogen mobility development or risk losing a strategic economic and security advantage. But another prominent group argues that hydrogen is a technological dead end.

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Newsby Jack RobertsJune 24, 2025

Mideast Unrest Pushes U.S. Fuel Prices Upward

Gasoline and diesel fuel prices have risen 30 cents a gallon on average since Israel attacked Iran in early June.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJune 20, 2025

Supreme Court Ruling Allows Challenge of California’s Clean Air Act Waivers

Could a Supreme Court decision regarding a challenge to California's Clean Car standards eventually have implications for CARB's Clean Truck standards?

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