The Department of Transportation, through the Advance Research Projects Agency-Infrastructure, is seeking comments on research and development projects that could improve transportation infrastructure.
We need a plan to combat climate change. But expecting the trucking industry to bear the costs of fighting climate change all by itself is not a plan, says Jack Roberts in his Truck Tech blog.
The switch will result in 650,000 metric tons of avoided CO2e annually from units delivering temperature sensitive cargo.
“Increasing the electrification of our fleet is a primary way we can reduce our direct emissions,” said food-distribution giant Sysco.
Citing a “sense of urgency,” Volvo Trucks took a leadership position in the fight against climate change at the 2021 Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, pushing for more adoption of zero-emission electric and hydrogen trucks.
The American Trucking Associations has formed an advisory committee on climate and clean energy to help shape the association’s policies and actions on a number of key environmental issues.
By 2040, the entire FedEx parcel pickup and delivery fleet will be zero-emission electric vehicles, FedEx officials pledged.
The plans are the linchpin of state efforts to realize the economic, climate, and environmental benefits of widespread zero-emission vehicle adoption.
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