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Do fleets need to comply with California's now-halted diesel ban?
With no ability to enforce diesel bans CARB might look like a paper tiger, but enforcement, in one form or another, should be expected.
January 30, 2024
Diesel versus battery electric title fight
Representing long-haul trucking as the primary comparison point for diesels versus battery electric vehicles is a problem with reality.
January 25, 2024
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June 21, 2024
Cummins, Paccar, Daimler joint venture picks Mississippi for battery plant
The 21-gigawatt hour (GWh) factory is expected to begin producing battery cells in 2027.
January 18, 2024
Alternative power
Estes adds a dozen electrics in California, expands its solar footprint
The dozen electric trucks to the Estes fleet joins 300 electric forklifts, two electric yard jockeys and five solar roof installations.
January 16, 2024
Battery electric
Is California ready for full electrification?
In its latest analysis, ATRI looked at what would happen if, or when, California went to a fully electric vehicle fleet.
January 12, 2024
Alternative power
Zero-emission truck deployments reach every state, surge over 200%
According to CALSTART, there are now more than 160 ZET models available in the U.S. from more than 40 OEMs.
January 10, 2024
Alternative power
Bosch sets sights on hydrogen 'for a low-emissions future'
Bosch recently kicked off production of a hydrogen fuel cell and is working on components for a hydrogen engine.
January 8, 2024
Alternative power
Nikola rises from the zero emission ashes, delivered 35 H2 trucks last year
Nikola Motors, once left for dead following a 2020 scandal that last month saw its founder convicted of fraud, is now delivering on its zero emission promises.
January 4, 2024
Battery electric
The sky is not falling on electrification
The electrification of trucking is seeing some of the same challenges that aerodynamification did.
December 28, 2023
Alternative power
Analysis: California not ready for its own EV mandates
ATRI analysis says that if today’s diesel tractors were replaced with heavier electric trucks, one-third of the truckload sector would suddenly be too heavy for U.S. roads.
December 22, 2023
Components
Why rolling on EV-specific tires may pay off
The extra weight of an EV battery pack is “no different in impact than trucks would see from cargo weight differences..."
December 19, 2023
Alternative power
CarMax adds first battery electric to car hauling fleet
The Freightliner eCascadia can transport up to seven vehicles and travel an estimated 230 miles on a single charge.
December 13, 2023
Trucks
GM, Autocar ink deal for hydrogen fuel cell HD trucks
The first hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be cement mixers, roll-off and dump trucks, followed by refuse trucks and yard tractors.
December 12, 2023
Battery electric
Forum Mobility plans truck charging station at Long Beach port
Drayage carriers are already reserving chargers at the FM Harbor depot set to open next fall, the company claimed, because of the strategic location adjacent to terminals. Also: Peterbilt's 750,000th truck rolls off Denton line.
December 4, 2023
Technology
AI and electric truck information
When you are doing research, whether using AI or more traditional methods, carefully check the sources and rely on those that tell you what you need to hear not necessarily what you want to hear.
November 30, 2023
Alternative power
Electrify where it makes sense: A sequencing method to BEV adoption
Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, speaks at the annual Cummins-Meritor and Pressure Systems International fleet technology event held in San Antonio, Texas.
November 17, 2023
Battery electric
Orange EV rolls 1,000th electric terminal tractor off assembly line
The truck will join the expanding fleet of electric trucks currently owned and operated by yard management provider Lazer Logistics. Also: Specialized construction fleet seeks HOS exemption; new Michelin technical tire data app.
November 17, 2023
Alternative power
USPS contractor adds propane trucks to fleet
Londonderry, New Hampshire-based DDA Transport added six propane powered Ford Super Duty to its fleet of more than 160 trucks.
November 12, 2023
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