Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Operations, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM

The roadblocks to full electric truck adoption are electricity supply and demand, production, and the status of truck-charging, according to ATRI research.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10188555/3-critical-challenges-to-electrifying-americas-truck-fleet

Categories: Charging, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Operations

A battery-electric truck is only as useful as its charging infrastructure. Here’s what you need to know.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10181496/challenges-of-charging-commercial-trucks

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Small Fleet

Mercedes-Benz said its Sustaineer “technology demonstrator,” based on the eSprinter battery-electric van, is “a tangible impression of just how...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10155069/mercedes-benz-sustaineer-sprinter-based-van-shows-sustainable-solutions

Categories: Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Legal/Legislative, Operations

New York State requires that come 2045, the only new medium- and heavy-duty trucks for sale in the state will be zero-emission vehicles.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10152993/new-york-state-new-trucks-to-emit-zero-emissions-by-2045

Categories: Charging, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

Flipping the switch to battery-electric trucks at any fleet must start with a comprehensive and well-thought-out plan.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10151990/electric-truck-ecosystem-what-it-takes-to-run-bevs

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Legal/Legislative, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

General Motors makes a move that is at once politically calculated and technologically informed.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10134859/how-politics-helps-drive-the-future-of-light-duty-electric-power

Categories: Charging, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Legal/Legislative, Operations, Small Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

“Diesel will be here for a long while, and [knowing] total cost of ownership remains the main motivator of acceptance for battery-electric and fuel-cell...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/352516/electric-dreams-vs-current-realities

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

Morgan Olson revealed step-van prototypes at the Work Truck Show. One is gasoline-powered, while the other makes use of a BMWi EV electric powertrain, which...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/352493/morgan-olson-reveals-class-2-gasoline-or-electric-step-van-prototype

Categories: Charging, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

Volvo Trucks North America is working to complete product development to bring its VNR Electric Class 8 truck and tractor to market here by the end of this...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/350958/volvo-it-takes-more-than-the-truck-to-switch-to-electric-power

Categories: Equipment, Fuel, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Legal/Legislative, Vehicle Research

The EPA is looking to establish more stringent heavy-duty diesel truck emission standards for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and other pollutants. The exact rule...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/348010/epa-truck-nox-pre-rule-faces-bumpy-ride