Categories: Electric, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

A battery-electric heavy-duty hauler fitted with the Mercedes-Benz three-point star may be on the market in just three years.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/278828/daimler-testing-heavy-duty-electric-actros-truck

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Categories: Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

A bill that would earmark funds for research and development of alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies as well as create truck-specific...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/132545/house-bill-would-advance-clean-vehicle-technologies

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The battery-electric version of Volvo Trucks North America’s VNR Class 8 regional hauler— dubbed the EVNR-- is now slated “to go on sale at the end of...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/341895/volvo-to-start-selling-electric-class-8-truck-here-at-end-of-2020

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Categories: Equipment, Fleet Management, Fuel, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Natural Gas

Despite the plunge in oil prices that has driven down the pump price of diesel, two of the three means of fueling trucks with compressed natural have...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/134389/report-cng-competitive-against-2-diesel

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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

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Categories: Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Operations

A move by the White House to roll back automobile fuel-efficiency targets set by the Obama administration and to challenge the right of California and other...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/310212/trump-administration-proposes-to-weaken-auto-ghg-rules-prevent-california-other-states-from-writing-own-rules

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Seemingly acting out of character, the Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 13 announced it will launch a rulemaking to further cut the emission of...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/319276/pa-aiming-to-cut-nox-emissions-from-heavy-duty-trucks

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Categories: Electric, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Natural Gas

Electric and natural gas vehicles are the most well-known alternatives to diesel, but here’s a look at other alternative fuels that may be in the running...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/157691/going-beyond-electric-and-natural-gas

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

At the Green Truck Summit, Carlton Rose, president of global fleet maintenance and engineering at UPS, said the desire for clean and quiet trucks is growing...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/326541/ups-sees-bright-and-possibly-transformational-future-for-electric-trucks

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Even as the Trump Administration attempts to roll back California’s right to implement stricter-than-federal vehicle emission rules, the Golden State has...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/341030/new-law-will-smog-check-class-4-8-trucks-in-california

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