Getting some of the world’s biggest electric vehicles onto Australian roads could be a long haul. Major vehicle manufacturers delivered a convoy of battery-powered trucks to Australia this week, with the new generation of zero-emission prime movers and light-duty delivery vehicles attracting thousands of visitors to the Brisbane Truck Show. Industry experts say the heavy-duty…
Port of Los Angeles Provides $6 Million for 22 Electric Trucks
The Port of Los Angeles has awarded $6 million to two Southern California-based trucking companies to purchase 22 electric trucks for use at the port. The Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are pushing to have only electric trucks service the port complex by 2035. Gardena-based MLI Leasing and El Segundo-based Performance Team will each…
California Looks to Ban Sales of Diesel Commercial Trucks in Newest Climate Fight Front
September 23, 2022
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is trying to ban the sale of diesel commercial trucks by 2040 as part of the state’s latest agenda on combating climate change. Fossil fuel-powered mobile sources are the “largest contributors” to California’s fine particulate matter (PM2.5), toxic diesel particulate matter (PM), and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, states the…
US Postal Service Set to Make 40 Percent of New Mail Trucks Electric
July 24, 2022
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The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced plans to make at least 40 percent of its new delivery fleet electric. Back in February, the USPS had already said that it would procure 165,000 New Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) trucks from Oshkosh Defense, of which 10 percent would be electric. But in a July 20…
Sweden’s AB Volvo Wins Its Largest Electric Truck Order so Far
STOCKHOLM—Volvo Trucks has received an order for 100 electric trucks from shipping firm DFDS, its biggest commercial electric truck order to date, the Swedish truck maker said on Wednesday. Volvo Trucks, AB Volvo’s main truck brand, said the order was one of the largest ever for heavy electric trucks worldwide, adding that deliveries would start…
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