Blue Bird Largest Order of Electric School Buses, BYD & Shell Charging Team Up — EV News Update

Credit to Author: EV News Today| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:54:34 +0000

Along with a long list of cool electric car stories, there has been a boom in electric truck, electric van, and electric bus news in the past week. Scroll down below to see the full list of stories. Electric Bus News Charged up and ready to go! Metro’s battery bus fleet celebrates opening of charging […]

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Nevada Governor Signs Multi-State Medium & Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle MOU to Accelerate Transportation Electrification

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2022 02:25:54 +0000

CARSON CITY, NV — Yesterday morning, Governor Sisolak announced he has signed a memorandum of understanding committing Nevada to work collaboratively to advance and accelerate the market for electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including large pickup trucks and vans, delivery trucks, box trucks, school and transit buses, and long-haul delivery trucks (big-rigs). Nevada joins 16 […]

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US Postal Service To Electric Truck Fans: Don’t Drop Dead After All!

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:20:46 +0000

USPS electric truck Oshkosh DefenseThe US Postal Service is funneling more electric trucks into its fleet of 200,000 general delivery vehicles, but continues to insist that gasmobiles should play a leading role — for now.

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Electrifying Trains, Planes, & Dirty Big Mining Trucks

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 05:30:32 +0000

Twiggy has all the big boy toys, and he is planning to electrify them all and run them on green hydrogen and gravity. CleanTechnica has previously published on Fortescue Future Industries’ (FFI) purchase of Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE). Twiggy Forrest is planning to use their battery tech in his push to electrify Fortescue’s mining equipment […]

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New Hydropower Scheme For Electric Trucks: Look Ma, No Dams!

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:35:50 +0000

electric trucks hydropowerFleets of electric trucks could be deployed in low impact hydropower systems that deploy existing roads instead of new, habitat-destroying infrastructure.

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No Need to be Freightened of Electric Trucks

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 04:11:27 +0000

Even though only 10% of vehicles on US roads are medium- and heavy-duty trucks, they are responsible for the majority of hazardous air pollutants and nearly 25% of the greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. This pollution disproportionately burdens low-income communities and communities of color and leads to deadly diseases such as asthma, cardiac impairments, and cancer. Thankfully, six states — California, Oregon, […]

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