Truck Tech is a weekly newsletter providing perspective and context on autonomy, electrification and other technologies impacting the fleet ecosystem.
The Biden administration says a proposed heavy-duty truck emissions rule will be “rooted on science and the law.”
The two rules are designed to work together, one aimed at OEMs and the other at buyers of their products.
Class 8 equipment orders are impacted by customer cancellations and OEMs bound by the turning of calendar pages.
From storing renewable energy stocks to tapping high-voltage transmission lines, the juice to power electric trucks has to come from somewhere.
California regulators want to use a combination of onboard monitoring devices to measure truck emissions.
Truck Tech is a weekly newsletter offering perspective and context on electrification and autonomous technologies for fleets and the trucking ecosystem.
An “unprecedented outlook for hydrogen fueling station network development in California” contains bold expansion plans for the state. The California Air Resources Board report expects to see capacity for 250,000 fuel cell electric vehicles by 2026.
Logistics operator NFI Industries will install 34 direct-current fast chargers and convert its Southern California drayage fleet to battery-electric trucks.
Schneider and NFI Industries will each get 50 battery-electric Class 8 trucks, with California environmental agencies paying a big chunk of the bill.
The California Air Resources Board has voted to require rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft to conduct 90% of all rides in electric vehicles by 2030.
Capturing wastewater, farm and food waste to make biogas can prevent planet-warming methane emissions from going airborne.
California will boost testing procedures to enforce distillate fuel regulations.
Kenworth delivered two natural gas-powered T680 hybrid electric trucks to a fleet for drayage testing in California. They are the first and likely the last.
U.S. House lawmakers’ Climate Crisis Action Plan calls for 100% EV truck sales by 2040.
Startup electric driveline maker Hyliion Holdings Corp. decided against booking $1 million in revenue during its first quarter as a public company when it lost $9.1 million.
Workhorse Group said 36% of its production staff is sidelined by the COVID-19 virus or awaiting test results. The company ditched its projection of building 300-400 electric delivery vans by the end of the year and badly undershot Q3 sales and earnings projections.
Phase 2 standards could tack thousands of dollars onto the cost of a new trailer.
Workhorse Group’s 1,000-cubic-foot composite body electric delivery van covered 160 miles on a single charge in EPA testing, which the company says lowers its total cost of ownership.
Electric trucks from PACCAR siblings can get California rebates when the fund is replenished; Daimler shows future battery and fuel cell trucks; and FMCSA grants Bosch a video mirror waiver.
