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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

The plan includes a $2 billion investment across electric vehicles, clean energy for operations and a new academic center with Yale focused on capturing carbon. The fossil fuels used to power the company's vehicle and airline fleets contribute to 92 percent of FedEx's carbon footprint, according to its most recent sustainability report.

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EV charging beyond the grid: Forecasts from a new report

Envirotec Magazine

They may be integrated such that trickle charging from the grid or selling excess electricity back to the mains supply is possible, but broadly speaking, these charging methods can operate fully off-grid. The power per area productivity of solar panels is fairly low, typically around 300W per square meter.

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Why are hydrogen fuel cells so expensive?

Hydrogen Fuel News

Hydrogen fuel cells generate electrical power while producing only water vapor and warmth as emissions. As such, their use is considered to have zero-carbon operations.    That said, the production of green H2 using electrolyzers does require rare metals such as platinum and iridium that come with a high price tag

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Circular pallets scheme gears up for May rollout

Envirotec Magazine

Pallets are being produced at three sites – York, Burton, and Peterborough – and fitted with RFID tags, which will enable pallet tracking. Scott Grant, Managing Director at Scott Pallets, said: “This is a huge step for the construction industry, and underlines the power of collaboration.

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Automobili Estrema’s electric hypercar does 0-200 mph in 10 seconds

Charged

For its first product, the company aims to produce the world’s fastest and most powerful electric car. The Fulminea hypercar (the name means something like “lightning fast” in Italian) is powered by four torque vectoring-capable electric motors, one for each wheel. Total power is 2,040 horsepower (1.5

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Harbinger unveils a new dedicated platform for medium-duty commercial EVs

Charged

Medium-duty vehicles serve as the backbone of the commercial transportation industry, but fleet customers today face acute shortages of gas- and diesel-powered vehicles, and any meaningful supply of production-ready EV offerings is still years out,” said CEO John Harris. “We We are solving this problem head-on.”.

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Sponsored content: Rigid trucks tick all the boxes for sludge transportation

Envirotec Magazine

Supplied by John McCluskey, Key Account Manager at Thomas Hardie Commercials, the 6x4s are powered by Volvo’s D11K engine generating 380 hp and up to 1,800 Nm of torque, while the 8×4 tridems benefit from Volvo’s larger D13K engine producing 420 hp and 2,100 Nm of torque. It was an easy decision in the end.”.