GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The logistics and carrier business is working to address its own Scope 1 emissions, which in turn will help other companies manage their Scope 3 emissions.

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 23, 2024

Gruber Logistics has commenced data collection for electric vehicles equipped with hydrogen fuel cells on a designated route from Verona, Italy, through the

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Charged

JANUARY 9, 2023

Schneider , a provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services, says it will soon begin taking delivery of nearly 100 Class 8 battery-electric vehicles at its intermodal operations in Southern California. The company’s first Freightliner eCascadia, manufactured by Daimler in Portland, Oregon, is set to roll off the line.

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Charged

APRIL 19, 2024

Volvo CE , the Volvo Group’s construction equipment subsidiary, and Volvo Trucks have partnered with France-based logistics firm Capelle Transports to pilot an electric shuttle service that carries out the initial transport of construction machines from the Volvo CE factory in Belley, France, and optimizes the loading of truck trailers.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

ACERTUS offers a comprehensive suite of automotive logistics services, including vehicle transport, storage, maintenance, title, registration and compliance services. Our customers range from OEMs to fleets, and all have very different needs as they prepare for an influx of electric vehicles in market. Source: ACERTUS

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

What it's like to ride in an electric big rig. One of the biggest barriers to getting more heavy-duty electric trucks on the roads today is, quite simply, there just aren't enough of 'em. Fleet leaders that want to buy Class 8 electric trucks (those are the really big ones) commonly face long delivery timelines from automakers.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2023

The UK’s first all-electric ready-mix concrete mixer has completed a three-month trial of commercial deliveries across Birmingham for sustainable building materials firm Tarmac. Tarmac says the mixer fits within its strategy of offering decarbonised transport for the last mile of a construction project.

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 30, 2024

Maritime Transport, the UK’s leading provider of integrated road and rail freight logistics, has placed a major order for 18 battery-electric, 42-tonne

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date. German auto giant Mercedes-Benz announced its largest order of electric vehicles to date Friday: 1,800 electric delivery vans for retail giant Amazon to use across Europe. Katie Fehrenbacher. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 00:00.

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Charged

MARCH 28, 2024

Hitachi America, Hitachi Energy, and Penske Truck Leasing have partnered to launch a large-scale electric truck charging pilot in Stockton, California. Penske has been testing electric commercial vehicles for years, and has deployed electric trucks across its leasing, rental and logistics fleets in several industries.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

The consortium has proposed an ‘electric road system’, using the Siemens Mobility ‘eHighway’ technology, as the fastest, lowest carbon and most cost-effective route to decarbonising our road freight industry and delivering cleaner air.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Since Orange EV produced its first electric terminal truck in 2015, we’ve seen many a commercial EV manufacturer boom and bust, as Orange quietly went about its business. Now the company is celebrating the production of its 1,000th electric terminal truck. Lazer is one of Orange EV’s 230 fleet customers.

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Charged

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Logistics real estate specialist Prologis has unveiled two upcoming electric truck charging installations as part of its Prologis Mobility platform. The two charging sites will enable Performance Team, a national logistics company, to simultaneously charge up to 38 of its Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 battery-electric trucks.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Autocar , a US maker of Class 7 and 8 severe-duty trucks, recently delivered its 10,000th terminal tractor, an all-electric model E-ACTT, to Lazer Logistics , a US yard-management company that operates over 1,800 units at 500 sites across North America. “We

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

Keep your eyes on these 9 electric truck and van companies in 2021. Nonetheless, the transition accelerated in 2020 as more mammoth automakers pushed electric trucking fleets closer to reality. and attracting major investments for its electric buses and vans still in development. Mike De Socio. Mon, 01/04/2021 - 02:00.

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Charged

APRIL 11, 2022

4 Gen Logistics , a provider of drayage services at ports and logistics terminals in California, has placed an order for 20 Kenworth T680E electric trucks. David Duncan is an owner of 4 Gen Logistics and a VP of Phoenix-based Duncan and Son Lines. The two companies currently operate a combined 147 Kenworth T680s.

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Charged

JANUARY 3, 2024

Freight management and logistics company Uber Freight and commercial truck charging network Greenlane are collaborating on the development and installation of public charging infrastructure for heavy-duty battery-electric vehicles.

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Charged

JUNE 13, 2023

Volvo Trucks has signed a letter of intent to sell 1,000 electric trucks to Swiss building solution provider Holcim by 2030. The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks, and the first 130 units will be delivered in 2023 and 2024 to markets including France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Hyundai will build a new electric light commercial vehicle for the Iveco Group, based on Hyundai’s new all-electric Light Commercial Vehicle (eLCV) platform. The Iveco-badged e-van will join Iveco’s electric light commercial vehicle lineup. The Iveco-badged e-van will join Iveco’s electric light commercial vehicle lineup.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Truck OEM Scania has joined with digital road freight forwarder sennder Technologies to form a joint venture called JUNA, to advance electric truck adoption and promote electric solutions in road freight logistics across Europe. Berlin-based JUNA is introducing an innovative pay-per-use model for electric trucks.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 15, 2022

DHL is the UK’s largest logistics company. Today the company announces it has begun operating the first purpose-built fully electric 16-tonne vehicle in the UK. The Volvo FL Electric 4×2 rigid is now part of DHL Supply Chain’s fleet in London. Moreover, making last-mile deliveries into the West End shopping district.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Now the company has announced plans to put 300 heavy-duty electric trucks into operation in Europe by 2030, in partnership with Einride , a Swedish transport company specializing in electric and self-driving vehicles.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2021

GM's electric delivery foray, plus other mobility trends headlining CES. GM showed off images of an electric delivery vehicle called the EV600, as well as a pallet system called the EP1. GM's logistics news comes amidst a massive growth in e-commerce during the pandemic. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 01/13/2021 - 01:30.

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Charged

MARCH 29, 2023

Volvo has supplied the first batch of 20 FM Electric trucks, out of a total order of 125, to Danish integrated shipping and logistics company DFDS in Gothenburg, Sweden. Fourteen vehicles from the new fleet will be used to transport goods to and from Volvo’s heavy truck assembly plant located outside the city.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

SSE Energy Solutions plans to build a charging hub for electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) at Tyseley Energy Park in Birmingham. SSE’s charging hub, located near the A45 motorway, will feature 360 kW chargers, and will accommodate up to four electric HGVs at a time.

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Charged

OCTOBER 11, 2023

UK-based recycler Altilium and Lunaz, a European firm that upcycles and electrifies vehicles, are working together to develop an innovative and low-carbon logistical solution. According to the companies, transportation represents 41% of the total cost of battery recycling, and contributes 3.5% Sources: Altilium , Lunaz

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Forbes Green Tech

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Volta Trucks is launching what it called the world’s first purpose-built electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle, and it is expected to be well-received in the market-place. The Volta Zero will be launched later in 2020 and go into production in 2022.

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Charged

JANUARY 16, 2024

As Alan Adler writes in a recent FreightWaves article, 2023 was not the long-awaited Year of the Electric Truck. Several next-generation battery-electric trucks, with increased driving range, are coming to the US this year, following their European debuts. However, the picture for 2024 looks brighter.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 29, 2024

The project is part of an innovative ecosystem that will secure long-term contracts for supply, with a fleet of 20 ships delivering millions of tons of Green Hydrogen into the UK for direct distribution to industrial offtake as LH2 and green electricity private or national grid.

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Charged

APRIL 13, 2022

The Swiss firm Galliker Transport is now delivering new cars using an all-electric car transporter. The massive electric semi-truck was jointly developed by Futuricum , a division of Swiss e-mobility specialist Designwerk Group , and the German body manufacturer Kässbohrer. Source: Galliker.

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Charged

APRIL 2, 2021

DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks have partnered to test the introduction of heavy-duty electric trucks for regional transport. To date, most deployments of electric trucks in Europe have been for shorter distances within urban areas. The Volvo FL Electric and FE Electric trucks for city distribution are in serial production.

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Charged

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Deutsche Post DHL Group is going electric—the German logistics giant plans to invest some 7 billion euros in electrification between now and 2030, by which date it aims to make 60% of its delivery vehicles zero-emission. Now DHL has announced plans to buy more than 2,000 electric delivery vans from Ford by the end of 2023.

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Charged

JULY 13, 2022

GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, is deploying a fleet of electric freight vehicles on routes between the company’s warehouses and manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia and Tennessee. That’s where use of these vehicles can have a big impact on reducing emissions and costs.”. Source: GE Appliances.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

DFDS, a shipping and logistics firm based in Northern Europe, has placed an order with Volvo Trucks for 100 Volvo FM Electric trucks. The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks. The FM Electric can carry a gross combination weight of 44 tons, and has a range of up to 300 km.

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Charged

MAY 10, 2023

In a recent interview for Einride , a Swedish provider of autonomous electric trucks, Cebon discussed his research into the pros and cons of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles versus battery-electric vehicles for road freight. They both have an electric motor, an electric drivetrain, a battery, inverter and so on.

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Charged

APRIL 1, 2022

Charging network operator ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) and logistics provider Gatik, which launched a driverless delivery service with Walmart in 2021, have announced a strategic partnership to develop an electric ecosystem for autonomous vehicles. ChargePoint has proven experience across multiple customer applications and use cases.”.

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Charged

MARCH 27, 2024

UK-based electric fleet software developer FPS has received a combination of equity investment and a £1.49-million The platform integrates and operationalizes charge points, vehicles, building energy management and logistics software systems. It is slated for commercial truck deployment by summer 2024.

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