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15 states, DC will collaborate on 100% electric truck sales by 2050

TRANSPORTATION_TRUCKS_MNBy Piyali July 18, 2020

Governors from 15 states and the mayor of Washington, D.C., signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to ensure 100% of medium- and heavy-duty sales are...

Spending $500B On Electric Trucks Could Make Economic Sense, But Only With A Carbon Tax

Carbon_Pricing_MN, Econ_CarbonTax_CapNTrade_CN, energy, NEWS_ARCHIVE, RSS_NEWS, TRANSPORTATION_TRUCKS_MNBy CCR@IIXXI8 July 17, 2020

Transitioning to a low carbon economy is in progress. It is not political. According to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, a majority of...

Electric trucks are the ‘inevitable future,’ fleets say

TRANSPORTATION_TRUCKS_MNBy Piyali May 19, 2020

But will the coronavirus crisis — and the resulting plunge in diesel prices — cause fleets to suspend their plans? Right now, some fleets are...

UPS Invests in Arrival, Accelerates Fleet Electrification With Order of 10,000 Electric Delivery Vehicles

MN_BUSINESSES_TA, TRANSPORTATION_TRUCKS_MNBy Piyali January 30, 2020

UPS today said its venture capital arm, UPS Ventures, has completed a minority investment in Arrival, which makes electric vehicle (EV) platforms and purpose-built vehicles...

Los Angeles commits to 100% electric sanitation fleet by 2035. Other cities aren’t ready to follow

LA_MN, TRANSPORTATION_TRUCKS_MNBy Aliya January 29, 2020

LASAN Director Enrique Zaldivar pledged to procure only electric vehicles in two years and gradually convert the fleet. While the market continues to evolve, adoption...