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Stephane Babcock

Managing Editor

Managing Editor Stephane Babcock works on Heavy Duty Trucking and TruckingInfo.com. He has a particular interest in alternative fuels, fleet safety, and engine technologies.

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Deadline Extended for HDT's 2019 Top Green Fleets Nominations

Heavy Duty Trucking is looking for fleets that have made a commitment to sustainability, alternative fuels, and lowering greenhouse gas emissions through fuel efficiency and other means, to honor as HDT's 2019 Top Green Fleets. The deadline for nominations has been extended to Sept. 18, 2019

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DTNA CEO Sees the Electric Truck End Game

DTNA President and CEO Roger Nielsen is ready to take the truck maker into the next phase of...

Daimler Trucks North America President and CEO Roger Nielsen recently sat down with HDT to discuss the future of electric trucks in the industry and why it is the end game that everyone is pushing towards.

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Kenworth, Toyota Unveil Jointly Developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck

The Kenworth Toyota Fuel Cell Electric Truck (FCET) features the T680.

In Southern California, Toyota and Kenworth unveiled a jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty truck, the result of a collaboration with the California Air Resources Board and the Port of Los Angeles.

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California Bill Calls for HD Truck Emissions Testing

Unlike passenger vehicles, which require biennial smog checks in California, heavy-duty diesel trucks are not currently required to undergo regular emissions testing. That might change with the introduction of a bill in the state Senate.

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Volvo Electric Truck Making Its Way to West Coast

The first Volvo FE Electric, a refuse truck developed together with Europe’s leading refuse...

A closer look at the all-electric Class 8 truck that Volvo plans to introduce to the North American market after testing it with two California-based fleets.

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2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid

Touted as “America’s First Hybrid Minivan,” the 2017 Pacifica Hybrid gives those weary of stepping into an all-electric vehicle a stepping stone in the right direction.

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Touting CNG in the Texas Triangle

In eastern Texas, natural gas has seen successes within the highly traveled corridor linking three huge metro areas.

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Sacramento Takes the Green Leap

The City of Sacramento’s fleet department has reduced gasoline consumption by 10 percent since...

The City of Sacramento has taken its “going green” goals to a new level, and it’s been able to prove the benefits along the way.