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Pushing to Reach 100% Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Sales by 2050
A new, global effort is pushing to reach 100% zero-emission new truck and bus sales in just 30 years.
A new, global effort is pushing to reach 100% zero-emission new truck and bus sales in just 30 years.
XL Fleet's new division will provide charging infrastructure, energy storage, and power solutions for electrified fleets. XL expects its customers will require at least 100,000 charging stations in the next several years.
Electric Island will be a large public charging site for medium- and heavy-duty electric commercial vehicles, co-developed by Daimler Trucks North America and Portland General Electric. It's expected to be the first of its kind in the United States.
A new agreement between General Motors and Nikola shifts the focus to electrified heavy-duty trucks, with GM no longer planning to build the electric Badger pickup truck for Nikola.
The Canadian province's ban is part of a $6.7 billion Canadian dollar ($5.1 billion) plan to help reduce greenhouse gases by 37.5% by 2030.
ZETA is the first industry coalition of its kind calling for an accelerated transition to EVs, which will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, secure American global EV manufacturing leadership, dramatically improve public health and significantly reduce carbon pollution.
The Modular Scalable Charging hardware platform provides customers with the flexibility to increase the power level of their charger as EV charging capabilities advance, and “pay as you grow.”
Global express-services provider DHL is piloting four BYD Class 8 battery-electric tractors in the Los Angeles area, just in time for the peak holiday shipping season.
The XLP platform is expected to begin shipping on select configurations of the Chevrolet and GMC Silverado/Sierra 2500 HD and 3500 HD pickup trucks in the first quarter of 2021, and Chevrolet and GMC 3500 and 4500 cutaway chassis in the second quarter of 2021.
Full production will ramp up in 2022. The company is set to open a service center in Irvine, Calif. and a satellite research and development center in Farmington Hills, Mich.
Though sales dipped from 168,000 in 2019 to around 156,000 in 2020, the projected global sales figure for 2021 stands at nearly 231,000 units - a 47% growth for the sector.
The all-electric 2022 E-Transit will be available with a starting price under $45,000 and features a targeted maximum payload of 3,800 pounds with up to 487.3 cubic feet of cargo space.
Cummins and Navistar announced they will work together to develop a Class 8 electric truck powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
The new E-Transit will join the all-electric F-150 and EV Mustang Mach-E, which support Ford’s plan of future vehicle electrification.
Bimbo Bakeries has renewed its partnership with Motiv Power Systems with a follow-up order of 100 electric walk-in vans after a successful year-long pilot program.