One week from today all eyes in the trucking industry will be on California, where air quality regulators are expected to approve a rule that will require truck manufacturers in California to sell a certain percent of electric vehicles..
A group of heavy-duty truck manufacturers (DTNA included) and suppliers today launched the National Zero-Emission Truck Coalition, an initiative advocating for federal charging and refueling infrastructure and increased federal investments in advanced clean transportation technologies
Yesterday, a consortium of utilities in Oregon, Washington and California released a study recommending a network of electric vehicle charging stations for freight haulers at 50-mile intervals along the length of I-5.
Under the West Coast Transit initiative, nine utilities would support medium- and heavy-duty trucks with up to 10 350-kW chargers, said panelist Simon Horton, senior project manager for Southern California Edison (SCE).
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