As electrification and infrastructure startups mature, banks get interested in lending money to help the best of them grow.
Nikola’s recall cost burden and lack of production lead to a dismal Q3 earnings report but the company sees light ahead.
After months of carping, California and engine makers agree to flexibility on emissions but hold to the state’s tough mandates.
Harbor Trucking Association’s Matt Schrap warns about the effects that California’s carbon emissions restriction is having on the drayage industry and the environment.
Using the California Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, the Biden administration’s proposed Phase 3 truck rule sees the EPA potentially imposing stricter standards on carbon dioxide emissions for truck makers and buyers.
There may be plenty of hand-wringing about California’s Clean Fleets rule, but fleets are advised to start getting ready for it.
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The Biden administration says a proposed heavy-duty truck emissions rule will be “rooted on science and the law.”
Clean air regulators have to play the long game with short-term updates, the latest of which comes from New Jersey.
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Extending a long-term relationship with Isuzu, Cummins will power a Class 6 medium-duty cabover battery-electric prototype.
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Meritor will commercially produce its electric powertrain with supply agreements for buses and plans for fuel cell applications.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated Liane Randolph as the new chair of the powerful California Air Resources Board (CARB). Randolph, an attorney, has been a commissioner at the California […]
Renewable natural gas (RNG) is having a moment, and California, naturally, is at the epicenter. In 2020, a company that sells renewable natural gas to California medium- and heavy-duty trucking […]
Nine California state legislators send letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom urging him to take a technology-neutral approach to decarbonizing medium- and heavy-duty trucking.
The once little-regarded special purpose acquisition company is all the rage on Wall Street as $56 billion in blank check companies seek reverse merger targets. A leader of two of those efforts cautions day traders to know what they are investing in.
California air quality chief on short list to helm Biden EPA; 125 zero-emission models in production; LA mayor seeks proposals on zero-emission drayage technology.
Zero-emissions credit sales drive Tesla profitability; heavy-duty truck manufacturers to access REC markets
Barry Engle and his Qell Acquisition Corp. raised $380 million to invest in a next-generation mobility startup. But how many great candidates are left in the SPAC craze?
Motiv Power Systems can tap $15 million in new cash from its largest investor as it fulfills pandemic-delayed orders for software and power electronics for electric trucks.
Startup hybrid truck maker Hyliion is offering short-term rentals of its diesel-electric model through Idealease, hoping to get orders as the company prepares for its public debut.
PACCAR won’t rush in bringing battery-electric trucks to market, saying it will have them when customers ask. But it contends hydrogen fuel cells are five to 10 years away.
Six Northeastern states, along with Oregon and California, will create an action plan aimed at accelerating adoption of zero-emission big rigs.
California Air Resources Board is preparing a rule that would require fleets in California to purchase the electric trucks manufacturers are now required to sell.
Nikola won’t have its battery-electric Badger pickup for sale until sometime in 2022, but it’s following rival Tesla in building buzz by taking matchable $5,000 deposits ahead of announcing a manufacturing partner.
The Advanced Clean Truck rule sets out different sales targets based on the vehicle class. By 2035, about 75% of Class 8 trucks sold in the state will need to be electric.
A panel featuring OEMs and utilities discusses regulatory issues, incentives and technical solutions designed to make electric truck adoption more affordable and convenient.
Experts urge fleets to take advantage of clean truck incentives — and to prepare for zero-emission sales, reporting and purchasing requirements
Updated rule, if adopted, means at least 30% of all tractor trailers sold in California would have to be zero emission by 2030
Plus: Former UN Ambassador resigns from Boeing board; Tesla violates SF shelter-in-place rules
Health, labor and environmental groups had urged the California Air Resources Board to pass “the most aggressive medium- and heavy-duty truck standard possible.”
