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Volvo Trucks to offer complete range of HD electric trucks in Europe in 2021; sales of VNR Electric start in N America in December

Green Car Congress

This means that from 2021 onwards Volvo Trucks will sell a complete range of battery-electric trucks in Europe for distribution, refuse, regional transport and urban construction operations. Volvo Trucks started manufacturing the Volvo FL Electric and Volvo FE Electric in 2019. —Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks.

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EVs like Tesla are cutting pollution levels and reducing health problems: study

Teslarati

Electric vehicles are pretty much inevitable at this point, with carmakers, led by all-EV disruptors such as Tesla, transitioning their respective fleets to electric. Yet despite this, there are still a lot of skeptics who argue that electric vehicles do not really do anything useful for the environment. per 1000 in 2019 (SD: 14.7).

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Volvo Trucks to begin selling all-electric trucks in North America in 2020

Green Car Congress

million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project. The Volvo LIGHTS project will involve 16 partners, and transform freight operations at the facilities of two of the United States’ top trucking fleets. . The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has preliminarily awarded $44.8

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Amazon leans on Rivian to deliver packages in 100 U.S. cities for the Holidays

Teslarati

Since Amazon and Rivian announced a partnership for sustainable e-commerce and 100,000 all-electric delivery vans in 2019, the conglomeration has flourished into a successful and groundbreaking package delivery program. It is a necessary step in the company’s mission to be sustainable, and it might not be possible without Rivian.

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Driving Your City Forward With Clean Electric Public Transportation

EV Connect

According to the American Public Transit Association, Americans took nearly 10 billion trips via public transportation in 2019. With that much activity, public transit makes a significant contribution to the total environmental and economic impact of the transportation sector in the U.S.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Given New Zealand’s reliance on personal light vehicles, accelerating the uptake of e-mobility is an essential part of reducing emissions from transport. The technology is ready and available to make this transition in the light vehicle fleet. Improve safety of the fleet; and/or. ? PO Box 3899, Auckland 1140. Introduction .

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