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Major truck OEMs form PACT to advocate for EV infrastructure development – Charged EVs

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WattEV opened a charging depot at the Port of Long Beach last May, and at least a dozen more charging sites are in the construction phase—but it’s true that many more will be needed.) The latest DOE data indicates that at the moment, there are only 9 public DC fast charging stations capable of serving Class 6-8 trucks in the US.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

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Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. But today, heavy trucks remain a diesel world. Its first model was an electric adaptation of its conventional diesel-powered VNR tractor. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. That’s about to change.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Q&A with electric truck expert Rustam Kocher Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up a small fraction of the vehicles on the road, but they generate a disproportionate amount of pollution. They’ve also got a site at the Port of Long Beach and a couple others in the LA area. But then they did something interesting.

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

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Probably one of the fastest things out there going electric is underground mining, because one of the big problems is, when you have diesel equipment down in a mine, how do you get all the fumes out? I don’t come home smelling like diesel. This article appeared in Issue 64: April-June 2023 – Subscribe now. It’s a lot of power.