Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

As Alan Adler writes in a recent FreightWaves article, 2023 was not the long-awaited Year of the Electric Truck. California offers an array of incentive programs to help fleets defray the higher upfront costs of electric trucks. Funds are also available through the EPA and the Volkswagen Environmental Trust.

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Long Beach Market Charging Oakland 52

Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators. New partners for fleets—and lots of them. But today, heavy trucks remain a diesel world.

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Volvo Fleet Electric Electrical 131

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Fleets don’t want to go electric at scale until they’ve done years-long pilots, but the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation will artificially constrict that timeframe. Lots of fleets will be placing orders for heavy-duty EVs over the next few years. Soon they won’t have a choice. WattEV’s first site is in Bakersfield.

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Fleet Portland Charging Building 52

Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Electrifying commercial vehicles is a critical part of reducing emissions, so it’s frustrating that the pace of fleet electrification has been so slow. Viable commercial EVs have been around for years, but fleet operators insisted on conducting years-long pilots to prove their reliability. Is it all designed and planned out?

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Charging Re-Charge Volvo Hydrogen 91