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Volvo Trucks and Bucher collaborate to electrify sewer cleaner trucks

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Volvo Trucks and Bucher Municipal have now entered into a collaboration to electrify sewer cleaner trucks. By the end of 2023, Bucher Municipal expects to deliver up to 80 fully electric sewer cleaner trucks to cities in Europe. The tractor models of the Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX Electric are released for sale now.

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Yet Another Study Shows EVs Are Cleaner Than ICE & Continue Getting Cleaner

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EVs are (once again) proving to be cleaner than comparable ICE vehicles. Plus, while ICE vehicles are stuck burning the same fuel for the rest of their serviceable lives, EVs continue to get cleaner as electric grids improve.

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Volvo Trucks introduces FM Low Entry electric truck optimized for cleaner and safer city transport

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As more and more cities aim to improve their city environments by lowering emission […] The post Volvo Trucks introduces FM Low Entry electric truck optimized for cleaner and safer city transport appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

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Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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Vermont’s New ‘Replace Your Ride’ Funds Cleaner Transportation Options

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Through the FY2022 and FY2023 Transportation bills, funding was approved for a new incentive program, “Replace Your Ride,” to encourage owners of older, higher polluting vehicles to switch to cleaner transportation options.

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Why EV Batteries Keep Getting Cheaper & Cleaner

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They do not know why EV batteries keep getting cheaper and cleaner, and they do not see why they will become truly abundant. There are still many people in the automotive industry and many policymakers who hold doubts about the future of fully battery electric vehicles (BEV). The thought is that they are too expensive […]

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Trains, E-Bikes, & Blimps — Bill McKibben Envisions Slower, Cleaner Transportation

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Bill McKibben is a hero of the fight to preserve the Earth as a place where humans can live sustainably. We have his photograph prominently displayed on the wall of our executive suite at CleanTechnica headquarters alongside our other heroes like James Hansen and Michael Mann. Among his many contributions to the cause is writing […].

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