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Two Volvo Trucks carriers, Producers Dairy order VNR electric trucks

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Volvo Trucks North America’s customers and carrier partners, Watsontown Trucking Company and Camrett Logistics, have placed orders for their first Volvo VNR Electric trucks. The two Volvo VNR Electric units will be the first battery-electric vehicles in the company’s fleet of more than 300 trucks.

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Plug Power to build largest green hydrogen production facility on US west coast; 30 tonnes of LH2 per day

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Plug Power is expanding its green hydrogen ecosystem to the US west coast with the construction of a new production facility in Fresno County, California. When fully built, the network of plants in the US will offer transportation fuel to customers that is price-competitive with diesel, the company said.

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Electrify America increases access to solar-powered EV charging for rural Californians with 30 stations

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Ten solar-powered charging stations were deployed in coordination with the Fresno County Rural Transit Agency. All thirty EV ARC charging stations were sourced from Beam Global (formerly Envision Solar), the San-Diego based clean tech company that manufactures the durable EV ARC infrastructure products in California.

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Fontaine Modification offers refrigerated trailer electrification through new strategic alliance with eNow

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The company successfully tested the first zero-emission eTRU for commercial use on a Challenge Dairy truck making urban deliveries in 2017. Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) magazine named eNow’s eTRU system for reefer trailers one of the Top 20 Products of the year in 2020.

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USPS tests electric delivery trucks in California: "I didn't hear the mail come!"

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Postal Service is adding seven electric delivery trucks to its fleet in Fresno and Stockton, California, a region in the state's central valley known for its poor air quality. ton delivery trucks have been converted to electric power by Motiv Power, a Silicon Valley conversion company. USPS says it expects each truck to save.

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Tesla Semi Megacharger operation expands for PepsiCo.

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at its Fresno, California, bottling and distribution center. is planning to add eight Tesla Semi Megachargers at the facility to support the company’s use of the automaker’s all-electric Class 8 truck. Permits have been submitted for an 8-stall site at Pepsi’s production facility in Fresno, California.

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Tesla offers free Thanksgiving Supercharging rates during off-peak hours

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peak hours at Superchargers along select California travel routes,” the company wrote. Fresno, CA. Fresno, CA – North Blackstone Avenue. Fresno, CA – North Blackstone Avenue. Fresno, CA – North Riverside Drive. Tesla Supercharing offer locations for Thanksgiving 2021. Credit: Tesla).

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