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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

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. He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence.

Fleet

Fleet Portland Charging Building

Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

This practice in which a vessel at berth connects to a source of electricity on the shore is called “cold-ironing”, shore power or Alternative Maritime Power (AMP). Portland, Ore.; Container ships are likely to be feasible, but their power demand depends primarily on the number of refrigerated containers (reefers) on-board.

Fuel

Fuel Hawaii Hydrogen Honolulu

EV Driven

Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

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