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Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries starting to test the first fully electric Freightliner trucks from end of 2018 onwards

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Now, Daimler announced the two first customers to operate the e-vehicles within their fleet: a total of 30 Freightliner eCascadia and eM2 trucks will be handed over to Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries in the US. Logistics specialist NFI Industries holds a fleet of 4,000 tractors and approximately 8,900 trailers in North America.

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Volvo Group Venture Capital invests in Optibus, a software company for efficient sustainable bus operations

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Volvo Group Venture Capital has invested in Optibus , a cloud-native, end-to-end software platform for public transportation planning and operations, to advance bus electrification and the digitalization of the public transportation industry. Optibus offers a scalable SaaS solution and has doubled its revenue year over year.

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Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries starting to test the first fully electric Freightliner trucks from end of 2018 onwards

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Now, Daimler announced the two first customers to operate the e-vehicles within their fleet: a total of 30 Freightliner eCascadia and eM2 trucks will be handed over to Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries in the US. Logistics specialist NFI Industries holds a fleet of 4,000 tractors and approximately 8,900 trailers in North America.

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Octillion to supply high-density batteries to FNM for 1,000 electric trucks for beverage maker Ambev

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Ambev will use the electric trucks to deliver beverages throughout South America. FNM recently entered into a contract of technical and industrial cooperation with Agrale , the only 100% Brazilian vehicle manufacturer. Ambev has stated that it wants at least half of its Brazilian fleet to operate on clean energy by 2023.

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Volkswagen picks up pace of transformation with new ACCELERATE strategy

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With the new ACCELERATE strategy that it has just unveiled, the company will systematically prepare for the profound changes in the automotive industry in good time. In South America and the United States, Volkswagen is striving to break even in the current fiscal year. Business model 2.0: Faster expansion of e-mobility.

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Penske Truck Leasing joins CharIN to promote electric commercial vehicle charging standards

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Penske Truck Leasing has joined the Charging Interface Initiative ( CharIN ), a worldwide industry alliance focused on promoting Combined Charging System (CCS) as the global standard for charging electric vehicles (EVs) of all types. Penske Truck Leasing is the first in its industry to join the CharIN organization.

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Maersk parterning with 6 companies to source at least 730,000 tpy of green methanol by end of 2025

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—Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, CEO of Fleet & Strategic Brands, A.P. CIMC is a large, industrial conglomerate that has been a partner of Maersk for more than two decades. Proman will aim to supply Maersk with 100,000 – 150,000 tonnes/year of green methanol from its in-development facility in North America. Moller - Maersk.

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