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PACCAR partnering with Schneider Electric and Faith Technologies to accelerate US and Canadian electric truck market

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PACCAR is collaborating with Faith Technologies and Schneider Electric to provide a charging infrastructure package solution for customers that purchase battery electric Kenworth and Peterbilt heavy- and medium-duty trucks in the United States and Canada. PACCAR electric charger with Kenworth K270E and Peterbilt Model 220EV trucks.

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AJR Trucking orders 50 Nikola Tre FCEVs; incentives bring rough cost parity with existing fleet

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AJR Trucking , a leading carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS) and a major drayage carrier operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, has executed a purchase order for 50 Nikola Tre hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) trucks from Tom’s Truck Centers, a member of the Nikola Corporation sales and service dealer network.

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Food Express takes delivery of first 11 of 46 new ultra-low emission natural gas trucks

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million in grant funding for the new Kenworth T680 trucks ( earlier post ) which started making deliveries today. The purchase of 46 new trucks represents about 50% of FXI’s California fleet. (FXI) announced the addition of 11 new ultra-low emission natural gas trucks to the FXI fleet. The company has an additional 35 trucks on order.

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FedEx Freight adds 100 Class 8 CNG tractors, CNG fueling station in Oklahoma City

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Less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier FedEx Freight has purchased more than 100 Class 8 CNG tractors from Paccar units Kenworth and Peterbilt, and has installed a CNG fueling station to serve the new CNG fleet at its Oklahoma City Service Center.

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UPS to invest $130M in > 700 natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; > $1B invested in alt fuels since 2008

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Four hundred semi-tractors will be supplied by Freightliner and Kenworth and 330 terminal trucks by TICO. The initiative will help UPS reach its 2020 goal of one in four new vehicles purchased being an alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicle. The five new CNG stations will be in Goodyear, Ariz.; Plainfield, Ind.; Edgerton, Kan.;

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Hydrogen is vital to Nikola’s rebrand. It wishes more money

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In March, it introduced a secondary store sale that garnered modest passion on Wall Side road – the corporate’s underwriter used to be to begin with in a position to park just a 3rd of the stocks, and an unnamed personal investor purchased the left-overs immediately from Nikola. million on revenues of $50.8

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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The CNG fueling stations and vehicle purchases totaling $100 million are part of UPS’ ongoing commitment to diversify its fuel sources and reduce its environmental impact. The new CNG tractors to be deployed in these cities will be manufactured by Kenworth. Phoenix, Ariz.; San Antonio, Texas; Tifton, Ga.; Trinidad, Colo.,

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