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Electra secures funding for development of temperature-controlled battery electric truck with 800km range
Electra Commercial Vehicles has unveiled an ambitious plans to develop a temperature-controlled battery electric vehicle (BEV) with a range of 800 kilometers on a single charge.
What are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs)?
Understanding the ‘carbon jargon’ of commercial vehicle and freight and what it means for your business
Explainer article - how does the battery work in a battery electric truck?
Is it time for a TCO rethink?
Unpicking the price variations in electricity supply and how transport can benefit
Volta continues to build its expertise, product strength and capability as it prepares for UK roll-out
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Stourbridge-based Pegasus Skip Hire adds an electric Volvo FE skiploader to its fleet
Volvo has delivered its first zero-tailpipe-emission skiploader in the UK.
‘Our new electric Volvo is the first of many,’ pledges Knowles Transport
Knowles Transport has bought its first electric truck, a 4x2 Volvo FE that is being used on a local collection and delivery schedule.
H2X Global secures second contract for hydrogen fuel cell trucks in Gothenburg
H2X Global, a leading provider of hydrogen fuel cell solutions, has been awarded a significant fleet-wide contract valued at up to 240 million Swedish Kronor ($22.9 million) by Renova AB, the waste management operator in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Mercedes-Benz takes the lead in electrifying UK’s heavy truck Industry with The Drinks Club partnership
London-based premium beverage supplier, The Drinks Club, is making strides in reducing its environmental impact by introducing one of the first all-electric Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks to its fleet.
Singapore welcomes its first battery-electric Scania truck
Singapore’s logistics industry reached a significant milestone with the introduction of the first battery-electric truck from Scania.
Market Intelligence
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Carbon zero insights
The costs of flexibility
In preparation for the Zemo Partnership conference taking place in London next week (15 June, City Hall, London – book your place to attend), we had reason to spend an hour on the phone to Professor David Cebon from the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight last week. He will be ...
Why 80% just isn’t good enough
“Hydrogen will have a place in the net zero energy mix, just not as a transportation fuel.”
Keeping the lights on…
“What are you going to do when there’s a power cut?” It’s an innocuous enough question, but one that made Ian Greene splutter on his glass of wine, when his wife raised the question one evening a couple of years ago. Greene is the Head of Fleet at City Enviroment ...
Hard yards ahead for the start-up truck builders
There was so much to see and write about from the ACT Expo the other week, we thought it warranted further comment. We asked industry analyst Oliver Dixon from Guidehouse to give us his perspective on the event.
Hydrogen hype or realistic option…?
Much news from California last week, where the state has recently brought in legislation outlawing the sale of diesel-powered trucks from 2036, and Anaheim played host to the ACT Expo event, a major gathering of the global carbon zero commercial vehicle clans. The new CARB (California Air Resources Board) regulations ...
Different continent, same challenges…
“It’s not that we can’t overcome challenges, but we don’t overcome them by pretending they don’t exist,” the words of Andrew Boyle, first Vice Chair of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Co-President of Massachusetts-based Boyle Transportation, as he gave evidence in front of a Senate sub-committee on the future ...
Industry transformation happening here and now
There has been a great deal written on industry disruption and the emergence of new start-up firms that challenge the status quo. Much of it has been framed in the context of digitization and technology, as new start-ups leverage flexibility and market speed that legacy companies cannot match. In the ...
Hydrogen in the spotlight with HVS truck launch
Inner city Glasgow is an unlikely headquarters for the UK’s newest truck builder, but when HVS (stands for Hydrogen Vehicle Systems) took the wraps off its new hydrogen fuel cell-powered truck at the CV Show this morning, the company announced its arrival on the truck building scene - from small ...
Starting your carbon reduction plan
Over the past three weeks, we have tried to park the obsession with the search for the holy grail of carbon zero and focus on the steps the industry can take today to decarbonise the commercial vehicle and road freight sector. The more we scratch away at the carbon zero ...
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ABB e-mobility introduces HVC360, a flexible depot charging solution for electric truck fleets
ABB e-mobility unveiled a new depot charging solution for electric truck and bus fleets at the UITP in Barcelona.
Vattenfall and Coca-Cola Sweden collaborate to establish truck charging stations
Swedish multinational power company Vattenfall has joined forces with Coca-Cola Sweden to establish three truck charging stations at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ climate-neutral facility in Jordbro, just outside Stockholm.
Air Products to build first commercial-scale hydrogen refuelling station for HGVs
Gas supplier Air Products has signed an agreement to develop a multi-fuel, hydrogen refuelling station for HGVs in the Belgian port of Zebrugge.
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The route to fleet decarbonisation as cost pressures intensify
Transport decarbonisation is at the epicentre of the UK’s ambitions to hit net zero targets.
SM UK Ltd open third workshop in Dartford…as REVOLUTIONARY RADAR AI SIDESCAN is Launched!
SM UK opened its third main workshop this week at Bridge Close, Crossways Dartford, to strengthen its UK-wide service to fleet operators and global vehicle manufacturers such as, Mercedes, Scania, Renault, and Volvo Trucks.
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