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Volvo Trucks accelerates electric revolution with Ghent factory production
Volvo Trucks takes a leap toward eco-friendly transportation as it commences serial production of heavy battery electric trucks at its Ghent factory, expanding its electric truck production across Europe and the United States.
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Battery electric truck in service - Volvo FE Electric with Fox Group
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
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Latest Vehicle news
Latest “Decarbonisation 101” webinar now available on demand
Our latest ”Decarbonisation 101” webinar, recorded live at Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland HQ in Warwick, focuses on connecting the truck to the infrastructure.
Fernride secures $50 million to advance autonomous electric trucking innovation
German autonomous electric trucking pioneer Fernride raises an additional $19 million in funding, propelling its Series A round to $50 million, as it continues to revolutionise yard trucking operations and tackle driver shortages in the industry.
EU project aims to streamline development of affordable light electric vehicles
Unlocking the potential for affordable and eco-friendly light electric vehicles through the EU’s GIANTS project, which aims to streamline production and foster innovation in urban transportation
Renault Trucks unveils all-electric lineup for waste and recycling operations at RWM Expo 2023
Renault Trucks showcased its latest all-electric models designed for waste and recycling tasks at the Resource & Waste Management Expo (RWM) 2023.
Quantron AG receives 16 million Euro order for 38 battery-electric trucks from HAMA trucks
Quantron AG has secured an order from HAMA Trucks in Augsburg, Germany, for a fleet of 38 battery-electric heavy commercial vehicles, totaling €16 million. The initial delivery is anticipated by the end of this year.
Market Intelligence
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Carbon zero insights
Truck Fleet Decarbonisation – What a journey…
This week Chris Douglas from Polaris Consultancy, who has spent the past 25 years working in road freight across operations, policy creation and consultancy roles in the UK, Europe, Africa and Asia, shares his views on the journey facing us all to a carbon zero future.
Battery swaps – the great leap forward?
If you’ve been following the debate around how to decarbonise our heaviest vehicles, you’ll be aware that it’s essentially been a three-horse race. Out in front are battery trucks, with megawatt chargers soon to give them a boost. Close behind are hydrogen fuel cell trucks, accompanied by all the heated ...
We’re all energy companies now...
Fixed, tracker or variable? No, we’re not talking mortgages, this week we’re on energy tariffs. We’ve been editing the latest edition of our Summer podcast series this week (OK, we’re being a bit liberal with the use of summer…) and it’s triggered some thinking around the topic and how fleet ...
Survival of the fittest
Tevva’s decision to merge its operations with little-known US company ElectraMeccanica has underlined the challenges the new start-up manufacturers face as they seek to gain a foothold in the ultra-competitive global truck market.
Mind the gap - make sure nobody gets left behind
We joined another call last week with some worried fleet buyers, grappling with the demands from their boards, and their customers, for progress on the road to carbon zero. They’d all done their initial homework, had started their investigations and were in the early stages of business modelling and they’d ...
If you think car electrification is tough – try decarbonising lorries and coaches
For this week’s newsletter commentary, we passed the keyboard over to the RHA’s managing director Richard Smith to give us the association’s views on the decarbonisation debate.
Breakthrough needed for carbon zero acceleration
In recent years, we have seen increased discussion in both industry and government circles about what the dominant net-zero solution will be for heavy goods vehicles: battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell electric. Another possibility is it will be a homogenous mix of these technologies, however experience suggests that this ...
The world of carbon zero trucks
This week we are launching our Carbon Zero Vehicle Index, a database covering all the zero emission vehicles either coming soon or currently available on the market. It’s an impressive listing with nearly 100 different vehicle models in the dataset, although with many vehicles in small series production and some ...
Could this be a new approach to EV adoption?
This week we have asked Benoit Laflamme, a senior business leader focused on the energy transition of transport, to share a relatively simple solution to removing an EV adoption blocker.
Latest Infrastructure news
Shell and Redos collaborate to expand charging infrastructure in Germany
Shell Germany and Redos Group, a retail real estate investor, are partnering to establish 57 new charging locations at various retail sites across Germany. Each location will feature up to eight DC charging points powered by 100 percent green electricity.
ANGI Energy Systems and Nikola Corporation forge a revolutionary partnership for hydrogen fueling
ANGI Energy Systems, known as ANGI, is set to play a role in supporting Nikola’s endeavor to establish the largest North American open network of commercial hydrogen refueling stations.
Nikola secures $42 million grant from California for hydrogen truck stations
Nikola has received a grant from the California Transportation Commission to construct hydrogen fueling stations for hydrogen-powered semis.
Sponsored content
Optimize serves up the efficiency savings at Wimbledon
Leading fleet optimisation specialist Optimize has partnered with one of the world’s leading sports transportation specialists to deliver the All-England Lawn Tennis Club a clean and efficient transport solution for this year’s Wimbledon Championships, set to commence at the beginning of July.
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.
Energy news
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