The people calling the shots out there are looking at ways to save our air, and they have their eyes on cars, trucks, and transportation. California is looking for a zero-emissions regulation on vehicles, including trucks, and is recommending manufacturers build more electric models. With trucks making 20% of the…
ESG, or environmental, social, and governance, might be right up there with the ELD in trucking. The transportation industry is going to be looked at under these new themes, including regulating carbon emissions, labor and safety, and different levels of board independence. ESG is not so much an award, it’s…
Mack Trucks has demonstrated its Mack LR Electric garbage truck to New York City officials. It is a fully electric version of the Mack LR refuse model. It will be used by the New York City Department of Sanitation sometime in the second quarter of 2020. With New York City’s…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator has signed and released a draft proposing details to continue the reduction of heavy-truck emissions beginning in 2027. The EPA is trying to align the standards for NOx with Phase 2 CO2 standards and is calling it the Cleaner Trucks Initiative. They are hoping…
The 2019 Annual Fleet Fuel Study done by the North American Council for Fuel Efficiency shows that Class 8 fuel efficiency is continuing to improve. The study took into account Class 8 tractors and trailers with a goal of the fleets adopting 85 technologies and practices geared toward fuel efficiency…
Fleet Saver, the industrial fueling company providing lower fuel costs to fleets using CNG an RNG, has teamed up with Dominion Energy to distribute renewable natural gas to its customers. The collaboration is to further enforce the promoting of using fewer emissions (or zero emissions) by way of using renewable…
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are working on a fee-based program that further pushes trucking companies to become zero-emission. The proposed fee is $10 per loaded 20-foot equivalent unit or $20 per load at 40-foot equivalent unit. Vehicles running zero-emission and Low-NOx would be exempt from the…
Let’s leave 2019 and look into what 2020 is going to bring us. When it comes to transportation, there is currently a lot going on out there, but in 2020 there is going to be so much more. Let’s start with all the big talk about electric truck fleets. There…
California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont have come together to make our air cleaner, sooner. They have pledged to speed up the process of making a transition to zero-emission vehicles. This quicker plan targets medium and heavy-duty trucks along with buses and deploys zero-emission versions….
Projects in the rail, maritime, and trucking industries that have goals of lowering emissions can now apply for a grant from the U.S. Government. The Environmental Protection Agency has $44 million to work with and grants will range between $1 million to $4 million depending on the region. The EPA…