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What happens in California doesn’t stay in California

10 July 2020

After California approves the nation’s first electric truck sales mandate, more states seek transition to zero-emission trucks

Ten states have already adopted California’s zero-emission sales mandates for cars and light-duty vehicles.

Six Northeastern states, along with Oregon and California, to create action plan aimed at accelerating adoption of zero-emission big rigs

California made headlines in June when it approved the world’s first electric truck sales mandate, a standard that requires...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-happens-in-california-doesnt-stay-in-california

California regulators to fleets: Buy those electric trucks

30 June 2020

A California regulation under development would require fleets operating in the state to purchase electric trucks.
Trucking associations are leery of the rulemaking, and prefer a phased-in approach, starting with municipal, local haul and last-mile delivery vehicles.
Financial incentives for electric truck purchases at risk due to economic downturn

What if you threw an electric truck party and nobody came?

That is potentially the situation facing commercial truck makers bound by a...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/california-regulators-to-fleets-buy-those-electric-trucks

Nikola begins Badger electric pickup marketing push

29 June 2020

Let the marketing begin.

Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) likely won’t have its Badger battery-electric pickup with a fuel cell range extender for sale until 2022. But it began taking orders Monday, offering to match $5,000 deposits and guaranteeing an invitation to a reveal party in December.

With a truck giveaway, Nikola is sweetening the pitch used by and rival Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). The industry-leading electric car maker took deposits on hundreds of thousands of its Model 3 sedans during the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/nikola-begins-badger-electric-pickup-marketing-push

BREAKING NEWS: California approves world’s first electric truck sales mandate

26 June 2020

— California regulators have approved a first of its kind sales mandate requiring truck manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of electric vehicles.

— Rule is the first of its kind in the world

— OEMs are leery, while startups Tesla and Nikola back the standard

In a highly anticipated vote, the 12-member California Air Resources Board has unanimously approved an electric truck mandate that will require medium-and heavy-duty truck manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of zero...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/breaking-news:-california-approves-nation

Build electric truck infrastructure, and they will come, advocates say

19 June 2020

One week from today all eyes in the trucking industry will be on California, where air quality regulators are expected to approve a rule that will require truck manufacturers in California to sell a certain percent of electric vehicles. By 2030, 50% of all Class 4-8 truck sales will have to be electric.

As groundbreaking, and controversial, as that rule may be, much more will be needed to transition the heavy-duty truck industry away from fossil fuels. Top of the list is building out the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/build-electric-truck-infrastructure-and-they-will-come-advocates-say

California readies nation’s first electric truck sales and reporting mandate

10 June 2020

Experts urge California fleets to take advantage of clean truck incentives — and to prepare for zero-emission sales, reporting and purchasing requirements

A couple of years ago, the asset and administration manager at Bolthouse Farms took a look at the company’s aging yard fleet and decided that replacing the vehicles with electric trucks would be a smart cost savings move, in addition to the environmental benefits that would come from switching to zero-emissions vehicles.

So Bolthouse, a...

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