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Diesel distancing propels alternative fuel options

Renewable natural gas, battery-electric and hydrogen-powered trucks all target fleets switching from diesel ahead of coming regulations requiring costly additional emissions after-treatment. Which alternative will win? Possibly all of them.

Vouchers make first Nikola fuel cell trucks ‘cheaper than a diesel’

Back in 2018, Anheuser-Busch placed an initial order for up to 800 Nikola fuel cell trucks. Ever so slowly, that is becoming a reality.

After numerous missteps and setbacks, Nikola produced 42...

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Is compressed natural gas finally feasible for railroad applications?

CNGmotive’s solution for fueling locomotives provides potential to decarbonize rail using renewable natural gas.

Railroads transport goods extremely efficiently, especially in terms of fuel and greenhouse gas emissions. But most locomotives still run on fossil fuels.

Use of cleaner alternatives such as battery-electric or hydrogen requires new locomotives. However, diesel-powered locomotives can be retrofitted to run on natural gas, enabling companies to more cost-effectively reduce GHG emissions without having to retire locomotives that have years of useful life left.

Challenges of natural gas for rail

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Cold one: Manhattan Beer Distributors all in on electrifying beverage trucks

NEW YORK — On a sultry Thursday morning in the South Bronx, a stream of local politicians walked to an outdoor podium framed by a Volvo Class 8 VNR Electric truck that soon will silently haul trailers of cold beer to Manhattan with no trail of tailpipe emissions.

They celebrated the first of five VNR Electrics that Manhattan Beer Distributors purchased with help from $975,000 Volkswagen AG paid to settle a diesel emissions cheating scandal. In a part of New York where poor air quality afflicts...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cold-one-manhattan-beer-distributors-all-in-on-electrifying-beverage-trucks