Electric Truck

ELMS to show prototype Class 3 electric van at FedEx event

Electric last mile systems to debut electric cargo van at FedEx contractor event

Electric Last Mile Systems (ELMS) will debut the second of its fully electric delivery vehicles at the upcoming Route Consultant Contractor Expo on July 30-31. The event is the largest FedEx Ground contractors event in the country and will be held in Nashville, Tennessee.

ELMS will show a prototype of its Class 3 vehicle, what it is calling the Urban Utility. The vehicle will join its smaller Class 1 sibling, the Urban Delivery cargo van, which will also be on display. The Class 1 is expected to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/elms-to-show-prototype-class-3-electric-van-at-fedex-event

California regulator: ‘A remarkable time in history’ for clean truck innovation

CARB electric trucks

CARB Board member Dan Sperling talks about the “tremendous innovation” in trucking, his sympathy for industry players juggling uncertainties and high upfront costs and why a “trucking czar” might make the transition to clean truck technology much easier.

California air quality regulators are poised to rev up the state’s electric truck industry. On June 25, the Air Resources Board is expected to approve the nation’s first electric truck sales mandate, which would require truck manufacturers to...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/california-regulator-a-remarkable-time-in-history-for-clean-truck-innovation

Electric truck moves cargo from Port Newark

On Friday, July 19, Port Newark warehouse tenant Best Transportation delivered a 14,000-pound container using a zero-emission electric drayage truck, becoming the first trucking company to move a container from the Port of New York and New Jersey using an electric vehicle. Powered by electricity, this tractor emits zero tailpipe pollutant and delivered its cargo to Costco Wholesale in Monroe, NJ and returned without incident to the Port with an empty container on the same day.

The...

https://container-news.com/electric-truck-moves-cargo-from-port-newark/

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