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Shyft Group gets in on shift toward electric delivery vehicles

In order for electric trucks and delivery vans to proliferate, the EV industry has some infrastructure issues to iron out.

One thing the space isn’t lacking, though, is choice. A mixture of legacy automakers and innovative startups have emerged to tackle the electric delivery challenge, and vehicle manufacturer and solutions provider The Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF) is putting its name on the map.

The company on Monday announced the certification of its Class 3, 4 and 5 Blue Arc electric delivery...

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Biden climate blueprint promotes modal shift away from trucks

A formal strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector prioritizes maritime and rail over trucking to more quickly get to net-zero emissions by 2050.

The U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, released Tuesday by the Biden administration, is billed as a “first-of-its-kind” plan to cut GHG emissions in both passenger and freight transportation, building off funding incentives included in the 2021 infrastructure package and the 2022 Inflation...

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Enhanced ship routing key to US-Singapore low-carbon corridor

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A trans-Pacific trade lane between Singapore and Southern California will use enhanced routing...

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Lightning eMotors delivering 170 electric vans and trucks to GoBolt

Lightning electric cargo van

This Canadian company is aiming to bring all-electric fleets to the U.S.

GoBolt, a sustainable logistics provider based in Toronto, and Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV), a Loveland, Colorado-based EV-maker, announced this week that Lightning has agreed to manufacture a fleet of 170 all-electric cargo vans and box trucks to be deployed by GoBolt in the U.S. and Canada.

GoBolt’s order includes 70 Class 3 electric cargo vans and 100 Class 5 electric box trucks, which will be manufactured over the next...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lightning-emotors-delivering-170-electric-vans-and-trucks-to-gobolt

Congress approves incentive boost for EV truck purchases

Walmart electric delivery truck

Congress on Friday passed climate legislation with tax incentives aimed at speeding adoption of medium and heavy-duty trucks, particularly those serving the last-mile delivery sector.

The U.S. House voted along party lines, 220-207, to approve the Democrat-backed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), a $745 billion package that contains grants and incentives to reduce the cost of clean energy and healthcare, along with tax reforms.

The IRA, a pared down version of President Joe Biden’s “Build...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/congress-approves-incentive-boost-for-ev-truck-purchases

Are electric trucks zero-emission vehicles?

An electric truck is parked by a charging station.

Electric trucks and EVs in general are often touted as zero-emission vehicles, but are they?

There are two types of emissions to consider: air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.

EVs have zero tailpipe emissions, which means they don’t emit air pollutants or GHGs out of a tailpipe the way fossil fuel-powered vehicles do.

Air pollutants such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides contribute to smog in cities. Fewer air pollutants can have massive positive impacts on human...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/are-electric-trucks-zero-emission-vehicles

Billions in port grants rolled into Democrats’ inflation bill

Container terminal at Port of Houston.

Billions of dollars in federal grants aimed at reducing air pollution at seaports are included in the Democrats’ inflation bill with the caveat that the money cannot be used to automate container terminals.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, announced last week by Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is a pared down version of President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” package introduced last year but never passed.

The new version, which backers say will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/billions-in-port-grants-rolled-into-democrats-inflation-bill

US, Canadian initiative aims to accelerate transition to zero-emission trucks

A semi truck on the left travels down the road.

The Multi-State Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) initiative released an action plan to fight rising diesel exhaust emissions on Wednesday. Seventeen states, as well as the District of Columbia and Quebec, are participating in the initiative.

The initiative aims to advance the adoption of electric trucks and buses and slash emissions of greenhouse gases and toxic air pollutants. 

States participating are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-canadian-initiative-aims-to-accelerate-transition-to-zero-emission-trucks

Million-mile tested Freightliner eCascadia goes into production

Freightliner eCascaida on sloped highway backed by pine trees

LONG BEACH, Calif. — After more than a million miles of real-world customer tests, Daimler Truck North America has revealed the production version of the battery-powered Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia. 

At an Advanced Clean Transportation Expo briefing late Monday, a second-gen eCascadia drove a few feet from behind a black screen to the center of DTNA’s display. It joined an MT50e walk-in van built on a Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. frame. An eM2 Class 6 straight truck, and a Thomas Built...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daimler-ecascadia-begins-production

Zero-emission truck, bus models increasing 26% from 2020 through 2022

Calstart added features to its Zero Emission Technology Inventory tool.

The number of zero-emission truck and bus models on the market will grow by 26% from 2020 until the end of 2022, according to data released by clean transportation technology provider Calstart on Wednesday. Calstart updated its Zero Emission Technology Inventory (ZETI) tool as part of its Drive to Zero program.

The 26% increase from 433 to 544 models of zero-emission trucks and buses gives companies more options to choose a sustainable vehicle that suits their needs.

A large portion of that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/zero-emission-truck-bus-models-increasing-26-from-2020-through-2022

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