Category: Engines & Drivetrains

Parts and Labor Costs Stabilize in First Quarter of 2023

Parts and Labor Costs Stabilize in First Quarter of 2023

| June 15, 2023

Benchmarking Report from TMC and Decisiv Expands, Now Tracks 25 Separate Vehicle Systems The American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and Decisiv Inc., said that parts and labor expenses stabilized during the first quarter of 2023, according to data released in the latest Decisiv/TMC North American Service Event Benchmark Report. “Fleets are weathering the […]

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Highland Electric Fleets and PowerOptions Partner to Provide Charging-as-a-Service to Schools, Municipalities, and Nonprofits 

Highland Electric Fleets and PowerOptions Partner to Provide Charging-as-a-Service to Schools, Municipalities, and Nonprofits 

| June 14, 2023

Agreement will make Highland’s electric school bus charging solution available to PowerOptions members in CT, MA, and RI  PowerOptions, the largest energy consortium in New England, has selected Highland Electric Fleets, the leading provider of school bus fleet electrification-as-a-service in North America, to serve PowerOptions’ 495 member organizations as a charging-as-a-service provider. Under the program agreement, Highland […]

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Stellantis Strengthens Commercial Vehicle Business: Merchants Fleet to Purchase 12,500 All-new Ram ProMaster Electric Vans

Stellantis Strengthens Commercial Vehicle Business: Merchants Fleet to Purchase 12,500 All-new Ram ProMaster Electric Vans

| June 13, 2023

Ram ProMaster EV plays a key role in the Stellantis electrification transformation outlined in the company’s Dare Forward 2030 long-term strategic plan The Ram Truck brand has announced that Merchants Fleet will become a key commercial customer of the all-new Ram ProMaster electric van (EV) that debuts later this year. The agreement calls for the purchase of 12,500 Ram ProMaster […]

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Autocar tooled for the future with dedicated EV line

Autocar tooled for the future with dedicated EV line

| June 12, 2023

Autocar, LLC, manufacturer of severe-duty vocational trucks is the only American-owned and operated original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of trucks Autocar has enhanced its manufacturing facility in Birmingham, Alabama, with an advanced EV assembly line, complementing the brand’s handmade heritage. Blackstone Construction shaped and installed the structure for Autocar’s new EV line, with industrial engineering and […]

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Heliogen and the City of Lancaster’s First Green Hydrogen Contract to Fuel Municipal Fleet

Heliogen and the City of Lancaster’s First Green Hydrogen Contract to Fuel Municipal Fleet

| June 12, 2023

Collaboration to decarbonize America’s “First Hydrogen City” through Heliogen’s patented breakthrough CST technology Heliogen, Inc. (“Heliogen”) (NYSE: HLGN), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrating solar energy technology, announced the execution of a definitive contract with The City of Lancaster, California (“The City” or “Lancaster”) to produce green hydrogen to be purchased by Lancaster for the […]

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Black & Veatch Designs, Builds High-Power Electric Truck Chargers for Schneider

Black & Veatch Designs, Builds High-Power Electric Truck Chargers for Schneider

| June 12, 2023

100 Class 8 battery-electric trucks will be in deployment in California with added charging infrastructure As part of the Joint Electric Scaling Initiative (JETSI) project, global critical infrastructure solutions leader Black & Veatch announced the design-build completion of 16 high-power chargers in South El Monte, California, for Schneider National Inc. (NYSE: SNDR), a premier multimodal […]

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