Category: Fuel & Oil

Mining Giant Partners with Global Renewables Leaders to Reduce Emissions

Mining Giant Partners with Global Renewables Leaders to Reduce Emissions

| January 23, 2023

Rio Tinto trials renewable diesel at U.S. operations Rio Tinto is progressing plans to swap conventional diesel for renewable fuel in haul trucks at its U.S. operations to reduce the carbon footprint of its fleet.  The company successfully completed a renewable diesel trial at its U.S. Borax mine in Boron, California, and is now conducting […]

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ABB E-mobility begins production of EV chargers in South Carolina

ABB E-mobility begins production of EV chargers in South Carolina

| January 23, 2023

United States production supports Buy America Act charging infrastructure programs which serve public networks, electric school bus, and EV fleets ABB E-mobility electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, announced that production of EV chargers has commenced at its recently announced manufacturing operations in Columbia, South Carolina. This will significantly reduce delivery and lead times for DC […]

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First Student Reaches 1,000,000 Electric School Bus Miles

First Student Reaches 1,000,000 Electric School Bus Miles

| January 20, 2023

Transitioning school districts to electric school buses creates cost savings from lower bus maintenance and lower fuel expense that can be placed back to the classroom First Student continues to lead the way in school bus electrification, reaching 1,000,000 electric school bus miles. The company operates the largest number of electric school buses, with currently […]

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Kenworth Delivers First T680E To Knight-Swift Transportation

Kenworth Delivers First T680E To Knight-Swift Transportation

| January 20, 2023

The electric powertrain is available with high-density battery packs of 141 kWh, 209 kWh and 282 kWh that deliver up to 100-, 150- and 200-mile range, respectively Knight-Swift Transportation recently became the first major U.S fleet to take delivery of a zero emissions Kenworth T680E Class 8 battery-electric vehicle. The Kenworth T680E will operate at […]

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Nikola Launches First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Mobile Fueler

Nikola Launches First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Mobile Fueler

| January 18, 2023

Nikola’s mobile fueler program includes its own mobile fuelers as well as a number of third party mobile fuelers, which will provide Nikola’s customers with a variety of flexible fueling options  Nikola Corporation zero-emission transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, has developed an innovative, heavy-duty, 700 bar (10,000 psi) hydrogen mobile fueler capable of direct […]

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<strong>Schneider’s first battery electric truck arrives in Southern California</strong>

Schneider’s first battery electric truck arrives in Southern California

| January 18, 2023

The carrier is positioned to have one of the largest electric fleets in North America Schneider multimodal provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services, announced that the first of its new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) has arrived in Southern California. The delivery of the first of almost 100 Freightliner eCascadias Schneider will receive from Daimler […]

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