Category: Transit News

Merchants Fleet Releases its Annual Impact Report  

Merchants Fleet Releases its Annual Impact Report  

| May 30, 2024

Creating a Positive Impact on our Planet, People and Communities   Merchants Fleet, the nation’s innovative leader in comprehensive fleet management solutions, announced today the publication of its annual Impact Report outlining its 2023 Sustainability journey, performance, and initiatives.     “Over the past year, we’ve made significant strides in our ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) efforts, […]

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Bi-Partisan Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate to Encourage the Use of Ultra-Low Carbon RNG in Transportation

Bi-Partisan Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate to Encourage the Use of Ultra-Low Carbon RNG in Transportation

| May 29, 2024

RNG is derived from capturing the biogenic methane produced by decomposition of organic waste from dairies, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants U.S. Senate Bill S. 4389 was introduced yesterday by Senators Mark Warner (D) from Virginia and Thom Tillis (R) from North Carolina, which will provide a $1.00 per gallon tax credit for the use […]

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Highland Electric Fleets Scales School Bus Electrification as EPA Announces Latest Funding for the Clean School Bus Program 

Highland Electric Fleets Scales School Bus Electrification as EPA Announces Latest Funding for the Clean School Bus Program 

| May 29, 2024

Highland welcomes EPA’s third round funding and looks forward to working with additional school districts to deploy electric fleets  Highland Electric Fleets, provider of school bus fleet electrification-as-a-service, celebrates the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) third round of funding for its Clean School Bus Program. Announced, this latest funding round provides nearly $900M in awards for approximately 3,400 […]

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Rush Enterprises joins Universal Technical Institute division’s early employment program

Rush Enterprises joins Universal Technical Institute division’s early employment program

| May 29, 2024

Selected diesel students at 10 campuses in six states can gain work experience while in school  Universal Technical Institute (UTI), the transportation, skilled trades and energy education division of Universal Technical Institute, Inc., announced that Rush Enterprises has joined the early employment program at the following campuses: UTI-Austin (Texas), UTI-Avondale (Ariz.), UTI-Dallas, UTI-Houston, UTI-Lisle (Ill.), UTI-Long Beach (Calif.), UTI-Miramar (Fla.), UTI-Orlando (Fla.), UTI-Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.), and NASCAR Technical Institute (N.C.) As […]

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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 1.2% in April

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 1.2% in April

| May 28, 2024

Index Fell 1.5% from April 2023 American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 1.2% in April after decreasing 2.2% in March. In April, the index equaled 111.7 (2015=100) compared with 113.1 in March. “The truck freight market remained soft in April as seasonally adjusted volumes fell for the second straight month,” said ATA […]

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Hyundai Motor and Plus Announce Collaboration to Demonstrate First Level 4 Autonomous Fuel Cell Electric Truck in the U.S.

Hyundai Motor and Plus Announce Collaboration to Demonstrate First Level 4 Autonomous Fuel Cell Electric Truck in the U.S.

| May 28, 2024

Hyundai Motor and Plus collaboration aims to enhance road safety and freight efficiencies by demonstrating benefits of XCIENT Fuel Cell truck equipped with Plus’s Level 4 autonomous driving software Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor) and autonomous driving software leader Plus unveiled the first Level 4 autonomous Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell electric truck in the […]

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