All FreightCarbonZero(editorial) articles – Page 15
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FCZ ArticleMAN to integrate diesel and electric truck lines
MAN Truck and Bus has announced series production of electric trucks at its Munich plant. From now on, both electric and diesel trucks will be produced in a fully integrated mixed production process on the same line.
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FCZ ArticleGermany trials inductive charging motorway for electric lorries
Germany has launched its first one-kilometre motorway test track for dynamic inductive charging to assess the technology’s potential for electric lorries and long-haul freight operations.
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FCZ ArticleScottish hauliers offered funding to support transition to net zero
The Scottish government is offering funding worth up to £400,000 to help hauliers address workforce challenges relating to the switch to zero emission HGVs.
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FCZ ArticleAsda boosts home delivery EV fleet to nearly 200 vehicles
Asda is more than doubling its electric grocery home shopping fleet and spending £1.3m launching an additional 112 home delivery vans and charging points at stores across the country.
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FCZ ArticleVoltempo leads the charge at Road Transport Expo
Voltempo will unveil its new chargepoint that forms part of its HyperCharger Megawatt Charging System at Road Transport Expo later this month.
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FCZ ArticleHydrogen’s role in UK decarbonisation must not be overlooked
Hydrogen technologies are a viable solution to decarbonising the haulage sector, but investment is required to help the UK reach its net zero ambitions, according to a government-funded research group.
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FCZ ArticleDaimler Truck and Toyota to hold equal shares in new ‘Japanese truck powerhouse’ with decarbonisation in its sights
A new holding company combining Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corporation aims to establish “a new strong Japanese truck powerhouse” and strengthen the commercial vehicle business globally through the development of ‘connected, autonomous, shared, electric’ (CASE), vehicles, including hydrogen vehicles.
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FCZ ArticleACEA warns fines for missed emissions targets will cripple European truck makers
Hundreds of thousands of European jobs are at risk unless urgent action is taken to address the commercial vehicle industry’s inability to meet 2030 CO₂ reduction targets, according to Christian Levin (pictured), chief executive of Traton Group and current chairman of ACEA’s Commercial Vehicle Board.
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FCZ ArticleRecord-breaking fleet order charges up BT Group’s net zero plans
Fleet management and leasing firm Holman has delivered the first 750 electric vans to BT Group as part of a huge 3,500 order to help decarbonise the telecoms giant.
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FCZ ArticleTrucking hydrogen to users is not an enabler for a nascent hydrogen industry, reports find
HGVs are unlikely to be the missing link in building a hydrogen industry as fuel transporters. That was the message from an evaluation of two government programmes aimed at stimulating the hydrogen market, which found securing hydrogen at volume and at an economic price and transporting it to the point ...
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FCZ ArticleIJ McGill joins eFREIGHT consortium
Family-run IJ McGill Transport has become the latest company to join the government’s eFREIGHT 2030 consortium and operate electric lorries in order to help shape the future of zero emission HGVs.
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FCZ ArticleReFuels reports first profitable quarter as it takes on more fleet customers
Bio-CNG supplier ReFuels has said it wants to “unlock … truck order plans that are being held back by a lack of Bio-CNG refuelling infrastructure” and as a consequence it will narrow its development focus to “timely delivery of the most important sites”. It expects to raise £25 million by ...
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FCZ ArticleDHL to lease 30 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric trucks
DHL Group has signed a new partnership with Daimler Truck and commercial vehicle rental firm hylane to deploy 30 fully electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 trucks in Germany by mid-2026. The lorries will be used for inter-parcel-centre transport in DHL’s Post & Parcel Germany division.
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FCZ ArticleWincanton ramps up net zero drive with 24 new electric-powered HGVs
Wincanton has taken delivery of the first tranche of 24 new 40+ tonne electric-powered trucks today (4 June), marking a milestone in the group’s goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040.
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FCZ ArticleKuehne+Nagel UK and Milence demonstrate benefits of electric HGV fleet
Logistics firm Kuehne+Nagel and truck charging network specialist Milence have come together to demonstrate the advantages of electric road freight.
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FCZ ArticleVeolia boosts fleet with 14 electric RCVs after landing Camden Council contract extension
Veolia has secured an eight-year extension to its recycling and waste contract with Camden Council starting from April 2025, which will see it introduce 14 new electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) and three electric bikes.
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Policy direction and timing must align to deliver heavy transport decarbonisation
Lack of co-ordination between government departments and regulators, and over-cautious decisionmaking are holding back progress towards decarbonisation across both transport and energy, according to Gareth Mills, MD of N-Gen Energy Solutions.
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FCZ ArticleChargePoint and Eaton announce partnership to accelerate EV charging progress
EV charging solutions provider ChargePoint and power management solutions firm Eaton have announced a partnership to accelerate EV charging infrastructure in the US, Canada and Europe. Drawing on both company’s experiences, the collaboration seeks to simplify EV charging by developing new technologies. Rick Wilmer, CEO of ChargePoint, ...
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FCZ ArticleStationary battery provider ready to consider eHGV batteries for ‘second use’
Allye installation at Killington Lakes services on the M6 near Kendall Will batteries from eHGVs find a ‘second life’ market in stationary grid applications? Battery company Allye Energy has launched upsized stationary battery systems containing up to 18 repurposed EV battery packs, dubbed Mega Max, and FCZ ...
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FCZ ArticleDP World joins groundbreaking JOLT test to accelerate adoption of electric HGVs
DP World has joined the pioneering Joint Operators Logistics Trial (JOLT), deploying two fully electric HGVs from its Swindon base.