Sustainability - Truck News

Bosch emphasizes hydrogen’s role in trucking

Bosch is developing an array of systems to electrify vehicles around the world, but the global manufacturer also continues to emphasize its growing focus on hydrogen…

The ABCs of BEVs – Part 2: Truck Trends webisode

The ABCs of BEVs: Truck Trends webisode

MirrorEye maker confident that mirror exemption will continue

Nikola sees strong interest in FCEV trucks

Sustainable Trucking

Equipment

Decarbonizing trucking begins with today’s diesel and natural gas engines

Mike Roeth doesn’t want to hear that the trucking industry will need to transition en masse and immediately to electric…

Sustainability

Sustainable tires growing like weeds, particularly dandelions

Dandelions. Rice husks. Soybean oil. Sounds like the trappings of an entrée at a fancy vegan restaurant. But these are…

Equipment

Electric trucks have shorter spec’ sheets, but there’s still plenty to consider

North American truckers have enjoyed a decades-long love affair with their spec’ sheets. At one time, everything from wheel seals…

Cummins, Paccar and Daimler choose Mississippi for battery cell plant

The battery cell production collaboration between Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Truck and Paccar, will produce their batteries in Mississippi. The joint venture will create more than 2,000 manufacturing jobs there,…

Fuel/Emissions, Technology

Nikola sees hydrogen trucks at a ‘tipping point’

The annual Consumer Electronic Show offers a massive showcase for the biggest news in tech. But this year’s products weren’t limited to LG’s transparent television screen. A Class 8 truck…

Equipment, Fuel/Emissions

VMC lands another Ontario dealer

Vicinity Motor Corp. has inked a deal with another Toronto-area distributor, Peninsula VMC Truck Centre. The newly launched dealership will be headed by industry executive Kelly Jennings, the electric truck…

Fuel/Emissions

BCTA launches Clean Carrier Program

The B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) launched its eco-certification initiative, the Clean Carrier Program. The program’s mission is to acknowledge and certify motor carriers that have committed to environmentally responsible…

Fuel/Emissions, Health/Safety

MirrorEye maker confident that mirror exemption will continue

Stoneridge executives remain confident that regulators will further extend an exemption which allows MirrorEye camera monitor systems to be mounted on trucks in place of traditional west coast mirrors.

Equipment, Fuel/Emissions

GreenPower delivers 10 EV Star Cab and Chassis to Canada

GreenPower Motor Company delivered 10 EV Star Cab and Chassis to Canada at the end of Q4 2023. The manufacturer and distributor of purpose-built, all-electric, zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles…

VMC rolls out first electric trucks, looks to build national distribution network

A little known Canadian electric truck maker has brought to market a Class 3 truck and is now in the…

Sustainability

Purolator to participate in Run on Less – Electric Depot demonstration

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s (NACFE) Run on Less – Electric Depot demonstration will include some decidedly Canadian…

Equipment

CARB inks flexible deal on clean-air rules with truck/engine makers

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has signed an “unprecedented” pact with North America’s largest truck and engine manufacturers that…

Equipment

Hybrid-electric forestry trailer delivers ‘promising results’

A prototype forestry trailer with an electric drive axle appears to be delivering “promising results” in terms of fuel economy…

Sustainability

Proposed B.C. emission mandates ‘unachievable’, BCTA says

The British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) is pushing back against provincial plans for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEV), arguing…