Electrification of fleets

Powering America’s Commercial Transportation (PACT) has been launched with the express purpose of overcoming the many barriers delaying access to ZEV infrastructure.

An electric road expansion programme is planned for India.

FirstEnergy Corporation subsidiary Potomac Edison has submitted a five-year Electric School Bus Pilot Program proposal to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) in the US.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) yesterday unveiled its first set of EV charging stations at its South Atlanta Sorting and Delivery Centre (S&DC).

The EV industry is continually buzzing about adoption – much of it geared toward passenger vehicles. Will the public buy in, literally and figuratively? Are EV purchases on track? Will consumers overcome the anxiety that their vehicle’s battery charge will be insufficient to complete a journey or that there will not be enough charging stations on the way to their destination? As these questions are being asked about passenger vehicles, fleets are quietly moving toward EV adoption.

Siemens has completed the acquisition of Heliox, a technology leader in DC fast charging solutions, serving eBus and eTruck fleets and passenger vehicles.

TeraWatt Infrastructure’s I-10 electric corridor project application, in partnership with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT), has been selected to receive US$63.8m in federal grant funding.

Wireless commercial vehicle charging is claimed to have taken a big step forward with a landmark agreement between Detroit Manufacturing Systems and InductEV.

MAN Truck & Bus, a leading European commercial vehicle manufacturer, and ABB E-mobility have announced a strategic partnership to work together even more closely.