Bakersfield, California (ZeroRig.com) – WattEV joined forces with the Central California Asthma Collaborative on July 5th at an event hosted at WattEV’s Bakersfield location.  WattEV’s Bakersfield charing depot will act to provide electric truck charging and a service branch for their truck-as-a-service (TaaS) truck leasing business. WattEV’s CEO’s Vision for the Future WattEV’s CEO Salim Youssefzadeh…

  200 Fleets Test Drive Electric and Hydrogen Trucks in Fresno, CA Fresno, California (ZeroRig) – Nearly 200 fleets attended the Zero Emission Truck and Off-Road Showcase and Ride & Drive in Fresno, CA on June 21st. Valerie Thorsen, Deputy Director of the San Joaquin Regional Office at CALSTART, kicked off the event and began…

While the 2023 ACT Expo lasted only several days in early May, its influence in the industry persists throughout the year. From the outset, the ACT Expo was conceived to provide a showcase for transportation industry’s brightest ideas and most ambitious projects focused on sustainability and clean energy. Since its inception, it has continually surpassed…

Attention Fleets: Registration is still open for the Fresno’s Zero Emission Trucks Showcase and Ride and Drive California Air Resources Board (CARB) and CALSTART are hosting a Zero-Emission Truck and Off-Road Equipment Showcase + Ride & Drive on June 21, 2023, at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA. You still have time to register…

Lightning eMotors Announces Production Launch of Next-Gen Lightning ZEV4™ Work Trucks Lightning’s GM-based platform allows the production of highly customized all-electric work trucks Production launch of next-gen Lightning ZEV4 offers multiple vehicle types built on a proven platform LOVELAND, Colo., June 15, 2023 – Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV), a leading provider of zero-emission, medium-duty commercial…

Sacramento, California (ZeroRig) – In a landmark move against pollution and in favor of clean energy, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has unanimously approved the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, setting a 2036 deadline for all new medium and heavy-duty vehicles sold or registered in California to be zero-emission.  This regulation works alongside CARB’s 2020…

El Monte, California – Schneider held a ribbon cutting event for their part of the JETSI project’s 100 battery-electric Class 8 truck deployment.  Scheider showcased the deployment of 50 zero-emission Freightliner eCascadia trucks and 16 350-kW chargers obtained through the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI) project.  Schneider will have nearly 100 eCascadias in their fleet by…

Conference: Hotel Maya Testing Event: WattEV Downloand Brochure Volts Conference  One-day conference on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The conference will cover a wide range of topics, including the latest technical developments on electric vehicle charging standards, best practices, and solutions to a range of industry challenges. Learn more about CCS, MCS, and ISO 15118 than…

Anaheim, California (ZeroRig) – One of ACT Expo’s debut sessions was a Hydrogen Workshop aimed at educating fleet operators on the state of hydrogen vehicles, including topics on ownership, trends in the industry, and the dynamics of hydrogen availability and refueling logistics. The room was packed as the Hydrogen Workshop kicked off with a keynote…

Anaheim, California (ZeroRig) – ACT Expo kicked off the first day of conference talks with a session titled “Clean Fuel Vehicle Bootcamp – Next Generation Fleets: Environment, Efficiency, Economics”. It seems fitting that the conference began with a session focused on a comparison and overview of all the alternative fuel options and technologies on the…