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If you want to get a clear picture of where an industry’s biggest players think the market is headed, go to their annual trade show. I attended Work Truck Week 2023 in Indianapolis this week, and the picture was unmistakable: Work trucks are going electric. Now’s the time for fleet managers and state and local …

It’s the beginning of a new year and this year – despite some opposition – can be the year Virginia turns the corner to embrace a clean energy economy future. Virginia has already taken critical steps in its clean energy transition to make communities more resilient and to address climate change. Steps like joining the …

By Elizabeth B. Stein and Cole Jermyn Back in December, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities released a revised straw proposal for the development of charging infrastructure for zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles throughout the state. This proposal comes over a year after the preliminary proposal was released in June 2021. When it comes …

Broad electrification initiatives propel New Jersey to a clean energy future

In 2023, zero-emission truck adoption will receive a boost from policy wins, transformations in technology, and an emergence of new business models.

Electric heavy-duty vehicles have come a long way in a pretty short time. Back in 2018, we were excited about prototype vehicles and trucks with 60-mile range. Today there are scores of truck models available at ever increasing ranges, clear market segments where these vehicles can thrive today, and ever-growing fleet interest in deploying these …

By Lauren Navarro & Pamela MacDougall California air regulators are currently considering adoption of the Advanced Clean Fleets rule — a purchase requirement for medium and heavy-duty fleets to adopt an increasing percentage of zero-emission trucks. This rule has the potential to be transformative. California has some of the worst air quality in the country;

New Proposal Sets New Jersey on the Road to Truck and Bus Electrification

EDF Welcomes EPA’s Important Clean Trucks Plan and Urges Swift Action

Last month, EDF co-hosted a workshop in Houston on the state of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles in Texas. Partnering with Evolve, the Houston-Galveston Area Council and Port Houston, we met at the NRG Center with dozens of industry experts, government officials, fleet managers and drivers to talk about the economic and environmental opportunities that transitioning to …

Here’s one reason for holiday cheer: millions of packages will be arriving on doorsteps this holiday season via electric delivery vans that don’t produce any tailpipe pollution. In fact, zero-emission trucks of all shapes and sizes are starting to hit U.S. roads, with thousands expected to roll out in the next few years.

By Michael Colvin and Larissa Koehler Last month California took another significant step forward in advancing the deployment of zero-emission vehicles, with the adoption of a Transportation Electrification Framework by the state’s Public Utilities Commission.  The framework establishes a $1 billion, 5-year suite of programs, and it provides a pathway for the state’s large electric …

By: Jason Mathers and Peter Zalzal The U.S. made an important commitment at COP27 yesterday that will help reduce climate and air pollution from the dirtiest vehicles on our roads and create a foundation for more ambitious action, which is urgently needed to reduce pollution from trucks and buses. Joining sixteen nations — as well …

The most consequential U.S. climate law ever will provide a historic jolt to the electric vehicle market.

A free online resource from EDF that cuts through the complexity of truck electrification to connect fleet professionals with the solutions they need, all in one easy-to-navigate clearinghouse.

This summer, California made national news by adopting a rule that will require all new passenger vehicle sales to be zero emission by 2035. At the same time, the state is also considering a complementary rule to replace medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses to also be zero emissions. To support this transition, California will …

Statement from Texas House Transportation Chair and EDF Texas

Statement from the Environmental Defense Fund

Though trucks and buses only comprise about 6% of vehicles on North Carolina roads, they’re responsible for more than 60% of the sector’s air pollution.

In September, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection announced awards to purchase 227 electric transit buses in 13counties and 218 electric school buses in seven school districts across Florida from the Volkswagen settlement.

This is the first installment of a two-part blog series about zero-emission truck and bus charging infrastructure in New Jersey. Electrifying transportation — particularly trucks and buses — is among the key elements New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan identifies to help the state decarbonize its economy by 2050. It is one of the most powerful …

EDF applauds the California Air Resources Board staff for proposing to strengthen the 100% pollution-free truck sales target. Now, CARB must vote to adopt the strengthened regulation to ensure that the next generation of Californians won’t grow up breathing the nation’s dirtiest air.

For companies that own and operate medium and heavy duty trucks, the path to fleet electrification provides a high impact opportunity to intrinsically reshape the environmental impact of their operations.

By Lauren Navarro and Tom Cackette The Advanced Clean Fleets rule is a purchase requirement for medium and heavy-duty fleets to adopt an increasing percentage of zero-emission trucks. It will complement the previously adopted Advanced Clean Trucks regulation requiring manufacturers to sell ZEV trucks. Together the two regulations are the most important means of achieving …

Environmental Defense Fund today released the Fleet Electrification Solutions Center, a free online resource that cuts through the complexity of truck electrification to connect fleet professionals with the solutions they need, all in one easy-to-navigate clearinghouse.