ALBANY, N.Y. — The state Senate on April 26 passed a bill that would essentially mandate that all new passenger cars sold in the state run on electric power by 2035 and trucks and other heavy duty vehicles run on electricity by 2045.
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Unpaid Taxes Another Troubling Sign for Lordstown Motors
CLEVELAND — The failure of Lordstown Motors, an Ohio-based electric truck startup, to pay $570,000 in real estate taxes due in early March is yet another troubling sign for a company that has been barraged by bad news this year.
April 27, 2021Ford to Open Battery Research Lab in Electric Vehicle Push
Ford Motor Co. is building a $185 million battery research lab as part of a push to build its own power sources for plug-in cars.
April 27, 2021Tesla Sticks to Plan to Deliver Semi This Year
Tesla Inc. reported a higher-than-expected seventh consecutive quarter of profit on strong demand for its top-selling Model 3 sedan and announced it will begin deliveries of its Tesla Semi in 2021.
April 26, 2021Biden Moves to Restore California’s Power to Fight Vehicle Pollution
The Biden administration on April 26 took a key step toward restoring California’s power to limit greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and overturn a Trump-era policy that pitted the federal government against a state seeking to eventually ban conventional gas-powered cars.
April 26, 2021Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s Executive Order Aims to Electrify Transportation, Buildings
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within state facilities, including those for transportation.
April 26, 2021Fortistar Merges Two Units to Form Opal Fuels
Private equity firm Fortistar announced two of its portfolio companies, Fortistar Methane Group, a developer of renewable natural gas, and TruStar Energy, supplier of RNG transportation fuel, are merging under Opal Fuels to form a fully integrated renewable fuels supply company for North America.
April 26, 2021Cummins, Tula Test Achieves Reduced Emissions
Cummins Inc. and Tula Technology Inc. announced Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) software was effective in reducing nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide emissions on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series diesel engine.
April 26, 2021California Drayage Fleets Face Potential Zero-Emission Mandate
The push for zero-emission trucks in California has left drayage operators questioning that approach in light of their previous investments in equipment using natural gas fuel, an industry association executive said.
April 26, 2021Renewable Natural Gas Gains Momentum as Trucking Fuel
Progressively tougher clean air mandates and the increasing corporate focus on environmental sustainability could signal a larger role for natural gas — especially renewable natural gas — as a trucking fuel, experts said.
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