A Tesla employee based at Tesla Gigafactory 1 in Nevada has indicated that the pilot production line for the Tesla Semi is under development and things seem to be going well. This person tweeted last week, “New nugget: pilot line for Semi coming together….”
The state of Virginia is allocating $14 million from its Volkswagen settlement funds to help the Port of Virginia add two new electric container cranes and several electric drayage trucks.
This could be big for Hyundai. Investors are always looking for “the next big thing.” That new technology or “killer app” that will multiply their dollars again and again — and it looks like that thing might be green trucking.
Last Thursday, California made history by becoming the first state to mandate that truck makers move to zero-emission drivetrains. California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) new Advanced Clean Trucks regulation requires that half of the state’s trucks will need to be zero-emission by 2035, and the remaining half by 2045. A complementary Zero-Emission rule for fleet owners is in the works as well.
ABB will supply the powertrain for several new Olympic class electric ferries that will be built by Vigor for the Washington state ferry system.
Wind power comes back to the shipping industry, with spinning “sails” that can duck under low bridges and power lines, too.
Samsung Heavy Industries and Bloom Energy have entered into a joint venture to design and build zero emissions ships that use solid oxide fuel cells.
Is the press release below promising zero global carbon emissions from all shipping in 2050? Not exactly.
A few weeks ago CleanTechnica covered Wärtsilä’s new emissions-free barge, with interchangeable energy containers. Before that, it was tugboats (in 2017). Soon, we may find out how captivating it would be to get a glimpse of electric cars on electric ferries!
Public agencies and private businesses, ask your grant writers to get in motion and do the paperwork to submit your applications for zero-emission freight and marine projects.
