People Who Drive Trucks For A Living Really Like Driving Electric Trucks
Electric trucks are taking on more short haul delivery and drayage tasks in the United States and drivers couldn’t be happier.
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Frito-Lay Expedites 2040 Net-Zero Emissions Goal, Buys 700+ Electric Delivery Vehicles
By the end of 2023, Frito-Lay will introduce over 700 electric delivery vehicles in the United States, the company recently announced in honor of Earth Month. The use of the electric vehicles is anticipated to reduce emissions by 7,052 metric tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) each year, which is equivalent … [continued]
Frito-Lay & Quaker Open New Industry-Leading Greenhouse Learning Center To Fast-Track Sustainable Packaging Innovation
Two brands of the PepsiCo company, Frito-Lay and Quaker, announced the opening of an industry-leading Greenhouse Learning Center at its R&D headquarters. The Learning Center will be used to field test, measure, and analyze compostable packaging in an effort to accelerate the pace of innovation. By designing all packaging to … [continued]
Truckers Lead the Charge to Go Electric
Run on Less – Electric is a real-world electric truck technology demonstration, featuring 13 trucks driving real routes, carrying real freight.
Pepsi Shares An Update On Its Tesla Semi Order
In a press release by Frito-Lay, which is a division of PepsiCo, Inc., the company announced some good news for its sustainability goals. One part of the good news included a tidbit about the Tesla Semi. Pepsi noted that Frito-Lay cut absolute fleet greenhouse gas emissions in half while reducing … [continued]
Frito-Lay Ditches Diesel In Favor Of A Renewable-Powered Fleet At Its Modesto Facility
Parent company PepsiCo, Inc. is replacing the fleet of diesel freight vehicles that service its Frito-Lay plant in Modesto, California with zero-emission and near-zero emission vehicles. The upgrades are coming to the central California facility thanks to funding provided by the state-funded Zero- and Near Zero-Emission Freight Facility Project.
Tesla Semi Customers Will Build Their Own Charging Stations
Companies that have pre-ordered Tesla Semi heavy duty electric trucks have started planning for how they will recharge them once Tesla builds them.
Smith Electric Vehicles Stops Production Of Its EVs
Originally published on Gas2. Smith Electric Vehicles of Kansas City has suspended production of its electric trucks and vans. While executives remain optimistic about Smith’s chances, even they had to acknowledge that building a handful of electric vehicles at an extremely high just isn’t a sustainable business model. Smith Electric Vehicles … [continued]
Frito Lay Greenifies Its Commercial Fleet with 6 Electric Trucks
Frito Lay is doing something healthy and good for the environment — the snack giant, which has the world’s seventh largest privately owned commercial fleet, signed an agreement with Electric Vehicles International (EVI) for the launch of […]
