Fossil-free jobsite reaches 50% electric operation with new Volvo wheel loader

  • December 14, 2024
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Just two years ago, 10% electric equipment operation seemed like an ambitious target for Sweden’s pioneering, fossil-free construction site. Last week, the site reached a 50% all-electric threshold with the addition of a new, Volvo L120H Electric Conversion wheel loader. The recently-launched wheel loader joins a pair of 30-ton Volvo EC230 Electric excavators at the […]

Hyundai XCIENT hydrogen fuel cell electric semi trucks arrive in Georgia

  • December 14, 2024
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Just when you thought it was safe to count out hydrogen as a viable competitor to battery-electric power in the North American medium– and heavy-duty trucking space, the new Hyundai XCIENT HFCEV Class 8 semi truck arrives in Georgia — and immediately gets to work. Hyundai’s new XCIENT hydrogen semi trucks are set to be […]

SoCal Edison adds 280 Chevy Silverado EV trucks to service fleet

  • December 14, 2024
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California utility SoCal Edison, one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, is helping reduce its own carbon footprint by adding 280 Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup trucks to its service fleet — part of a larger strategy to transition its entire vehicle fleet to electric by 2030. With up to 492 miles of range and a […]

Big Oil wants to help Big Tech power artificial intelligence data centers

  • December 14, 2024
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Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Exxon Mobil and Chevron are jumping into the race to power artificial intelligence data centers, as the two oil majors bet tech companies will ultimately turn to natural gas to meet their tremendous energy needs. Exxon unveiled plans this week to build a natural gas plant to power […]

California’s EV rules are a-okay, EPA sources say

  • December 14, 2024
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Smog over Los Angeles. Photo: Steven Buss on Flickr The US government is ready to approve California’s emissions rules which would end gas-only car sales within the state by 2035, according to a report by the Washington Post. The Post spoke with anonymous sources stating that California’s “Advanced Clean Cars 2” light-duty emissions rules, which […]