All articles by Andy Salter – Page 3
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ArticleUK freight decarbonisation community gathers in Birmingham
This year’s Motor Transport Decarbonisation Summit brought together key stakeholders for a day of debate, discussion and insights as delegates tackled the big issues associated with the decarbonisation of the road freight and commercial vehicle sector.
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ArticleMotor Transport Decarbonisation Summit 2023 study visit to Tyseley Energy Park
Delegates to this year’s Motor Transport Decarbonisation Summit, sponsored by bp, Optimize and Scania, had the opportunity to join a study tour at the Tyseley Energy Park on the day before the main Summit to get under the skin of some of the latest industry developments.
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ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Certas scoops Green Biofuels out of administration
Green Biofuels Ltd, which went into administration in October, has been sold to Certas Energy UK
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ArticleTrailblazer Interview: Ian Greene, Head of Fleet, Brighton & Hove Council
In the first of our series of Freight Carbon Zero industry trailblazer interviews, we’ve been to Brighton to catch up with Ian Greene, Head of Fleet at Brighton & Hove Council, and get his insights and feedback on his journey to decarbonise the fleet of cars, vans and trucks across ...
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CommentaryFrom “sun to wheel”, the new energy ecosystem
For this week’s newsletter we’ve turned to Daimler Truck’s Member of the Management Board Dr Andreas Gorbach , who, in a recent LinkedIn post gave an enlightened perspective on the energy ecosystem. Time to shake off the legacy terms of reference and consider a truly world view of energy management, ...
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CommentaryThe times they are a charging…
Truck charging Source: Shutterstock This week, we’ve been musing on the matter of a public charging network for trucks. Over the past few weeks, we’ve started to see some notable movements in this area which is great to see. Moto Hospitality has recently submitted planning permission for ...
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ArticleTevva filing $75 million lawsuit against ElectraMeccanica
Tevva Motors, has announced it is filing a lawsuit in the United States District Court in Arizona against ElectraMeccanica Vehicles (EMV) as well as the company’s CEO Susan Docherty seeking ”redress for the improper and unmerited purported termination of the binding merger arrangement agreement with Tevva”. Tevva re-engaging ...
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CommentaryLong and winding road to net zero
Various discussions over the past few weeks have got us pondering whether we should be concerned with the rate of progress the industry is making on its transition to the net zero nirvana. There is a huge amount of investment going into developing new trucks ...
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ArticleFurther details of the £200m government-funded ZERFD project released
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released transparency data detailing the projects which have been successful in securing a share of the £200m funding.
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ArticleMilence announces launch of first truck charging site in Europe
Milence, the truck charging joint-venture, funded by Volvo Group, Traton and Daimler Trucks, has announced the opening of its first truck charging facility in Holland
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CommentaryZero Emmision Road Freight Demonstration (ZERFD) programme a big opportunity for industry
In the week the UK Government announced the £200m funding for the zero emission truck and infrastructure demonstrations, Andy Salter cast his eye over the plans
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ArticleZERFD project details announced by Protium for hydrogen truck demonstration
Protium has secured £30m for its HyHaul project as part of the Government’s zero emission road freight programme, funding 30 trucks and four public hydrogen re-fuelling stations
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ArticleGridserve releases further details of its ZERFD project award
Gridserve has secured £62.7 million Government funding for its “Electric Freightway” project as part of the recently announced ZERFD programme
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ArticleZERFD programme gets green light with £200 million funding
Four projects will share the £200 million ZERFD programme funding as UK Government finally announces the programme go-live
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CommentaryOne year on and the journey has only just begun
This week we’re celebrating the first birthday of Freight Carbon Zero and we thought we’d focus the commentary to reflect on the past 12 months and take a peek at what’s in store for the year ahead. Even though there has been significant progress with decarbonising the industry on many ...
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ArticleElectric truck builder Volta Trucks files for bankruptcy
Start-up truck builder Volta Trucks has announced it has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden and is calling in the administrators at its UK operations.
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ArticleMercedes-Benz unveils new eActros 600, now offering 500km range
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has introduced the eActros 600, a heavy-duty electric truck offering over 800hp of peak output and a single charge driving range of 500km
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ArticleFreight Carbon Zero podcast: Exclusive interview with Lars Stenqvist, Volvo Group CTO
The latest edition of the Freight Carbon Zero podcast is live! We’ve been to Gothenburg for an exclusive interview with Volvo Group Chief Technology Officer, Lars Stenqvist
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ArticleTevva’s merger with ElectraMeccanica is off
In a strongly worded statement, US firm ElectraMeccanica has terminated its proposed merger with Tevva Motors, leaving the UK-based truck builder back at square one as it seeks to secure its future.
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ArticleGreen Biofuels Ltd goes into administration
Three partners from Ernst & Young LLP have been appointed administrators of HVO supplier Green Biofuels, effective 02 October 2023