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Video: Canary hits the airwaves to chat about hydrogen fuel-cell buses

Reporter Maria Gallucci joins The Weather Channel to discuss a first-of-a-kind project that will turn an East Coast bus depot into a green hydrogen hub.

By Maria Gallucci . 15 June 2023

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EV charging

Startup Ample says it can swap an EV battery in 5 minutes

Can battery swapping for electric vehicles beat out real-time charging? This business concept has already led to one high-profile flop, but Ample is gearing up to make it work.

By Eric Wesoff . 25 May 2023

Public transit

This East Coast bus depot will make its own carbon-free fuel

The project, located in Maryland's most populous county, will use a solar microgrid to produce enough "green" hydrogen for 13 new fuel-cell buses.

By Maria Gallucci . 18 May 2023

Electric vehicles

How US school buses are going electric, in four charts

EVs now make up about 1% of the nation's school bus fleet, but that figure is rising fast thanks in large part to $5 billion in federal funding.

By Jeff St. John . 15 May 2023

An electric Freightliner e-Cascadia truck owned by Velocity Truck Rental & Leasing

Electric vehicles

How quickly can trucking decarbonize? California is about to find out

California's new Advanced Clean Fleets rule will push trucking to go electric over the next 20 years — the most ambitious such mandate in the country.

By Jeff St. John . 1 May 2023

A row of white semitrucks connected to EV chargers

Clean fleets

EV trucks and buses need costly grid updates. Should utilities pay?

A new study says ratepayers will come out ahead if utilities take on the upfront costs to build much-needed charging infrastructure for electric fleets.

By Jeff St. John . 20 April 2023

A man wearing a baseball cap and an orange safety vest stands on a platform next to a semi trailer

Electric vehicles

California's plan to electrify trucking may be hard for small companies

The state's ambitious timeline for cleaning up trucks will slash pollution in port communities, but some freight firms may not be able to afford the switch.

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira . 7 March 2023

A man inserts a charger into an electric truck

Clean fleets

Ports need electric trucks. Forum Mobility has $400M to make it happen

The electric-trucking-as-a-service startup will build charging depots and make electric trucks available to freight haulers serving California's busiest ports.

By Jeff St. John . 17 January 2023

A postal worker loading mail into the back of a mail truck in a post office parking lot

Clean fleets

US Postal Service commits to buy 66,000 EVs — finally

After facing backlash for plans to add thousands of gas guzzlers to its fleet, the USPS has shifted course with a game-changing pledge to go electric.

By Eric Wesoff . 21 December 2022

A white car charging at a bank of EVgo electric vehicle chargers

Electric vehicles

Lyft offers new incentives for its drivers to shift to electric vehicles

The ride-hail company is offering bonuses and discounts to EV drivers in its network in order to reach its goal of 100 percent electric vehicles by the end of 2030.

By Alison F. Takemura . 12 December 2022

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Clean fleets

Video: Canary hits the airwaves to chat about hydrogen fuel-cell buses

Startup Ample says it can swap an EV battery in 5 minutes

This East Coast bus depot will make its own carbon-free fuel

How US school buses are going electric, in four charts

How quickly can trucking decarbonize? California is about to find out

EV trucks and buses need costly grid updates. Should utilities pay?

California's plan to electrify trucking may be hard for small companies

Ports need electric trucks. Forum Mobility has $400M to make it happen

US Postal Service commits to buy 66,000 EVs — finally

Lyft offers new incentives for its drivers to shift to electric vehicles