Category Archives: In the News

Clean Commercial Transportation Update: May 15, 2020

Watch CALSTART’s new weekly series of live updates on the latest in clean transportation news – from fleet announcements to funding information. This half-hour interactive webcast, hosted by Bill Van Amburg and Alycia Gilde, covered the latest Industry News; our Coping with COVID Series featuring Keith Kerman, Chief Fleet Officer, Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of City Administrative Services; and an update on the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program from Ben Mandel.

This week we had a couple supplemental videos and attachments:

  • Catch the full Coping with COVID Interview with Keith Kerman, New York City Department of City Administrative Services, link here
  • Tune in to the Update “EXTRA” – a discussion with session attendees on “How Will COVID Change Commercial Transportation?”
  • View the slides from Ben Mandel’s discussion of the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program

Clean Commercial Transportation Update: May 8, 2020

Take a look at the launch of CALSTART’s new series of live updates on the latest in clean transportation news. This half-hour interactive webcast covered the latest Industry News, Commercial Vehicle Program Updates and News (like an update on CORE – the Commercial Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Program, and a new vehicle availability tool called ZETI or Zero Emissions Technology Inventory), Federal and California Policy Updates, and a quick rundown of upcoming events and ways to stay connect with CALSTART.

Freight Waves: Canada signs pledge for zero-emissions commercial vehicles

Nate Tabak, Canada Correspondent  June 6, 2019

Canada became the first country to join an international initiative that seeks to have most new commercial vehicles be zero-emissions by 2040.

The Drive to Zero Pledge, signed by the federal government of Justin Trudeau, is non-binding. But it is consistent with the government’s policies, including carbon taxes and incentives for green investments.

“In Canada, transportation is the second largest source of emissions. As we move to a cleaner economy, we know we need to do something about that,” the Minister of the Environment Catherine McKenna tweeted on June 1. British Columbia also signed the initiative.

Read more here.

Canada’s National Observer: Canada becomes first country to sign pledge for zero emission commercial vehicles

By Brenna Owen in News, Energy, Politics | May 29th 2019

Canada has become the first country to sign on to the Drive to Zero Pledge, an international initiative aimed at increasing the number of zero and low emission vehicles in the medium- and heavy-duty transportation sector.

By signing the pledge, Canada is joining other partners, including municipal governments, in committing to eliminate barriers and implement mechanisms that accelerate the viability and growth of zero emission technology for these commercial vehicles.

Read more here.

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