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Royal Mail trials first electric truck
Royal Mail is deploying two new 19-tonne electric trucks to assess their performance against its existing diesel fleet vehicles ... a target to achieve a 50% reduction by 2030.

Coalition of GOP attorneys general celebrate win against California’s clean-truck rule
A coalition of Republican attorneys general is claiming victory against California following the state’s pledge to repeal its electric-truck mandate amid an ongoing lawsuit. California Attorney ...

Which Vehicles Deliver the Best Fleet Value? Vincentric’s 2025 Results Are In
Repeat winners from Ford, Toyota, and Stellantis dominate this year’s fleet rankings, highlighting consistent value across trucks, hybrids, vans, and SUVs.

Oshkosh Corporation Joins Together for Safer Roads to Improve Fleet Safety
Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a leading non-governmental organization dedicated to advancing road safety through cross-sector collaboration and ...

Tariffs Loom as HD Truck Makers Seek EV Cost Parity with ICE
ACT Expo brought the zero-emission battery and fuel-cell truck solutions, but total cost of ownership is still a big fleet concern.

Harbinger’s hybrid work truck can go 500 miles between charges
The medium-duty work truck startup unveils a new 500-mile-range plug-in gasoline hybrid chassis for fleet operations. Harbinger is also partnering with Panasonic on battery ...

ZM Trucks partners with Morgan Truck Body to innovate zero-emission commercial vehicle upfits
The collaboration will join ZM Trucks' standard 600V dual electric power takeoff and 24V chassis infrastructure with Morgan Truck Body's upfit solutions.

Onpoint Logistics expects new Volvo FH Aero to be most fuel efficient truck on fleet
Birmingham-based Onpoint Logistics has added a new Volvo FH Aero 6x2 tractor unit to its fleet of circa 100 vehicles. Provided the new truck achieves expected fuel figures, Onpoint Logistics plans to ...

Vibracoustic launches new suspension products for EV pickup trucks
WEINHEIM, Germany—Vibracoustic has launched a fleet ... trucks. "Taking account of the vehicle's size and mass, as well as its 10,000-pound towing capacity, the air spring system needed to be highly ...

Right-Sizing Your Fleet: Why More Vehicles Isn’t Always the Answer
Yet the decision to “right-size” a truck fleet isn’t about arbitrary reductions — it's about ensuring that each vehicle serves a strategic purpose, and that fleet size is aligned with demand, ...

IKEA cuts cost by 16% with electric truck in its fleet
The switch to an electric truck resulted in a 16 per cent annual cost reduction despite the higher initial purchase price of electric vehicles. “We are happy with what we have achieved for this ...