MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
A recent event hosted by the Northern California chapter of the Municipal Equipment Maintenance Association (MEMA) brought together 110 fleet professionals from over 35 fleets.
Even as the Trump Administration attempts to roll back California’s right to implement stricter-than-federal vehicle emission rules, the Golden State has acted to further choke off diesel emissions from trucks.
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission voted 8-to-1 for ZEV standards, joining 10 other states such as California and New York and supported by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Global Automakers.
The Lion Electric Co. and Boivin Evolution have been selected by the State of California for the medium and heavy duty zero emission & plug-in hybrid vehicle state contract.
Geotab has been awarded a single-source blanket purchase agreement to supply the State of California and participating local government agency fleets with a telematics solution.
In its newly released series of 2018 disengagement reports, the California Department of Motor Vehicles found that Waymo had the fewest autonomous vehicle disengagements per mile last year and Apple had the most.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and a German auto supplier have agreed to settle claims and lawsuits arising from the 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engines installed in 104,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoBoost and Ram 1500 EcoBoost models sold in the U.S. in the 2014 to 2016 model years.
Toyota's Mirai will add a pair of safety packages for the 2019 model year, as the company continues to offer the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle mostly on retail leases to private owners, according to the company.
Volvo Trucks will demonstrate an all-electric truck in California next year with plans to bring it to market in North America in 2020.
The State of California will focus on increasing the number of electric vehicle (EV) chargers at state facilities and deploy hydrogen EVs near public fueling stations this year.