EOI Called For Australian-First ADAS Trial
Transport for NSW has called for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) in an Australian-first initiative designed to accelerate safer and more sustainable ways to travel.
$12.3m For First Shared Truck Charging Hub
Melbourne’s freight routes will soon have access to a dedicated electric truck charging hub thanks to an Australian-first project supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
Research Collaboration Funding Open
You have likely heard about Cooperative Research Centres grants for long-term industry led collaborations like i-move and the Future Freight partnerships, but there are other, shorter-term funding options available to HVIA members as well.
Toll-Woolworths In Sustainability Partnership
Toll Group will add a Volvo FM battery electric prime mover at Woolworth subsidiary Primary Connect’s new Moorebank Distribution Centre in NSW in October, marking the beginning of heavy electric vehicle deployment in the state, with additional units to follow.
FMD Takes On Foton EV brand In VIC + SA
Foton Mobility Distribution has announced a significant strategic shift for the Foton EV truck brand in Victoria and South Australia.
Future Freight Hubs Tour Returns
Following two highly successful electric truck drive days, the Mov3ment and Queensland Transport and Logistics Council Future Freight Hubs program is shifting gears to explore what happens after the vehicle is purchased – the depot.
HVIA Celebrate Wins In VIC Freight Plan
The new Victorian Freight Plan puts trucking front and centre with several initiatives aimed at strengthening the sector, and offering decarbonisation opportunities for HVIA members and their customers.
Call For Strategy To Support Shift To EVs
The successful adoption of electric and alternative energy vehicle infrastructure requires a coordinated and holistic workforce strategy that recognises the complex, multidisciplinary nature of the shift, according to HVIA.
Off-Grid BEV Project Now Fully Operational
WA-based transporter Centurion recently commissioned milestone two of Australia’s first fully off-grid, 100-per cent renewable energy, battery electric truck project, marking a major milestone in sustainable freight transport.
Electrifying Road Freight Report Released
New report calls wide-ranging actions to electrify the road freight sector, including harmonising road access across state borders, amending licensing regulations, changing ADRs to increase EV model importation and usage, establishing funding mechanisms, and improving data sharing.
CEFC Commit $6M To Accelerate BEVs
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has invested up to $6 million to get more Battery Electric Trucks on Australian roads with global electric fleet specialist Zenobē, which will lease the vehicles to supermarket giant Woolworths, reducing emissions for grocery deliveries and on-road transport in NSW and Victoria.
HVIA Calls For LZEHV Certainty + Incentives
HVIA recently appeared before the NSW parliamentary inquiry into infrastructure for electric and alternative energy source vehicles.