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Mary Aufdemberg was previously general manager and president of Daimler Trucks Remarketing (DTR).

From a shortage of truck production workers to parts depot staff, Daimler Trucks North America is trying to keep up with blistering demand.

The 60 new electric school buses have zero emissions and will require less maintenance than their diesel counterparts.

Yes, Electric Big Rigs Are Coming—and We Drive Four of Them Autoweek 3 hrs ago Mark Vaughn © Freightliner From semis to box trucks, step vans to school buses, Freightliner has a test fleet of 40 rigs, with availability in 2022. Electric semi-trucks are coming to roads near you—eventually. They are clean, green, and very expensive machines, though they will pay off after several years As with every class of EV rolling out or in development, one of the biggest obstacles to adoption is the lack of charging infrastructure—particularly acute when talking about big rigs....

This originally was published on WRI. The past year has been all about protecting ourselves and our children from a serious respiratory illness: COVID-19. But as schools reopen and children return to in-person classrooms, many kids will spend part of every day in a toxic environment that causes harm to young lungs and minds: diesel-powered school buses. Nearly all of the approximately 480,000 iconic big yellow buses in the United States are exclusively fueled by diesel and produce diesel exhaust, a known carcinogen. This doesn’t need to happen. Clean electric school buses already successfu...