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Idle Giants is a global network pushing truck manufacturers to ditch diesel and fast-track electric trucks for a cleaner, healthier future 🌍⚡🚛.

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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Over 20 business leaders and organizations are pushing back on the attempt by the European freight truck industry to delay CO2 standards by another THREE YEARS. #ClimateSky 🔌🚚 #energyhub 1/3 www.theclimategroup.org/our-work/new...
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"Don’t weaken CO2 standards for trucks”, European businesses urge the EU, as they signal strong demand for electric
Leading businesses including IKEA, EDF, Geopost and DFDS, and civil society are calling on the EU to keep strong truck CO2 standards, saying they need clear and stable policies to keep investing in el...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sales of electric trucks & buses nearly doubled for the second year in a row, rising by 86% year-on-year. According to @theicct.org, global sales of battery-electric buses & trucks are skyrocketing. In 2025, there were 520k battery-electric buses & trucks sold. www.electrive.com/2026/08/20/i...
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ICCT report: China pulls ahead in battery-electric truck and bus sales - electrive.com
In China, almost 30 per cent of all new registrations in the heavy truck segment last year were fully electric. While other world regions also report more
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Price transparency can help make electric trucks more affordable. ⚡🚛 www.evergreencollaborative.com/policy-hub/c... 1/3
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Clean Trucks Face a Price Transparency Gap - Evergreen Collaborative
Evergreen explains how sales price disclosure requirements are an important aspect of clean truck purchase incentive design.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tesla was selected as the supplier of 2,500 electric trucks as part of a 10,000 vehicle order – the largest in the U.S. to date! 1/3 idlegiants.org/news/2026/09...
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Clean transport advocates welcome first phase of massive 10,000 electric heavy trucks order
The order shows the demand for electric trucks from businesses and operators amid skyrocketing diesel prices and will be a big boost to efforts to address deadly air pollution.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
California just legislated transparent truck pricing and sped up the transition to electric trucking. SB 1213 requires truck makers to publish their truck pricing publicly in order to access public incentives. 1/4 idlegiants.org/news/2026/09...
idlegiants.org
Clean Transport Advocates Welcome Approval of California Bill Aimed at Reducing Electric Truck Prices
The new law establishes key market transparency requirements for zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, helping ensure state clean transportation incentives directly lower costs for fleet…
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This week @lung.org sent a letter from more than 50 health organizations, 100 health professionals and hundreds more concerned community members, asking the EPA not to weaken health-protective emissions standards for new heavy-duty vehicles. www.lung.org/media/press-...
lung.org
American Lung Association Calls on EPA to Stop Weakening Standards that Make Cars and Trucks Cleaner
Lung Association and partners deliver hundreds of comments opposing EPA’s proposal to weaken clean air standards for heavy-duty vehicles
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A new bill is headed to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. Its goal? To make electric trucks affordable by making pricing more transparent and competitive. 1/3 www.truckinginfo.com/news/califor...
truckinginfo.com
California Bill Could Shed Light on Electric Truck Prices
Why do battery-electric Class 8 trucks remain so expensive? A California bill headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom would give fleets and state agencies more visibility into what manufacturers charge.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
32 investors with $1.832T assets under management are backing action on clean air with a new statement supported by @shareaction.bsky.social. 1/3 shareaction.org/investor-sta...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Sales of electric trucks and buses nearly doubled for the second year in a row. According to @theicct.org, global sales of battery-electric buses & trucks are skyrocketing. In 2025, there were 520k battery-electric buses & trucks sold. 1/2 Read more at → www.electrive.com/2026/08/20/i...
electrive.com
ICCT report: China pulls ahead in battery-electric truck and bus sales - electrive.com
In China, almost 30 per cent of all new registrations in the heavy truck segment last year were fully electric. While other world regions also report more
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
California is just one step away from legislating transparent truck pricing and speeding up the transition to electric trucking! #ClimateSky #🔋 #energyhub 1/4 idlegiants.org/news/2026/08...
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Clean Transport Advocates Welcome Approval of California Bill Aimed at Reducing Electric Truck Prices
SB 1213 introduced by Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes has since April been approved unanimously by each committee and both the Senate and Assembly Floor, and was passed by the Senate yesterday (Sunday 30…
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Volvo Trucks is facing growing scrutiny over whether its climate commitments match its actions. 1/4 eko.org/en/media/vol...
eko.org
Ekō Movement - People and planet over profits
Ekō is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In a huge milestone for truck electrification, Einride just ordered 500 Tesla Semis. This is a major order and shows the demand for electric trucks in the U.S. 1/3 electrek.co/2026/08/18/e...
electrek.co
Einride to deploy 500 Tesla Semis in biggest electric truck order yet
Einride will deploy 500 Tesla Semis over 24 months starting in September, tripling its electric fleet in the largest Tesla Semi order announced so far.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Americans just celebrated one of the most expensive 4th of July weekends on record! High fuel costs continue to drive up the price of moving goods across the country. American consumers and fleets are paying the price. 1/3 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
bloomberg.com
Americans Drive Into July 4 Holiday With Gas Prices Still Stinging
Independence Day period set to be third-most expensive for US drivers on record.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Wen Han, CEO of Windrose Electric is on a mission to "kill diesel." The timing couldn't be better to talk about affordability. As Americans wrap up one of the most expensive 4th of July weekends on record, the pressure is on to cut supply chain costs. 1/3 www.ft.com/content/a082...
ft.com
‘We have to kill diesel’: China’s e-truck rival to Tesla seeks $2bn US Spac deal
Windrose Electric chief says US tariffs are not high enough to keep it out of America
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Young, healthy people are dying from extreme heat across Europe. Meanwhile, Volvo Group recently said they have “never, ever invested so much money into combustion engine development as we did last year. So it's definitely not going away.” 1/6 www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Europe heatwave: Paris restricts alcohol consumption and sales
Temperatures in Germany could hit 40C in some areas while French officials bring in alcohol restrictions to ease pressure on hospitals.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🚚 Big news for the future of clean transportation in California! The @portoflongbeach.bsky.social has officially thrown its support behind Senate Bill (SB) 1213, authored by Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes. 1/3 Learn more at → idlegiants.org/news/2026/07...
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SB 1213 Advances in Assembly with Port of Long Beach Support and Broad Coalition Momentum
Senate Bill 1213, authored by Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes, cleared another legislative milestone yesterday by passing out of the California State Assembly’s Natural Resources Committee.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Not only is Volvo collaborating with the Trump administration to overturn climate and clean air laws in the US… Now they are also giving him a platform to push back on life-saving regulations. 1/2 www.foxbusiness.com/politics/tru...
foxbusiness.com
Trump visits Mack Trucks plant in battleground Pennsylvania district to tout economic agenda as midterms loom
Trump visits Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, touting 32,000 new jobs and 2,600 manufacturing jobs created in the commonwealth.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
18 people died from extreme heat in a single day in France. 55 people drowned. The head of the UN says London is “cooking.” Hundreds of schools in the UK are shuttered. Meanwhile, truck makers are trying to slow the pace of electrification. 1/5 fortune.com/2026/06/23/e...
fortune.com
‘London isn’t just calling—it’s cooking.’ Europe’s largest economies face over $600 billion in heat-driven losses by 2030 | Fortune
Europe's sweltering June is a sign of what's to come.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
European climate regulations are driving the electric trucking transition - and new data from @theicct.org confirms the transition is accelerating. 🚀 idlegiants.org/news/2026/06... 1/4
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EU regulation sparks surge in electric truck orders
New data reveals a sharp rise in zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles across Europe, proving that EU climate regulations are successfully driving market adoption. However, experts warn that intense…
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Why is @influencemap.bsky.social warning TRATON investors that the major truckmaker is lobbying against climate and public health policies? Learn more from InfluenceMap’s shareholder resolution at → ca100.influencemap.org/resolution/T... 1/5
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Is lobbying against regulation a viable corporate strategy when the market has already chosen its direction? At TRATON Group’s annual general meeting yesterday, investors asked exactly that. www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/... 1/6
verkehrsrundschau.de
TRATON gerät bei E‑Lkw unter Druck
Schwache E‑Lkw-Verkäufe und steigender Wettbewerb sorgen bei Investoren für Zweifel am Kurs des Herstellers.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Truckmakers like Volvo, Scania & Daimler claim it’s impossible to offer electric trucks at competitive prices. But Tesla is proving them wrong with the Semi, which costs $110,000-150,000 less than Volvo electric trucks and has a much longer range. 1/4 #EVsky www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...
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Tesla’s Newest Electric Vehicle Could Jolt the Trucking Industry
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Volvo & Scania are facing backlash as media reports reveal that they: 🇪🇺 Urged EU Commission to relax CO₂ emissions rules 🐻 Sued California to end the Clean Truck Partnership 🇸🇪 Enlisted the help of the Swedish gov to undermine clean air protections www.sustainableviews.com/truckmakers-... 1/4
sustainableviews.com
Truckmakers face backlash over push to ease EU emissions rules
Volvo and other companies are facing criticism from campaigners and investors for lobbying against EU zero-emissions standards European truck manufacturers Volvo and Scania are under fire for lobbying...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Investors recently confronted Volvo leadership at its AGM over a simple question: why is the company falling behind on electric trucks? 1/6 www.affarsvarlden.se/artikel/volv...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Outside the Las Vegas Convention Center at the ACT Expo, clean air advocates and environmental justice organizers call out greenwashing from Volvo and Daimler. 1/5 cleantechnica.com/2026/05/05/a...
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Advocates Host Press Conference Outside Las Vegas Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, Calling for Faster Transition to Electric Trucks - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. LAS VEGAS — Today, a group of environmental, health, and environmental justice advocates hosted a press conference outside of...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
With one order, Tesla is about to deploy half as many electric trucks in California as Volvo has in the entirety of North America. 1/5 electrek.co/2026/05/05/w...
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WattEV orders 370 Tesla Semis in largest California EV truck deployment
WattEV announced an order for 370 Tesla Semi trucks, the largest single electric truck deployment in California, with 300+ units headed to the Port of Oakland.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
If you thought Volvo undermining electrification progress in Europe was a one-off, you were wrong...it's part of a pattern. 1/4 www.dn.se/ekonomi/ab-v...
dn.se
AB Volvo i kritikstorm i USA: ”Hand i hand med Trump”
Lastbilstillverkaren Volvo har hamnat i en kritikstorm i USA efter att ha gett sig in i två rättsprocesser på Donald Trumps sida – för att sänka
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A California bill aiming to bring down the price of electric trucks has now passed three committees unanimously and is headed for a vote in the Senate. This is a win for California taxpayers, US trucking and communities affected by deadly air pollution. More: idlegiants.org/news/2026/05...
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California Bill on Electric Truck Pricing Aims to Safeguard Taxpayers Dollars
SB 1213 has passed the Appropriations, Transportation and Environmental Quality Committees and will now go for a Senate vote. It aims to bring down the price of electric trucks by tying state funding…
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Some truckmakers are barreling toward an all-electric future - and some are pumping the brakes. @sierraclub.org analyzed the climate track records of major truckmakers to see which are delivering electrification progress & which are holding back fleets. 1/4 www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Good news: new guidelines have been released for U.S. states on the data they should collect when processing funding applications for electric trucks with the aim of lowering prices. More: idlegiants.org/news/2026/05...
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New Guidelines for States Aim to Lower Electric Truck Price
The guidelines recommend that states begin collecting suggested retail prices set by truck manufacturers, bulk price discounts and the diesel truck equivalent prices to “improve market transparency…
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
@hclairebrown.bsky.social at the @nytimes.com does a great job diagnosing why spiking diesel prices mean it’s time for fleet owners to make the transition to electric. 1/7 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/c...
nytimes.com
Why Electric Trucks Haven’t Taken Off in the U.S.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
BREAKING: Daimler Truck at its AGM today failed to address investor concerns about low electric truck sales and competitive risk as Tesla roles out its new Semi truck. More: idlegiants.org/news/2026/05...
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As Profits Slump, Daimler Truck Ignores Competitive Risk on Electric Trucks at Annual General Meeting
Daimler Truck faced questions at its annual general meeting today over dismal electric truck sales and competitive risk as the Tesla Semi announces mass deliveries in the U.S. and Chinese electric man...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
BREAKING: 18 clean transport groups have written to truck manufacturers calling on them to get their lobby group to drop its legal action against the Endangerment Finding. Read more: idlegiants.org/news/2026/05...
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Clean Transport Advocates Urge Truck Manufacturers to Drop Endangerment Finding Legal Action
The letter comes ahead of the annual general meeting of Daimler Truck, the biggest truck manufacturer in the U.S. market, where it will face investor countermotions about competitive risk from the…
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The idea that you can defend diesel today and still lead the zero-emission transition tomorrow is becoming harder to sustain. #Daimler #ClimateHypocrisy #ClimateSky 1/10
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
BREAKING: California has taken an important first step on tackling high electric truck prices, and helping the U.S. trucking industry pivot away from polluting, high-priced diesel. #ClimateSky #energyhub More: idlegiants.org/news/2026/04...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today clean air advocates and Indigenous leaders from around the world gathered outside the Volvo group AGM in Sweden to demand that #VolvoSplitFromDiesel. idlegiants.org/news/2026/04... 1/8
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Indigenous Leaders and U.S. Clean Air Advocates Call on Volvo to “Split From Diesel” Outside AGM
Volvo Group dominates the global truck markets: in Europe, Volvo has 18% market share and in North America it has 15.8% market share (as of Q1 2025 and Q1 2026 respectively). While it promotes a 2040…
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Electric trucks are ramping up fast 🌏 ⚡ Sales surged in 2024 and are already nearing that total again in the first half of 2025. As diesel prices spike, electric trucks are becoming the best option for businesses looking to cut costs, reduce risk, and move away from fossil fuel dependence. 1/3
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
What will it take for Europe’s largest truck manufacturers to catch up with new truck makers and cut costs for customers? Our new report, Behind the Curve, highlights three problems and one HUGE opportunity for Volvo, Daimler and Traton’s transition to electric. bit.ly/41PQ4OR 1/7
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
North America is Daimler’s biggest market. So how is this legacy automaker going to respond when Tesla starts offering a more affordable electric truck that also boasts innovative new features? ¼ www.wsj.com/business/log...
wsj.com
Tesla Finally Has Its First Semi-Truck and It’s Already a Hit With Truckers
Innovations including a centered driving position, fast charging and a 500-mile range are winning over drivers.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Are you feeling the impacts of spiking gas prices? Clean air advocates are calling on major truckmakers to respond to the fuel crisis by making their electric offerings more affordable for more fleets. Read more at → cleantechnica.com/2026/03/19/d...
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Diesel at $5: Clean Transport Advocates Call on Truck Manufacturers to Help U.S. Trucking Switch to Electric - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Diesel prices have surged even faster than gasoline, the national average hit $5.10 per gallon on March 19. Higher diesel mea...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thank you to @volvotrucks.bsky.social for stepping up ahead of their AGM! Starting today Volvo will support clean truck regs in Europe & US & commit to lower prices of electric trucks so that more fleets can go electric! April Fools. 🤡 Volvo hasn’t made this commitment. But they should. 1/5
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
European legacy truckmakers like @volvotrucks.bsky.social and Daimler are all out of time to offer affordable electric trucks that can compete with China. 🔌🚚 1/4 www.reuters.com/business/aut...
reuters.com
European freight truck makers brace for wave of low-cost Chinese rivals
Chinese electric freight trucks are rolling into Europe at pace this year, following the trail blazed by Chinese EVs and threatening to upend the market with better technology and lower prices.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The world’s largest truck makers (Volvo Group, Daimler Truck AG, DAF Trucks UK, MAN Truck & Bus SE and Scania Group) are pricing electric trucks for scarcity, not scale. Read the full report here: www.erm.com/globalassets... 1/5
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EDF Energy Transition @edfenergyex.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Cary, NC has deployed the East Coast's first electric fire truck, proving fleet electrification can power even the most demanding jobs. 🚒 🔋 See what other municipalities can learn from @caryncgov.bsky.social's approach: www.edf.org/Z6CZ
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
US electric truck infrastructure is getting a boost, with new charging sites planned across California, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas by summer 2026. #🔋 1/4 www.teslarati.com/tesla-lands-...
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Tesla lands massive deal to expand charging for heavy-duty electric trucks
Tesla has landed a massive deal to expand its charging infrastructure for heavy-duty electric trucks — and not just theirs, but all manufacturers. Tesla entered an agreement with Pilot Travel Centers,...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Don’t be fooled by @Volvo Group’s modest rise in electric truck orders…their sales of heavy and medium duty trucks actually FELL by 25% last year. www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-... 1/4
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Fourth quarter and full year 2025
The Volvo Group report for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 was published on January 28, 2026 at 7.20 a.m. CET.
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🚨📢 Good news alert: The number of new electric truck registrations in the EU rose from 2.3% of total registrations in 2024 to 4.2% in 2025. 1/3 🔌🚚 #energyhub www.acea.auto/cv-registrat...
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New commercial vehicle registrations: vans -8.8%, trucks -6.2%, buses +7.5% in 2025
The EU’s commercial vehicle market had a challenging year in 2025, with registrations falling across several major markets, a clear sign of the tough economic environment. The bus segment was the only...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Professor @profdevisridhar.bsky.social @theguardian.com is right to call air pollution what it is: a public health emergency hiding in plain sight. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 1/4
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Air pollution kills thousands a year in the UK and abroad – why isn’t there a bigger uproar? | Devi Sridhar
Initiatives such as London’s ULEZ can be a model for other cities. But even more could be done to save lives and protect us from deadly toxins in the air, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global publi...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Today we’re reading a new investor briefing from @shareaction.bsky.social titled A Breath of Fresh Air: the risks of air pollution and the opportunity beyond toxic assets. 1/3 👉 Read the briefing at shareaction.org/reports/a-br...
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Idle Giants @idlegiants.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Despite a terrible year in US climate policy uncertainty, and manufacturer efforts to kill progress, US fleets are continuing to electrify. idlegiants.org/news/2026/01... #climatesky #EVsky #🔋 🔌🚚 #energyhub 1/3
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U.S. surpasses 59,000 zero-emission trucks despite industry efforts to kill progress
The biannual Zeroing in on Zero-Emission Trucks report by Calstart shows the deployment of electric trucks across the U.S. from January to June last year – when the federal government was dismantling…
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