100 more Volterra ZSL vehicles will join Republic Services’ fleet, following the fulfilment of a 50-unit order placed a year ago.

There was plenty to report from the 2024 edition of the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo held at the Las Vegas Convention Center between May 20-23.

The power distribution unit is designed to deliver power to all critical loads within an electric vehicle, including traction and auxiliary loads, while protecting electrical and electronic components as well as the vehicle occupants from high voltages.

Atlantic Heavy Duty now has exclusive rights to sell and service McNeilus trucks in the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, as well as Washington, DC.

Allison is set to supply Oshkosh Corporation with electric axles for North America’s first fully integrated electric refuse vehicle, the McNeilus Volterra ZSL.

The Volterra ZSL will be North America’s first electric waste collection truck with an integrated cab-chassis and body designed from the ground up, according to parent company Oshkosh.

The 844,490-square-foot facility, which will be used to scale up production of a new electric refuse truck, expands on the existing production capacity of Oshkosh and its subsidiary, McNeilus, in the state.

Oshkosh, together with its subsidiary McNeilus, will offer a rigid truck with chassis and body designed “from the ground up”.

McNeilus and SSAB plan to build prototype waste collection vehicles with steel made from direct-reduced iron, which can be done using renewable hydrogen – therefore producing no greenhouse gas emissions.

McNeilus has purchased AI product 'CartSeeker' from Eagle Visions Systems which will help the cement mixer and refuse truck manufacturer in automating curb-side waste collection.