Simard Transport, a Montreal-area trucking and logistics company, has been operating since 1943. It provides transportation, warehousing and logistics services, with facilities near ports, airports and rail yards in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Today, the company runs 12 battery-electric heavy trucks, just over three years since getting its first four Freightliner eCascadia trucks on the […]

Van Houtte Coffee Services’ fleet electrification didn’t start with a plan. It started with a phone call from a dealer. “He said, ‘I have my very first Ford E-Transit. What do you think?’ And we just jumped on the occasion,” said Kevin Rouleau-Thiboutot, director of fleet operations for the coffee distributor. That electric van arrived […]

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is changing how groceries reach Canadian store shelves, one battery-powered tractor-trailer at a time. The key, says Daniel Truong, a senior analyst with Loblaw, has been to stop asking whether an electric truck can do everything a diesel truck does, and to look instead for the work it already does best. “What […]

A second-hand electric vehicle can significantly lower household expenses for a surprisingly reasonable upfront price, writes Keri McNamara and Katrina Gorrie of Clean Energy Canada

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