TRC’s clean transportation solutions team offers extensive regulatory compliance support, drawing from decades of experience collaborating with public agencies and businesses to navigate air-quality issues, clean transportation, and energy policies. With a focus on proactive engagement and comprehensive analysis, we provide tailored solutions that enable clients to meet current requirements and anticipate future regulatory changes effectively.
TRC monitors emerging and adopting legislative and regulatory activities nationwide. This enables us to share unique and early insights into the bills, regulatory actions, incentives and other policies that may impact your business.
Ensure your fleet complies with state and federal regulations.
TRC helps fleets manage required data collection and reporting by:
Reach the stakeholders and decision makers who matter.
Whether your company is working to gain project support or build consensus around a new policy, TRC can help you implement strategies and tactics to effectively disseminate your messages to those who influence, set, and administer policies.
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Our practitioners share their insights and perspectives on the trends and challenges shaping the market.
TRC has secured over $1.5 billion in funding to support clients’ sustainable transportation projects.
2023 Market Brief clean transportation trends
Source: Fleet Owner ANAHEIM, California—The Diesel Era is ending, but it won’t be easy for fleets. However, public policy and financial and other incentives are pushing transportation into a cleaner future, according to the fourth State of Sustainable Fleets Market Brief, which also notes that transitioning to new power technologies faces financial and supply hurdles. “It’s no surprise that one of the findings is that we’re starting to hear folks talk about the sunset of the Diesel Era,” said Erik Neandross, which produced the annual study. “We believe that 2027 could very well be the last of the major diesel engine development programs that we see out there in the world—which is pretty amazing.” Last year, Navistar said its new S13 Integrated Powertrain includes the final internal combustion engine the producer of International Trucks will develop. Navistar and other major North American OEMs have some zero-emission trucks and goals to develop and expand those ZE offerings. Regulators also are pushing OEMs and engine-makers to find cleaner ways to move goods and people in the coming years. The 2023 report from clean technology consultants TRC (formerly GNA) was released on the opening day of the firm’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, which drew another record crowd to Orange County. Organizers said about 13,000 people are attending the show, a 50% increase from 2022. “Of course, the record attendance that we have here is really indicative of the growth and investment that we’ve seen in the clean fuels and fleet industry in the last couple of years,” Neandross said during a main stage presentation on May 1 in front of thousands of fleet and transportation executives. The State of Sustainable Fleets report shows a future where new diesel engine development programs slow as zero-emission vehicles become the centerpiece of regulations in states representing about half of the U.S. economy. Nearly 80% of air pollutants come from “mobile sources. That’s why clean transportation technologies are so important,” Wayne Nastri, South Coast Air Quality Management District executive officer, said on May 1. “They’re so needed in order for us to meet not only federal and state air-quality standards—as well to reduce some of the toxic emissions and the climate pollutants—but the key is that we need to transition to zero-emission as quickly as possible.” Continue reading on Fleet Owner
Source: ACT News In the fourth annual State of Sustainable Fleets Market Brief, a new trend is clear — public policy and funding has shifted sharply to build the ZEV market and sunset diesel engine development on an accelerated timeframe. Report author and leading clean technology consulting firm, TRC (formerly GNA), unveiled the findings at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, a four-day conference which drew more than 10,000 attendees to Anaheim, California. This year’s Market Brief illustrates much more about the future, one where new diesel engine development programs are moving towards a sunset, and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) will be the “law of the land” in states representing approximately half of the U.S. economy. The past 18 months have laid the roadmap for a zero-emission (ZE) future in many states and produced early signals that the era of the diesel engine, the workhorse of heavy-duty vehicles, will end sooner than many predicted. Previously, the State of Sustainable Fleets demonstrated that some clean fuels and vehicles are now superior to gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles for many fleet applications, and adoption of renewable fuels and advanced technology drivetrains is accelerating. “The past year has brought a historic amount of investment from the federal government, as well as from private industry,” said Erik Neandross. “Across clean fuel types, we’re seeing accelerating momentum and an increasing commitment to low carbon fuels and zero emission commercial vehicles.” This year’s report offers another deep analysis into the alternative fuels and clean transportation markets, with the following findings: Continue reading on ACT News
Organizers of the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo announced the dates and locations for the next two years of its rapidly growing conference.
2021 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan
Erik Neandross recently joined NACFE’s Mike Roeth to discuss working with OEMs and fleets on transitioning to clean fuels, the importance of TCO, and the main drivers of the accelerated sustainable transportation movement.
The State of Sustainable Fleets report found that fuel-cost savings is the primary advantage for deploying NG units among 79% of the surveyed fleets. Hyliion and Cummins announced a collaboration to optimize Cummins’ ISX12N natural gas engine as the onboard generator for Hyliion’s Hypertruck ERX powertrain.
Sean Cocca, director of compliance at TRC, provides insights on South Coast AQMD’s Warehouse Indirect Source Rule, which requires warehouse operators to keep a record of the frequency of truck trips and take actions to help mitigate the environmental impact of those activities at their locations.
In the third annual State of Sustainable Fleets Market Brief, transportation fleets continued to report a resounding trend — their use of clean fuels and advanced vehicle technologies is rapidly progressing.
2022 Market Brief clean transportation trends
The study, conducted by TRC and commissioned by Geneva, Illinois-based ClearFlame itself, analyzed the total cost of ownership and the expected emission performance of the company’s engine modification technology in the over-the-road heavy truck market vs. other options.
As we plan for and make early investments for fleets, we’ll be paving the way for higher degrees of market penetration of passenger vehicles and other modes of transportation as well.
Net-Zero Business Daily by S&P Global Commodity Insights speaks with Joe Annotti about strategies for seeking funding, what funders are looking for, and where opportunities are growing.
The Electrify the Empire State: Empowering Zero Emission Solutions project aims to deploy 38 electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and supporting infrastructure in underserved communities in New York City and upstate New York.
TRC’s analysis for one client fleet shows that even a $70,000 EV can compete on cost with a comparable gas-hybrid vehicle priced at $40,000 – at least in California where upfront and ongoing incentives stack up quickly.
2021 Market and Trends Brief for clean fleet industry
Charging systems and cost analysis for electric heavy-duty commercial fleets
Sustainable aviation fuel impact on greenhouse gas emissions
California RNG production estimates and HVIP funding
2020 Market and Trends Brief for clean fleet industry
RIPTA Sustainable Fleet Transition Plan
Guidebook for adopting electric charging solutions for fleet managers in California
2018 Feasibility Assessment for Zero-emission Cargo-Handling Equipment
2018 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks report
Natural gas use in Californias seaports report
Renewable diesel benefits and future in California
Zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles United States
Reducing black carbon emissions in Latin America
Liquefied natural gas growth opportunities in marine and rail operations
California Air Resources Board Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies report
California air quality and climate protection policies
LNG production and usage in Wyoming
California Cleaner Freight Coalition report on zero-emission strategies
EPA regulations on vehicle emissions and health impacts
Zero-emission trucks and electric catenary highway technology in Southern California
Marcellus Shale Coalition natural gas transportation fuel report
