Cement News tagged under: electric vehicles
CEMEX expands trial of zero-emission concrete mixers09 August 2022, Published under Cement NewsCEMEX is further developing its global pilot of electric, zero-emission concrete mixers in Europe. Tests of these vehicles were carried out in Poland, following initial trials in Germany and France, among others. CEMEX has completed testing of the Putzmeister iONTRON e-Mixer, a fully electric ready-mix concrete truck, organised in Germany, France and Poland. This prototype vehicle is powered solely by electricity so the manufacturer provided a mobile charging station for use during the tr... |
Cemex chooses green fuels for French material transport17 June 2022, Published under Cement NewsCemex France is strongly encouraging its regular carriers to favour 'green' fuels such as biogas and biofuel, or electricity for the transport of materials. Since the spring of 2022 in France, the Cemex vehicles used (dump truck, mixer truck or even electric semi-trailer) in this initative have been marked with specific markings. “One of our transporters in Ile-de-France also uses a semi-trailer running on natural gas and equipped with an independent 12m 3 tank, 100 per cent electri... |
Holcim orders 10 Hyliion Hypertrucks27 May 2022, Published under Cement NewsHolcim US announced it is working with Hyliion Holdings to leverage the company's innovative electrified powertrain truck platform to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and accelerate its commitment to put sustainability at the core of its overall strategy. Each Hyliion electric vehicle is estimated to reduce well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 89 per cent when using renewable natural gas (RNG). "This agreement with Hyliion underscores the direction Holcim is tak... |
Cemex to introduce electric ready-mix trucks16 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsCemex has announced that it is the first building materials company to complete a large-scale, multi-country pilot using fully electric ready-mix concrete trucks. In 2021 Cemex joined the First Movers Coalition (FMC) and committed to accelerate the innovation and development of decarbonisation technologies in heavy-duty on-road trucking services. An initial, successful trial was carried out in Germany, followed by a further trial in France that was also a success. Cemex expects to gr... |
Dalmia Bharat launches electric truck initiative29 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsDalmia Bharat, India, has launched an electric truck initiative, which will see the first two high capacity electric trucks deployed out of a proposed fleet of 22 vehicles to be launched within the fiscal year. The company has commissioned two charging stations at its Rajgangpur Unit in the Sundergargh district of Odisha and three more such facilities will be set up by March next year. The move is aimed at accelerating the company's sustainability goal of lowering carbon emissions, as ... |