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 Are Electric Forklift Fleets Built for Peak Demand — or Daily Reality? Walk into almost any warehouse or distribution center and you’ll see a motive power fleet built for peak demand. Extra batteries.Extra chargers.Extra trucks. And in many cases, that configuration once made sense. But how often does your electric forklift fleet actually operate at peak demand? Across multiple deployments,…

From Energy Data to Operational Intelligence: How One Tool Sparked SCT’s Telematics Platform Smart Charging Technologies didn’t start with the goal of building a telematics platform. We started with battery monitoring — because fleets needed a better way to understand how their most critical assets were actually being used day to day. As that work…

If you’re supporting fleets today, chances are they didn’t choose to become mixed.It just… happened.A new battery chemistry introduced to meet demand.A different charger deployed to solve a short-term problem.Incentive-driven upgrades layered onto legacy equipment.None of these decisions were wrong. In fact, most were necessary.What teams didn’t plan for was how quickly mixed fleet monitoring…

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently proposed several key changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) in an impact assessment report. The proposed amendments would increase the stringency of the LCFS and accelerate California’s push to carbon neutrality. This article provides an overview of the proposed amendments to the LCFS and explains how…

Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations went into effect 1 July, 2023. In the past year, Canada has seen a significant improvement in charging infrastructure and financial incentives for owners of electric vehicles. This article explores the impacts of the CFR in the past year, focusing on changes in fuel pool composition and financial benefits for fleet…

Since the implementation of the Clean Fuel Standard on January 1, 2023, Washington State has seen a steady increase in the availability of clean fuels and financial benefits to fleet owners. This article assesses how the Washington Clean Fuel Standard has impacted fleet owners and the fuel pool in its first year of installment. What…

The Government of Canada mandates that 100% of vehicles sold in Canada will be zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) by 2040. To mitigate the financial burden of switching to electric, Canada offers a variety of financial incentives and funding opportunities to fleet owners throughout the country. This article provides an overview of available incentives and financial opportunities…

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation sectors by incentivizing the adoption of low-carbon fuels. As more states across the US adopt LCFS programs, many fleet owners wonder how they will be affected in the long run. This article examines the long-term effects of the LCFS program,…

New Mexico recently became the fourth state to implement a low carbon fuel standard, known as the New Mexico Clean Fuel Standard (CFS). This program will promote the adoption of sustainable transportation fuels through rebate opportunities for owners of electric vehicle charging stations. This article explains how the New Mexico CFS will give owners of…

The carbon intensity (CI) score of a fuel is a measure of its environmental impact. By understanding how a fuel’s CI score is calculated, fleet owners can be better equipped to maximize their earnings through the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). This article explains how CI scores are calculated and how fleet owners can better…