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FedEx orders 2,000 Harbinger electric trucks, valued at over $300 million
Harbinger announced on September 30, 2026 an order from FedEx for 2,000 of its all-electric trucks, with a total order value Harbinger says exceeds $300 million. Delivery is planned by the end of 2027 across FedEx pickup and delivery operations in the United States and Canada; Harbinger calls the transaction "believed to be one of the largest binding orders for electric medium or heavy-duty trucks in history."
LA Metro board approves 220 electric buses from ENC, gates 1,600 options
LA Metro's board on September 24, 2026 authorized a $337,698,727.58 base contract with ElDorado National (California), Inc. for 220 forty-foot battery electric buses and raised the project's life-of-project budget to $434,355,185; deliveries begin in spring 2028, per the board report. A Bass amendment makes any purchase of the up to 1,600 option buses subject to board approval, in increments not to exceed 300, and lets the board decline or rebid options. Metro's July 2026 update counted 140 zero-emission buses, 6.46% of its fleet; Streetsblog LA puts the post-purchase share at over 20 percent.
Tesla Semi launch event names customers, gives no production rate or price
Tesla Semi's account on X said on September 24, 2026 that it is launching high volume production, as Tesla streamed a rollout event from its Semi factory in Sparks, Nevada; The Verge dates volume production to April 2026 and PepsiCo pilot units to 2022. Per The Verge, Tesla named customers including PepsiCo, US Foods, DHL and Einride, said first deliveries began in the week of September 21 and claimed 50,000 trucks a year of capacity; per Automotive World, it disclosed no official pricing or production volumes. Its Q2 2026 update lists the Semi line's capacity as blank, status Commissioning.
2,500 electric Class 8 trucks ordered through ZET SCALE, Tesla primary OEM
Catalyst Mobility and the Smart Freight Centre said on September 22, 2026 that their ZET SCALE shipper-carrier alliance has enabled an order for 2,500 battery-electric Class 8 trucks, which the release calls the largest electric truck order to date in the United States and says nearly doubles the US electric Class 8 fleet; the dashboard it links puts cumulative US zero-emission HD-truck deployments at 2,509 through December 2025. Tesla is primary OEM for the initial 2,500, with Kenworth, RIDE and Volvo as secondary OEMs; ZET Financial issues the purchase order and will lease the trucks.
First Student says trenchless NYC bus charging cut build costs 13%
First Student and Con Edison said on September 15, 2026 that the first phase of an electric school bus project serving the New York City Department of Education is complete in Brooklyn and Queens, on First Student's above-ground First Charge equipment, which it says cut infrastructure construction costs by 13% by avoiding trenching; First Student plans 40 more electric buses for the department. The release names no dollar figures, no count of buses now operating, no charger count, no depot address, and no baseline for the 13%; the smart energy hub promised in 2024 is now under consideration.
Wildflower breaks ground on 38-stall JFK Park fast-charging hub in Queens
Wildflower Ltd and the New York City Economic Development Corporation announced on September 9, 2026 the groundbreaking of JFK Park, a 2.6-acre EV charging hub adjacent to JFK Airport that is to open with 38 DC fast chargers, operated by Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging, with completion anticipated in late fall 2027. NYCEDC's March 2024 selection release had described an initial 65 EV-ready charging stations including 12 rapid ones, anticipated to complete in 2025; the 2026 release gives no cost and calls the project one of the largest public EV fast-charging stations in the city.
South Coast AQMD opens $73.1M of warehouse fees to zero-emission trucks
The South Coast Air Quality Management District board approved on September 4, 2026 a program offering up to $73,135,300 in mitigation fees paid by warehouse operators under Rule 2305 for zero-emission Class 4 to 8 trucks, yard trucks, and charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure serving warehouses. Caps are $120,000 per battery-electric Class 8 truck and $240,000 per hydrogen fuel cell Class 8; applications run October 13 to December 15, 2026, first come first served within the Source Receptor Area where the fees were paid, or an adjacent one in the same county if none qualify there.
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Ontario airport gets nearly $4.15M FAA grant for electric ground equipment
Ontario International Airport received a $4,147,752 FAA Voluntary Airport Low Emissions grant, announced August 26, 2026, its third and largest in three years. The award covers 75% of a $5.53 million project to install charging infrastructure for electric ground support equipment at Terminals 2 and 4.
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Boise School District launches eight electric school buses for 2026-27
Boise School District unveiled eight IC Bus electric school buses and charging infrastructure at an August 26, 2026 ribbon-cutting, deployed with Durham School Services and Highland Electric Fleets and supported by a $2.76 million EPA Clean School Bus Program award. The buses begin serving students in the 2026-27 school year.
Einride to deploy 500 Tesla Semis, tripling its electric truck fleet
Einride will deploy 500 Tesla Semi trucks on US freight corridors in California, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Georgia, phased over 24 months starting September 2026. Announced August 18, the deal is the largest Tesla Semi deployment to date by the company's own description, and triples Einride's deployed electric fleet to about 750 trucks.
Coconut Creek runs Florida's first all-electric garbage fleet
Republic Services and the City of Coconut Creek launched Florida's first fully electric residential recycling and waste collection fleet, announced August 21, 2026. Six McNeilus Volterra trucks now serve the Broward County city of about 58,000 residents.