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A Commitment to Cleaner Transportation | Board Insights: Richard DeBoer

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I bring to the Board a 50-year career with Ozinga, primarily focused on the heavy-duty trucking industry. Throughout my career, I have witnessed significant changes in trucking technology and fuel sources, from gasoline-powered vehicles to diesel and, more recently, alternative fuels. Over the past 15 years, alternative fuels have become an increasingly important part of

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Pushing Past B20: ARTCo Tests Year-Round B40+ Biodiesel on the Lower Mississippi | Featured Fleet

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When Illinois fleets talk about “higher blends” of biodiesel, most conversations top out around B20, the threshold most engine warranties comfortably support and the level that earns a fleet entry into the B20 Club of Illinois. American River Transportation Company (ARTCo), a wholly owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), has spent the last two

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Making Electric Transportation Work for More Families | Board Insights: Samantha Bingham

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For most of my career, clean transportation has been both my profession and something I have tried to practice in my own life. I spent 18 years leading the Chicago Area Clean Cities coalition, now the Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation, while also serving as the City of Chicago‘s Clean Transportation Program Director. Over those

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Megawatt Charging Arrives: What MCS Means for Illinois Freight Corridors | Innovation Lane

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When a Class 8 driver pulls off I-80 for a federally mandated 30-minute break, the truck is doing nothing productive. That short window, repeated millions of times a year across the U.S. freight network, is exactly what the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is engineered around. After roughly eight years of development inside CharIN’s MCS Task

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The Connected Future of Electric Transportation | Board Insights: Tim Milburn

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Introducing Tim Milburn — Founding Partner of Green Ways 2Go Since 2011, Tim has been active in clean transportation projects and consulting work, as a Partner at Green Ways 2Go. Project activities started with developing and deploying alternative fuel projects, including turnkey projects for EV charging, compressed natural gas, and propane autogas. Since 2016, most

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Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel—Understanding the Differences and Why Both Matter | Innovation Lane

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As fleets continue exploring ways to reduce emissions while maintaining reliable operations, two renewable alternatives to petroleum diesel are receiving increased attention: biodiesel and renewable diesel. Although the fuels have similar names and can be produced from many of the same renewable feedstocks, they are distinct products with unique characteristics. Understanding these differences can help

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Operating Smarter: Fuel Choice, Compliance, and the Modern Landscape Fleet

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For grounds-care operators and the fleets that serve them, fuel choice has shifted from an environmental conversation to an operating one, driven by fuel cost volatility, evolving small-engine rules, and procurement language showing up in city and campus contracts. Two forces are reshaping how landscape fleets evaluate equipment, and neither is primarily about advocacy. The

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How WattEV is Tackling the Biggest Challenges in Freight Electrification | Innovation Lane

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As states, fleets, utilities, and technology providers work to reduce transportation emissions, one sector continues to present unique challenges: freight transportation. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks move the goods that power our economy, delivering everything from food and consumer products to construction materials and industrial equipment. At the same time, these vehicles account for a disproportionate

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Diesel Engine Innovations | Board Insights: Jim O’Brien

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Hello Readers, I am James Patrick O’Brien and was recently elected to the IACT Board. I am honored by this opportunity and look forward to working with you as we continue advancing IACT’s vision. My background is in chemical safety, hazard assessment, and emergency management, with an emphasis on fuel chemistry. I worked for the

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