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🚛 Join the Conversation on Zero Emissions Heavy Vehicles & TCO! Our industry colleagues at iMOVE Australia (Hadi Ghaderi) alongside Swinburne University of Technology are inviting the transport industry to participate in a short survey exploring preferences for low or zero-emission trucks such as battery-electric (that will soon be charged at NewVolt hubs). The insights will help shape the future of sustainable freight transport in Australia. 🔹 Estimated time: ~20 minutes 🔹 Targeting professionals in the road freight sector 🔹 Drive decarbonisation and support impactful research Take part and make your voice heard: https://lnkd.in/gpMcvema Whilst NewVolt has a bias to electric trucks, your contribution is invaluable for the industry in supporting a greener future! More information about the project can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gBgWnUdX

Not a challenge but an #Opportunity. Our co-founder Rainer Knobloch described the comparative advantages in sustainable freight & the energy transition. that Australia possesses at the recent iMOVE Australia 'Our Future Freight' event in Brisbane at QUT (Queensland University of Technology). We do believe that Australia is uniquely positioned to capture advantage from this transition. We should be reframing sustainable freight as an opportunity in every aspect. NewVolt were delight at the feedback from the audience & collaborators from our keynote, and happy to support Ian Christensen, Hadi Ghaderi, Jacqueline King, Lee-Ann Breger and the iMove team with the great event & fantastic discussion. #sustainablefreight #electrictrucks #zeroemissions

Regional development of charging infrastructure in Australia is crucial to our pathway to lowering emissions in the transport sector. We believe that regional Australia stands to gain much from the transition, and can play a leading role. NewVolt was proud to support it's collaborators and partners Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise | Queensland Transport and Logistics Council | MOV3MENT at the recent Drive the Change event in Toowoomba. The event was fantastically supported by industry leaders and regional parties alike. Our co-founder Rainer Knobloch was on site for the day, and as a Toowoomba native, was proud to see the discussion and demonstration of practical solutions for low and zero emission vehicles for the sector. With Charlton and the downs on NewVolt's radar for a national network, we look forward to continuing to collaborate with TSBE and QTLC on what we can achieve. Lauren Hewitt / Mark Gjerek / Todd Hacking / Cameron Rimington / Nathan Gore-Brown / Reagan Parle

Our friends at MOV3MENT have a created the fantastic 25x25x25 initiative offering up $25,000 to the first truck fleet to reduce it's emissions by 25%. If you're an operator with 5-50 trucks and think you can improve your efficiency before the end of 2025, head the MOV3MENT website to find out more: https://lnkd.in/gPt_h4zB Get in touch with Mark Gjerek and his fantastic team for more details. The NatRoad Australia team also has handy resources for small & medium fleets to "Get Fleet Fit" - https://lnkd.in/gBJwpv7c #truckingaustralia #electrictrucks #greenfreight #cleantransport #netzero #zeroemissions Jordan Groeneveld Dave Coleman Cameron Rimington

Since the start of 2024, Australia has seen 92 fatalities involving heavy vehicles, with two thirds of these incidents occurring in rural and regional areas. #NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto OAM joined Australian Road Safety Foundation CEO, Russell White, on WIN Television to remind drivers to take extra caution when travelling on country roads, especially around heavy vehicles. This #RuralRoadSafetyMonth, the #NHVR also reminds the heavy vehicle industry that driving on rural and regional roads comes with unique challenges and risks - speed limits are greater, roads may be unsealed and there can be more environmental challenges such as animals or visual obstructions. Please ensure you are taking steps to ensure maximum safety for your drivers on the road. Watch the segment below 👇 Please share this with your network to help us spread the safety message further 🚚

NewVolt are proud to be working with the NTRO - National Transport Research Organisation to support the creation of a sustainable market for zero emission freight in Australia. Whilst battery electric truck technology has arrived, in Australia we must establish the foundation to support the update of this technology. NewVolt believes this requires more than just infrastructure. We believe this foundation MUST exist, so that when the economic tipping point arrives, or regulation requests it, the barriers are already removed and the update of ZEVs is accelerated. Anchoring the geography not simply in a single site or beneficiary is critical. Our goal to develop a national network for electric truck charging includes Melbourne, where we are laser focused on developing sites in the inner west, north and south east. We look forward to collaborating with Michael Caltabiano and his team at the NTRO on a number of key initiatives. Anthony Headlam | Rainer Knobloch | Martin Toomey (MAICD) | James Mackie (GAICD)

NewVolt recently provided a submission to the Australian Federal Government's Transport & Infrastructure Net Zero Consultation Roadmap. -- Read our full submission here: https://bit.ly/3YM7Cv5 -- A summary extract is below: ---------------------------- NewVolt believes that a fast-charging network dedicated to electric trucks covering Australia’s major road freight routes and at critical transport nodes is a necessary activator for the industry transition. The development of charging infrastructure, together with other supportive policies, will give OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) the confidence to bring electric models to the Australian market and to give freight operators the confidence to invest in electric alternatives. NewVolt is developing that network. Government can support the investment and deployment of such infrastructure through policy settings that show a clear intention to support uptake of electrified road freight over the short, medium and long term. KEY POINTS / SUMMARY: -- Decarbonisation of the road freight industry requires a sector specific solution distinct from policy settings applied to support decarbonisation of passenger vehicles. -- The best pathway for heavy vehicles for the vast majority of Australia’s freight task is battery electric.  The technology already exists and is getting better. -- Australia is uniquely positioned to benefit enormously from electrified road freight thanks to our low-cost renewable energy resources and concentrated freight networks. -- The transition to electrified road freight will reduce Australia’s dependence on price-volatile imported fuels and facilitate a step-change in Australia’s fuel and supply chain security. -- Lower cost freight through electrified trucking will result in economy-wide cost savings on domestically consumed goods and provide a competitive advantage to Australian exporters, particularly in the context of global carbon border tariffs, such as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM -- The accelerated replacement of Australia’s ageing diesel trucks, which have an average age of 15 years, with electric trucks will generate significant cuts to Australia’s emissions whilst also supporting new jobs in Australia’s trucking industry. -- Policies to address the equity issues that will otherwise arise during the transition, particularly for small fleet operators, need to be considered upfront (e.g. to help support low cost financing of zero emission trucks). -- Recognising that strategic alignment between high levels of electric truck uptake, and other industries, could result in additional jobs in new industries such as critical minerals refining, battery production, and battery recycling. -- Open access truck charging infrastructure is a critical enabler of the electrification of road freight. Providing clear market signals and sector specific targets, provides greater certainty for investment in such infrastructure.

Today, NewVolt's CEO and Co-Founder Anthony Headlam had the pleasure of presenting alongside a panel of experts at the ITS Australia Summit. With Michael Kilgariff as the panel chair, bringing his depth of industry and policy experience, the line up included: ·      Richard Savoie who highlighted the compelling and immediate opportunity for last mile electrification and how Adiona can how support fleets to begin that journey. ·     Abseen Anya, CPeng, NER, PMP from Stantec who showcased the market leading work that Anya together with the broader Stantec Future Mobility team are doing in the planning and design of purpose built truck charging facilities including as a valued partner for NewVolt. Thank you to the audience for the engagement and questions. NewVolt’s key message was that it is in Australia’s interests to be ambitious when it comes to investing in and supporting the road freight industry on its energy transition. It is a critical industry and Australia has lots to gain by being ambitious. #electictrucks #renewableenergy #freightefficiency #newvoltnetwork

Our co-founder Rainer Knobloch recently visited the Volvo Trucks Australia "Emerging Possibilities" podcast with Tim Camilleri & Matt Wood. Topics include: - The role for electric trucks in the unique Australian road transport sector, - How Australia can win with this transition & the link to cheap renewable energy. - The role of shared use charging (vs depot / back-at-base) - Barriers we need to collaborate to overcome. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/grf6V_nH

Our co-founder Rainer Knobloch recently visited the Volvo Trucks Australia "Emerging Possibilities" podcast with Tim Camilleri & Matt Wood. Topics include: - The role for electric trucks in the unique Australian road transport sector, - How Australia can win with this transition & the link to cheap renewable energy. - The role of shared use charging (vs depot / back-at-base) - Barriers we need to collaborate to overcome. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/grf6V_nH