Calstart announced it appointed David Chow chief operating officer and vice president, a new position within the nonprofit focused on the adoption of clean vehicles.

Electric trucks comprise a fraction of the commercial vehicle fleet in the U.S., but orders in the pipeline — including one from a prominent online seller — could make the numbers spike in coming years, a study said.

North America is experiencing a surge in zero-emission commercial vehicle offerings, according to research from Calstart, a clean transportation accelerator.

Four California senators have called for significantly increasing state funding to curtail pollutants from trucks and buses.