The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), with support from the C.H. Robinson Foundation, has released a new guidebook to help commercial delivery, freight, and logistics fleet operators plan for the transition to zero-emission vehicles. Zero-Emission Transition Planning Guidebook: Your Roadmap to Success in Delivery, Freight, and Logistics Electrification draws on CTE's more than 30 years of experience advancing clean transportation technologies. The guidebook provides a practical framework for evaluating battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell technologies, anticipating infrastructure needs, assessing financial considerations, and developing realistic, phased fleet transition plans.

The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), with support from the C.H. Robinson Foundation, has released a new guidebook to help commercial delivery, freight, and logistics fleet operators plan for the transition to zero-emission vehicles. Zero-Emission Transition Planning Guidebook: Your Roadmap to Success in Delivery, Freight, and Logistics Electrification draws on CTE's more than 30 years of experience advancing clean transportation technologies. The guidebook provides a practical framework for evaluating battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell technologies, anticipating infrastructure needs, assessing financial considerations, and developing realistic, phased fleet transition plans.

The U.S. airport and aviation industries are making significant progress in modernizing operations and adopting innovative technologies aimed at reducing environmental impact. Electric ground support equipment (GSE) is commercially available today. Zero-emission aviation technologies like eVTOLs and electric aircraft are now in development and undergoing FAA certification. Successful adoption and deployment of these technologies will require coordinated planning among airports, utilities, and third-party providers.

In the commercial and private fleet market, electric vehicles have often been viewed as higher-cost investments made primarily to reduce emissions or meet sustainability goals. In the light-duty segment, however, EVs already offer a strong business case, and medium- and heavy-duty applications are increasingly demonstrating a positive return on investment as well. Whether your business relies on simple light pickup trucks, vans, SUVs, sedans, or even medium and heavy-duty trucks to deliver your services, the electric vehicle market has become an attractive option for fleet operators to not only reduce emissions but also generate meaningful financial benefits.

At the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), we know that lasting change only occurs when clean technologies succeed not just environmentally, but commercially. Our newly released 2025 Impact Report reflects our adaptive approach in a complex policy landscape and highlights our dedication to advancing zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty transportation.

The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) has been partnering with the University of Michigan to support the deployment and operation of its electric bus fleet, providing expertise that ensures both high performance and long-term sustainability. Through ongoing Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, CTE monitors the reliability, cost-effectiveness, and operational efficiency of the university’s New Flyer battery electric buses (BEBs) and Siemens depot chargers.

Transfort, the public transportation provider for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, has reduced fuel and maintenance costs per vehicle mile for its battery electric buses (BEBs) by 50 percent, driven primarily by fuel savings and more effective charge management. The results demonstrate how zero-emission transit can deliver both environmental and economic benefits when paired with careful operational planning.

Electric school buses offer cleaner air for students, reduced operating costs for districts, and long-term climate and workforce benefits. Yet most U.S. school buses still run on diesel. Achieving full electrification will require coordinated action across utilities, manufacturers, school districts, technical advisors, financing institutions, and federal, state, and local officials. The newly released Roadmap to 100: Electrifying the Full US School Bus Fleet, developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Center for Transportation and the Environment outlines the barriers slowing adoption and the solutions that can unlock progress at scale.

Universities across the country are embracing the call to reduce emissions, respond to student and faculty demand for more sustainable campuses, and enhance the overall campus experience. One of the most effective ways to achieve these goals is by transitioning campus fleets to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), thus creating cleaner, quieter, and more resilient transportation on campus.