Briefly:40,000 kilos of chocolate destroyed in California truck fireplace
A tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 kilos of chocolate caught fireplace and burned not too long ago.
CAL FIRE studies the blaze occurred within the early morning hours of July 31 on Interstate 80 close to Colfax in Place County northeast of Sacramento.
No accidents have been reported.
The reason for the blaze was not launched.
J.B. Hunt provides 13 zero-emissions vans to fleet
Arkansas-based J.B. Hunt not too long ago introduced it’s including 13 Nikola zero-emissions Class 8 vans to its fleet as a part of its focus on its sustainability efforts and decreasing the depth of its carbon emissions.
The preliminary truck order will embody 10 battery-electric and three hydrogen gas cell electrical automobiles, with supply of the primary automobiles anticipated this month. These vans will probably be strategically situated at services servicing J.B. Hunt’s key routes, together with within the larger Los Angeles and Phoenix areas. Nikola’s hydrogen arm, HYLA, will provide the hydrogen and fueling infrastructure.
“It’s essential for us to be on the forefront of recent applied sciences and modern options which have the potential to vary the way in which we transfer freight,” mentioned Nick Hobbs, chief working officer and president of contract companies at J.B. Hunt. “These zero-emission vans from Nikola advance our progress in direction of attaining our formidable objective to scale back carbon emission depth by means of viable options.”
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