Embrace Clean Transportation Solutions for a Sustainable Future
Driving economic and environmental sustainability across the commercial transportation sector.
The transition to low- and zero-emission commercial transportation isn’t just about compliance—it’s a strategic move toward a smarter, more sustainable future. Adopting these advanced vehicles and fuels enables organizations to stay ahead of evolving regulations, achieve corporate sustainability goals, reduce operating costs, and enhance their market competitiveness. At TRC, we partner with companies to unlock these opportunities, providing tailored consulting services that drive measurable results and position your business as a leader in clean transportation.
Adapt to a Changing Market with TRC’s Expertise
At TRC, we proudly support a wide range of clients—including fleets, utilities, public agencies, OEMs, infrastructure developers, and fuel suppliers—in driving the future of clean transportation. Our team of engineers, funding experts, compliance and policy specialists and communications strategists is dedicated to building the market for low- and zero-emission commercial transportation technologies and fuels. We move beyond consulting to form a partnership, offering your organization tailored strategies that align with your unique goals. With our support, you will be able to navigate complex regulatory landscapes, maximize funding opportunities and reach your sustainability targets faster and more efficiently.
In addition to our sustainable transportation and energy consulting services, TRC operates a full-service creative services group that provides expert marketing and communications services to its clients in the clean transportation space and produces industry-leading educational events and tradeshows, including the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo.
Our expertise goes beyond consulting. TRC runs a full-service creative services group that offers marketing and communication support tailored to the clean transportation sector. It includes influencing industry leaders, brand awareness and driving engagement through educational events like ACT Expo.
Integrated Clean Transportation Solutions
TRC has helped clients across North America set new records in clean transportation and energy innovation. Our clean transportation consulting team has managed the design and development of more clean fleet deployment projects than any other team in North America and facilitated the development of some of the largest alternative fuel corridors in the world. We also offer electric vehicle consulting to support our clients in setting new standards for sustainable transportation. With decades of experience and a strong track record, we bring the expertise your business needs to transform its clean transportation vision into reality.
Our team works with a broad range of sustainable transportation and energy leaders to assess and build markets for advanced transportation technologies, low-carbon fuels and energy. We also support initial technology and fuel deployments in early markets that are not yet self-sustaining.
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Advanced Clean Transportation Expo
The annual Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo is the largest advanced transportation and clean fleet technology event. Since 2011, ACT Expo has served as the official meeting place for transportation executives looking to gain hands-on access to the fuels, technologies, and vehicles driving economic and environmental sustainability. The event features:
- 12,000+ registered attendees
- 400+ sponsored and exhibitors
- 225+ expert speakers
- 200+ advanced commercial vehicles
ACT Expo 2025 | June 3 to 4, 2025
Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel
Sacramento, CA
California Hydrogen Leadership Summit
www.cahydrogenleadershipsummit.com
The California Hydrogen Leadership Summit explores the policies, programs and incentives needed to accelerate production, use, and storage of hydrogen. The event spotlights how hydrogen can help:
- Decarbonize transportation, power, and industrial applications
- Improve air quality and protect our climate
- Bolster energy resiliency
- Create high-paying in-state jobs
CHLS 2024 | June 16 & 17, 2024
Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel
Related Materials
Gain insight into the industry’s challenges and opportunities by reading our research reports.
2021 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks White Paper
2021 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks White Paper Published February 1, 2023
California Heavy-Duty Fleet Electrification Whitepaper
Published March 1, 2021
Start the Conversation With Our Tested Practitioners
Are you ready to transform your clean transportation goals into reality? Partner with TRC for strategic insights, expertise and industry connections that will drive your success. With TRC, you get access to a suite of services designed to support every stage of your corporate clean transportation journey.
Schedule a consultation and take the next step toward a sustainable future. Let’s connect to discuss how TRC can help.
Sharing Our Perspectives
Our practitioners share their insights and perspectives on the trends and challenges shaping the market.
Best Practices for Scaling and Optimizing EV Charging Infrastructure: Six Steps for Success
September 23, 2024
TRC works with hundreds of organizations who have made investments in fleet electrification and EV charging infrastructure as means to achieving their carbon, climate and clean transportation goals.
TRC Companies Announces $1.5B in Funding for Clients’ Sustainable Transportation Projects, Including Zero Emission Trucking, and Critical Charging Stations and Low Carbon Fueling Infrastructure
May 20, 2024
TRC surpassed $1.5 billion in funding to support its clients’ clean commercial transportation projects. The achievement comes less than two years after reaching the $1 billion milestone.
Championing the Crucial Dialogue to Advance Fleet Electrification
May 7, 2024
In the actively changing landscape of transportation, the electrification of fleets has emerged as a pivotal step towards a sustainable and clean energy future. Electrification can, in the right applications, help fleets drastically cut emissions, reducetotal lifetime operating costs and improve the air quality in and around their communities.
Embracing the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule, or Not?
January 10, 2024
Despite the many states who quickly adopted the ACT rule, 2023 saw the first instances of unexpected retreats from the effort, reflecting an evolution in the zero emissions approaches taken by medium- and heavy-duty fleets.
Download White Paper: State of Sustainable Fleets: 2023 Market Brief
May 16, 2023
2023 Market Brief clean transportation trends
‘Sunset of the Diesel Era’ is Upon Us, Study Finds
May 3, 2023
Source: Fleet Owner ANAHEIM, California—The Diesel Era is ending, but it won’t be easy for fleets. However, public policy and financial and other incentives are pushing transportation into a cleaner future, according to the fourth State of Sustainable Fleets Market Brief, which also notes that transitioning to new power technologies faces financial and supply hurdles. “It’s no surprise that one of the findings is that we’re starting to hear folks talk about the sunset of the Diesel Era,” said Erik Neandross, which produced the annual study. “We believe that 2027 could very well be the last of the major diesel engine development programs that we see out there in the world—which is pretty amazing.” Last year, Navistar said its new S13 Integrated Powertrain includes the final internal combustion engine the producer of International Trucks will develop. Navistar and other major North American OEMs have some zero-emission trucks and goals to develop and expand those ZE offerings. Regulators also are pushing OEMs and engine-makers to find cleaner ways to move goods and people in the coming years. The 2023 report from clean technology consultants TRC (formerly GNA) was released on the opening day of the firm’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, which drew another record crowd to Orange County. Organizers said about 13,000 people are attending the show, a 50% increase from 2022. “Of course, the record attendance that we have here is really indicative of the growth and investment that we’ve seen in the clean fuels and fleet industry in the last couple of years,” Neandross said during a main stage presentation on May 1 in front of thousands of fleet and transportation executives. The State of Sustainable Fleets report shows a future where new diesel engine development programs slow as zero-emission vehicles become the centerpiece of regulations in states representing about half of the U.S. economy. Nearly 80% of air pollutants come from “mobile sources. That’s why clean transportation technologies are so important,” Wayne Nastri, South Coast Air Quality Management District executive officer, said on May 1. “They’re so needed in order for us to meet not only federal and state air-quality standards—as well to reduce some of the toxic emissions and the climate pollutants—but the key is that we need to transition to zero-emission as quickly as possible.” Continue reading on Fleet Owner
SoSF 2023: Diesel Engine Development Begins to Sunset as Funding, Fleets, Regulators Focus on ZEVs
May 1, 2023
Source: ACT News In the fourth annual State of Sustainable Fleets Market Brief, a new trend is clear — public policy and funding has shifted sharply to build the ZEV market and sunset diesel engine development on an accelerated timeframe. Report author and leading clean technology consulting firm, TRC (formerly GNA), unveiled the findings at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, a four-day conference which drew more than 10,000 attendees to Anaheim, California. This year’s Market Brief illustrates much more about the future, one where new diesel engine development programs are moving towards a sunset, and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) will be the “law of the land” in states representing approximately half of the U.S. economy. The past 18 months have laid the roadmap for a zero-emission (ZE) future in many states and produced early signals that the era of the diesel engine, the workhorse of heavy-duty vehicles, will end sooner than many predicted. Previously, the State of Sustainable Fleets demonstrated that some clean fuels and vehicles are now superior to gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles for many fleet applications, and adoption of renewable fuels and advanced technology drivetrains is accelerating. “The past year has brought a historic amount of investment from the federal government, as well as from private industry,” said Erik Neandross. “Across clean fuel types, we’re seeing accelerating momentum and an increasing commitment to low carbon fuels and zero emission commercial vehicles.” This year’s report offers another deep analysis into the alternative fuels and clean transportation markets, with the following findings: Continue reading on ACT News
Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo Announces Dates and Locations for 2024 and 2025 Shows
May 1, 2023
Organizers of the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo announced the dates and locations for the next two years of its rapidly growing conference.
Download White Paper: 2021 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks
February 7, 2023
2021 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan
NACFE Podcast: Erik Neandross Navigates the Future of Fleet Sustainability
August 31, 2022
Erik Neandross recently joined NACFE’s Mike Roeth to discuss working with OEMs and fleets on transitioning to clean fuels, the importance of TCO, and the main drivers of the accelerated sustainable transportation movement.
Hyliion, Cummins Collaborate on Electric and NG Range-extender
June 29, 2022
The State of Sustainable Fleets report found that fuel-cost savings is the primary advantage for deploying NG units among 79% of the surveyed fleets. Hyliion and Cummins announced a collaboration to optimize Cummins’ ISX12N natural gas engine as the onboard generator for Hyliion’s Hypertruck ERX powertrain.
ISR Compliance Could Save Warehouse Operators Thousands
June 8, 2022
Sean Cocca, director of compliance at TRC, provides insights on South Coast AQMD’s Warehouse Indirect Source Rule, which requires warehouse operators to keep a record of the frequency of truck trips and take actions to help mitigate the environmental impact of those activities at their locations.
State of Sustainable Fleets Report Finds Fleets Are Accelerating Use of Clean Vehicles
May 9, 2022
In the third annual State of Sustainable Fleets Market Brief, transportation fleets continued to report a resounding trend — their use of clean fuels and advanced vehicle technologies is rapidly progressing.
Download White Paper: State of Sustainable Fleets: 2022 Market Brief
May 9, 2022
2022 Market Brief clean transportation trends
Study: ClearFlame Helps Fleets Lower TCO, Meet Sustainability Goals
May 5, 2022
The study, conducted by TRC and commissioned by Geneva, Illinois-based ClearFlame itself, analyzed the total cost of ownership and the expected emission performance of the company’s engine modification technology in the over-the-road heavy truck market vs. other options.
Start Your Batteries: Mass Fleet Electrification is Coming (And What We Can do to Prepare)
April 13, 2022
As we plan for and make early investments for fleets, we’ll be paving the way for higher degrees of market penetration of passenger vehicles and other modes of transportation as well.
Obtaining Funding for Clean Transportation Projects in North America: Q&A with TRC (Formerly GNA) Senior Vice President Joe Annotti
March 30, 2022
Net-Zero Business Daily by S&P Global Commodity Insights speaks with Joe Annotti about strategies for seeking funding, what funders are looking for, and where opportunities are growing.
TRC (formerly GNA) Electrification Project Selected for New York Program
March 2, 2022
The Electrify the Empire State: Empowering Zero Emission Solutions project aims to deploy 38 electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and supporting infrastructure in underserved communities in New York City and upstate New York.
Amplifying the Next Phase of Fleet Electrification: The Pickup
September 30, 2021
TRC’s analysis for one client fleet shows that even a $70,000 EV can compete on cost with a comparable gas-hybrid vehicle priced at $40,000 – at least in California where upfront and ongoing incentives stack up quickly.
Download White Paper: State of Sustainable Fleets 2021: Market and Trends Brief
May 10, 2021
2021 Market and Trends Brief for clean fleet industry
Download Whitepaper: California Heavy-Duty Fleet Electrification
March 9, 2021
Charging systems and cost analysis for electric heavy-duty commercial fleets
Download White Paper: Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Bay Area Commercial Aircraft
October 13, 2020
Sustainable aviation fuel impact on greenhouse gas emissions
Download White Paper: An Assessment: California’s In-State RNG Supply for Transportation 2020-2024
July 7, 2020
California RNG production estimates and HVIP funding
Download White Paper: State of Sustainable Fleets 2020
May 12, 2020
2020 Market and Trends Brief for clean fleet industry
Download White Paper: RIPTA Sustainable Fleet Transition Plan
September 19, 2019
RIPTA Sustainable Fleet Transition Plan
Download White Paper: Electric Vehicle Charging Guidebook for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Commercial Fleets
September 17, 2019
Guidebook for adopting electric charging solutions for fleet managers in California
Download White Paper: 2018 Feasibility Assessment for Cargo-Handling Equipment
September 10, 2019
2018 Feasibility Assessment for Zero-emission Cargo-Handling Equipment
Download White Paper: 2018 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks
April 9, 2019
2018 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks report
Download White Paper: The Feasibility, Issues, and Benefits Associated with Expanded Use of Natural Gas at Seaports and Other High Horsepower Applications
October 10, 2017
Natural gas use in Californias seaports report
Download White Paper: Renewable Diesel as a Major Transportation Fuel in California: Opportunities, Benefits & Challenges
August 15, 2017
Renewable diesel benefits and future in California
Download White Paper: Game Changer: Next Generation Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Engines Fueled by Renewable Natural Gas
May 10, 2016
Zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles United States
Download White Paper: Dumping Dirty Diesels in Latin America
November 12, 2014
Reducing black carbon emissions in Latin America
Download White Paper: LNG Opportunities for Marine and Rail in the Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, and Inland Waterways
October 13, 2014
Liquefied natural gas growth opportunities in marine and rail operations
Download White Paper: Equivalent Strategies for the ARB Zero Emission Bus Regulation
June 11, 2014
California Air Resources Board Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies report
Download White Paper: Pathways to Near-Zero-Emission Natural Gas Heavy-Duty Vehicles
May 13, 2014
California air quality and climate protection policies
Download White Paper: Wyoming Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Roadmap
April 16, 2014
LNG production and usage in Wyoming
Download White Paper: Moving California Forward: Zero and Low-Emission Goods Movement Pathways
November 12, 2013
California Cleaner Freight Coalition report on zero-emission strategies
Download White Paper: Ultrafine Particulate Matter and the Benefits of Reducing Particle Numbers in the U.S.
July 15, 2013
EPA regulations on vehicle emissions and health impacts
Download White Paper: Zero-Emission Catenary Hybrid Truck Market Study
March 13, 2012
Zero-emission trucks and electric catenary highway technology in Southern California
Download White Paper: NGV Roadmap for Pennsylvania Jobs, Energy Security and Clean Air
April 13, 2011
Marcellus Shale Coalition natural gas transportation fuel report
Sharing Our Perspectives
Our practitioners share their insights and perspectives on the trends and challenges shaping the market.
Download White Paper: 2021 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks
February 7, 2023
2021 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan
Download White Paper: 2018 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks
April 9, 2019
2018 Feasibility Assessment for Drayage Trucks report