Baua Electric

JANUARY 20, 2024

Which automaker announced plans to embrace the Tesla charge connector and reignite an offbeat kind of internal combustion engine, all in the same week? Two automakers this past week, both known for affordable gasoline cars, dashed hopes of seeing more affordable EVs anytime soon. inch infotainment screen.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

The growing affordability of EVs has been one of the biggest drivers for fleet electrification efforts. There has been a trend of EVs becoming more and more affordable due to advancements in battery technology and economies of scale in production. This is especially key in long-haul trucking.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The electrification of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and fleet vehicles, is gaining significant momentum globally. According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Norfolk Southern will initially acquire 800 of the Greenbrier engineered gondolas. The partnership between supplier, builder, and end-user is rooted in the recognition that North America’s aging gondola fleet will soon require substantial replacement with a more sustainable design.

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Teslarati

APRIL 26, 2024

have been working to understand how the vehicle will make fleets more efficient and environmentally friendly as the truck is still making its way toward volume production. ” The thing that has held up production is Tesla’s want for a more affordable and efficient manufacturing process. .” I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2018

Volkswagen showcased three new drive systems at the Vienna Motor Symposium: the new 48 V mild hybrid system that will debut on the eighth-generation Golf in 2019 ( earlier post ); new high-tech diesel engines that will also be available as hybrid variants; and an advanced natural gas engine. TDI diesel engine (EA288 Evo).

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Teslarati

APRIL 19, 2023

Jaguar Land Rover has released new details on a fleet of upcoming electric vehicles coming from each of its brands. However, much like Jaguar’s first electric offering, the I-PACE , don’t expect this to be an affordable offering, as it will have a starting price of roughly 100,000 pounds ($124,463).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

bp says that it will invest more in the energy transition and bp’s own transition, with up to $8 billion more slated for transition growth engines (TGEs) by 2030. billion capital expenditure—nto its transition growth engines, including the acquisition of Archaea Energy. In 2022, bp invested $4.9

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2021

In January, the Hastings on Hudson, New York Police Department welcomed a Model Y police cruiser into their fleet, only to receive several points of criticism from the purchase. The post Tesla Model Y joins a new Police Force, and incentives made it an affordable purchase appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 12, 2022

The United States Postal Service said in its December 2021 Environmental Impact Statement report that committing to a fully-electric fleet of 75,000 mail delivery vehicles would require an additional $2.3 The remainder would have internal combustion engines. The post USPS says full-EV fleet not possible by 2033, requires $2.3B

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

This FY 2020 funding opportunity also supports priorities in advanced engine and fuel technologies including technologies for off-road applications, lightweight materials, new mobility technologies (energy efficient mobility systems), and alternative fuels technology demonstrations. Advanced Combustion Engines and Fuels (up to $27.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. This program will demonstrate the first diesel engine to comply with the state standard.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2015

Universal LNG Solutions ( ULNG ) has introduced the first four trucks in a fleet of 95 of liquefied natural gas (LNG) big rigs at the campus of Sancus Energy, an LNG processing technology company. This will allow fleet operators to effectively consume the energy purchased without venting back to the station or into the atmosphere.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Of the $71 million, Achates Power will receive $5 million for work on an opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid commercial vehicle system, and Cummins will receive $4 million for its work on an ultra-low emissions heavy-duty 10L natural gas engine. Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP). AOI 5: Natural Gas Engine Enabling Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Boskalis, a leading global dredging and marine expert, and GoodFuels Marine, a leading provider of sustainable marine biofuels to the global commercial shipping fleet, have successfully performed live tests on a sustainable wood-based drop-in biofuel called UPM BioVerno. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

They are located near major commercial freight routes and are designed to accommodate commercial fleet vehicles of all sizes. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is a certified drop-in replacement fuel that’s compatible in all diesel engines and can be integrated into all diesel fuel infrastructures at no extra cost. Highway 46. Wasco, Calif.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2012

announced that its vehicle fleet was 16.6% The company has a goal of making the vehicle fleet 20% more efficient by 2020. Among the company’s initiatives to improve fuel economy are: Upcoming addition of 87 all-electric trucks to its green fleet bringing the all-electric vehicle count to 130. pick-up and delivery fleet.

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Teslarati

MARCH 1, 2022

A potential fleet of Tesla Police Cruisers was rejected by Spokane, Washington’s Police Department after an evaluation of the all-electric Model Y crossover did not convince some members that the vehicle would be effective for law enforcement. However, another manufacturer will likely be producing the EV police cruisers.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

SGS Inspire prepared a report for the Methanol Institute titled “Methanol: Properties and Uses,” providing an explanation of the main physical and chemical properties of methanol, as well as how these properties affect the different types of existing internal combustion engines in the market. All low and medium blends (up to 30 % vol.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2018

During the test, orders will be delivered by Nuro’s fleet of autonomous vehicles. Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu, who most recently were Principal Engineers at Google’s self-driving car project (now Waymo), founded Nuro in 2016 to harness the power of robotics and artificial intelligence. —Dave Ferguson.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

billion vehicles are currently powered by conventional internal combustion engines. These existing fleets will continue to form the basis for mobility in the coming decades. Low-carbon fuels are the only sustainable solution to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from existing combustion engines around the world.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

More than 100 truck and bus fleets requested funding for vehicles produced by more than 20 manufacturers. CARB, in partnership with CALSTART, launched HVIP and Low NO x Engine Incentives in 2009 to accelerate the purchase of cleaner, more-efficient trucks and buses in California.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) have released a request for information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0001460 ) titled “Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines” (Optima). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

VTO research pathways focus on fuel diversification, vehicle efficiency, energy storage, lightweight materials, and new mobility technologies to improve the overall energy efficiency and affordability of the transportation system. Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Solid Power Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds. The Breathe fleet will replace existing gasoline, diesel and hybrid vehicles with Uber which is aiming to be an all-electric platform in London from 2025 onwards.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The company also expects the global turbocharged commercial vehicle engine segment to grow rapidly from 3.5 million engines in 2009 to six million engines in 2015. The growth in all regions is primarily driven by increased adoption of smaller, turbocharged gasoline engines. liter Power Stroke engines. Polk & Co.,

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 8, 2021

Story by Lauren Groff; photos from Clean Fleet Report archives. The affordable choices in used EVs and PHEVs continues to grow. Before your student heads back to school, check out these four options in used EVs (we’ve linked to recent Clean Fleet Report reviews of the vehicles for more info): Fiat 500e EV. Chevrolet Bolt EV.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

By the end of 2021, we expect to have designed, built, and begun testing an initial fleet of these Siennas near our areas of development, including the Aurora Test Site Network. Toyota has an unparalleled legacy, engineering expertise, leadership, and ability to deliver high-quality, affordable, and reliable vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In October 2015, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) launched a broad, joint effort to co-optimize the development of efficient engines and low greenhouse-gas fuels for on-road vehicles with the goal of reducing petroleum consumption by 30% by 2030 beyond what is already targeted. How do engine parameters affect efficiency?

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It ended production of pure internal combustion engine cars last year. Their affordability could potentially make them a popular choice as more car owners look to buy an EV on a tight budget. Clean Fleet Report reviewed the Vinfast VF 8 here. It is also currently the best-selling car brand in China.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Motiv Power Systems (Motiv), a leading provider of all-electric medium-duty fleet chassis, has begun deliveries of Ford E-450-based all-electric walk-in vans to the United States Postal Service (USPS). We’re proud to now be a part of USPS’ long tradition of implementing the latest technology to green their fleet.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Platinum group metals content reduction to enable cost-effective aftertreatment for gasoline and diesel engines. Improved efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty natural gas and propane (LPG) engines. Technology integration. Transportation and energy analysis.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

Hertz announced that it will invest some of the proceeds from selling its Tesla vehicles back into internal combustion engine vehicles. Back in 2021, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a massive purchase of 100,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles. fleet, or about one-third of the global EV fleet.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The EV conversions will initially only be offered to fleet buyers, who could get into an electric ute for a little over $70,000 – or less if they opt for an EV conversion of an existing vehicle in their fleet. It means fleet buyers can give soon-to-be-retired vehicles a new lease on life with a zero emissions electric drivetrain.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

This allows engineers to optimize battery energy storage and layout for each vehicle design. The pack also allows engineers to deliver vehicles with an optimized weight distribution and a lower center of gravity to improve ride and handling.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The effort will support DOE’s H2@Scale initiative to enable affordable large scale hydrogen production, storage, transport and utilization across multiple sectors. Researchers from the two institutions have collaborated more over the past year to promote collaborative R&D activities in fuel cell and hydrogen research.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

Of these, 16 are vehicle-related, encompassing projects developing batteries, power electronics and improved combustion engine technology including on-board reformers, and two are specifically hydrogen fuel cell-related. Mainstream Engineering Corporation. Earlier post.) Select SBIR/STTR FY15 Phase 1 Release 2 awards. Organization.

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