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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Her insights greatly helped with this article. I talked with Rick Hutchinson, CEO City CarShare, at Meeting of the Minds. One million U.S.

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Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip

Clean Fleet Report

Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip Gear Up to Hit the Road and Not Look Back This article may contain affiliate links. It takes the direct current (DC) power supplied by your vehicle and converts it into alternating current (AC), enabling you to plug in and charge electronic devices.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

One major tradeoff is what level of DC fast charging is required to allow trucks to fulfill their duty cycles. Starting out, fleets may want to mix high- and low-power DC fast charging to see which meets the needs of different duty cycles and routes. This article appeared in Issue 62: Oct-Dec 2022. Stay tuned. Subscribe here.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

The projected number of charging ports will need to grow to an estimated 6,000 to 12,000 public ports (some 300 being DC fast chargers) and 18,000 to 26,000 residential ports, with most of those being L2-type charging ports. In the next article in the series, we will look at the complexities of creating an EV charging infrastructure.

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The lowly refuse truck offers the perfect use case for electrification

Charged EVs

Again, it really depends, but in the neighborhood of between 70 and 100 miles. Route length really depends, but in the neighborhood of between 70 and 100 miles. Scott Barraclough: On the LR Electric, it is DC fast charging only. This article appeared in Issue 65: July-September 2023 – Subscribe now.

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

If someone only spends $100 with me yearly to charge their vehicle at one of my high-speed chargers, I’m still probably going to see in the neighborhood of an additional $400 or $500 in home charging. It features 20 CCS DC fast charging stations and it’s located in the heart of downtown Orlando. Factor at a rate of 0.33

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Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

EV Adoption

But I recently came across an article and data that suggests that perhaps more than one-third of US households with garages don’t actually park their cars in them. While I was aware of this trend — I see it loud and clear in my own neighborhood — I hadn’t realized how wide-spread this trend actually was in the US. Volker and Calvin G.