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Merchants Fleet to buy 5,400 new BrightDrop EV410s

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Merchants Fleet, the US’ fastest growing fleet management company (FMC), has reserved 5,400 BrightDrop EV410s, the all-new, mid-size electric light commercial vehicle purpose-built for the delivery of goods and services over long ranges, as well as other service applications. Earlier post.)

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BYD electric motor coaches selected for California purchasing contract; available to governmental entities outside CA

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BYD announced that its participation in a California-wide purchasing contract will also allow US transit agencies to leverage California’s purchase power to buy US-built zero-emission BYD battery-electric motor coaches, made by union employees in Lancaster, California. —Patrick Duan, Vice President of BYD North America.

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Hylane GmbH buys 18 Hyzon fuel-cell-electric trucks

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Hylane GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of DEVK Versicherung, one of Germany’s largest motor insurers, has purchased 18 fuel-cell-electric trucks from Hyzon Motors, with deliveries expected to begin in late 2022. Germany is expected to be one of the major global markets for zero-emission commercial vehicle technologies in the coming years.

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Linde North America buying 20 more LNG-fueled trucks

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Linde North America is marking an intensifying commitment to liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the purchase of 20 more LNG-fueled trucks. The trucks, expected to be deployed later this year, will be integrated into Linde’s fleet of more than 700 trucks carrying cryogenic gases to customers throughout North America.

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Ecolab Plans to Purchase 1,000 EVs to Electrify California Fleet

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Electric vehicle demand among potential buyers is growing, but it’s slower than many had hoped. Ford recently announced that Ecolab would purchase more than 1,000 EVs to electrify its California operations through the next year. Ecolab will buy the F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E to electrify its sales and service fleets.&

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J.D. Power launches EV Index; measuring roadblocks to EV adoption, parity to gas-powered vehicles

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Each month, the index will arrive at one number (on a 100-point scale) to make it easy to understand the progress to parity of EVs with traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. This factor measures the potential commitment to purchasing an EV based on voice of the customer and online behavioral data. Availability.

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Canada’s BC Transit to buy ten 40' Proterra electric buses and megawatt-scale fleet charger

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BC Transit in British Columbia, Canada has approved a $20-million contract to purchase ten 40-foot Proterra ZX5 electric transit buses and one Proterra Energy megawatt-scale EV fleet charger as part of the agency’s transition to a fully electric bus fleet.

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