Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Prior to this modification, California utilities were guided by a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision established in 2010 that exempted light-duty vehicle charging station providers from being regulated as a utility but did not explicitly exempt medium- and heavy-duty charging station providers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

In each city, the Ford Drive team works with local dealers to purchase a fleet of Mustang Mach-Es. Service and maintenance of those vehicles are conducted through dealers as well. Now, drivers in three California cities are able to test drive this new leasing approach.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2019

the largest food industry redistributor in North America, announced the deployment of an Orange EV T-Series battery-electric terminal truck at Dot’s operation in Modesto, CA. Typical distribution center operations report savings up to $40,000+ per truck annually in fuel, maintenance and emission control. Dot Foods, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Volvo Trucks North America customer 4 Gen Logistics, a fourth generation, family-owned drayage company, has ordered 41 Volvo VNR Electric trucks to haul freight between the Port of Long Beach and Southern California’s Inland Empire—a national logistics and warehousing hub.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, reports that its fleet of over 500 natural gas vehicles has surpassed 20 million miles (32 million km). In 2013, Ryder opened the first natural gas fueling stations in its North American network to serve both the general public and Ryder lease and rental customers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Southern California Gas Co. The program allows qualified fleet owners the opportunity to try out the latest in heavy-duty natural gas truck technology by test-driving a 12L near-zero truck. This “try before you buy” program provides fleet owners with the opportunity to haul loads with the new truck for up to two weeks.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

Clean Energy Fuels Corp delivered 143 million gallons of Redeem Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) last year as robust sales of the carbon-neutral transportation fuel continued in 2019, closing out the year with significant deals throughout North America. The City of Tucson, AZ has signed a multi-year maintenance agreement with Clean Energy.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Tesla has said that its standard technology could save police departments over $4,000 in police equipment, as many authorities around the world have been starting to electrify their fleets. Many cities across the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

As a result, we’ve sold more all-electric commercial EVs than any other vehicle manufacturer in North America to date. This new battery technology and other upgrades give them the range, power and features at the price they need to scale up their electric fleets. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2019

Blue Bird electric buses are already operating in California, North Dakota and Washington. Additional buses on order will transport students in California, Colorado, New Jersey, New York and Québec later this year or in 2020. —Phil Horlock, president and CEO of Blue Bird Corporation. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2024

The Model Y police cruisers were outfitted by Unplugged Performance’s UP.FIT government and fleet division, with the pilot set to determine how reliable the vehicles are as patrol cars, and how cost-effective they are. “Congrats to AnaheimPD on today’s announcement,” wrote Unplugged Performance in a post on X.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Ryder System, a leader in commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions, has started to take delivery of 125 Chanje medium-duty electric panel vans ( earlier post ), the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. Earlier post.) ( Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

Six new corporate partners have joined the National Clean Fleets Partnership. Enterprise Holdings—which includes Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Alamo Car Rent A Car, National Car Rental, and WeCar—currently offers Chevrolet Volts and Nissan Leafs to consumers for rentals and expects to further expand its fleet. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2017

will become the exclusive sales channel partner and service provider for Chanje, a new California based medium-duty electric vehicle (EV) and energy services company. Chanje is the first company in North America to offer large-scale fleets of electric medium-duty trucks. Ryder System, Inc. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2016

announced that its US fleet has surpassed two million miles of revenue service. Proterra has 63 buses on the road today in Texas, California, Massachusetts, Nevada, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina and Washington. Proterra Inc. million pounds of CO 2 emissions. million pounds of CO 2 emissions. kWh/mile.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

AmeriPride Services, a leading textile rental services and supply company in North America, announced plans to replace 20% of the fleet at its Vernon branch with electric delivery trucks equipped with Motiv Power Systems All-Electric Powertrains. Motiv has delivered the first of ten zero-emission step vans.

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2022

Volvo Trucks North America announced today that it received its largest global order of Class 8 electric semi-trucks with Maersk-owned Performance Team. Volvo said in a release Performance Team will begin operations in Q2 2022 in its Southern California fleet operations serving port drayage and warehouse distribution routes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage. The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Targeted Air Shed Grant Program is providing $20 million in funding, supplemented by $1.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2017

Ballard Power Systems has received an order from SunLine Transit Agency for five FCveloCity fuel cell systems to power hydrogen fuel cell buses in Palm Desert, California. This will double SunLine‘s current fleet of fuel cell buses and allow it to offer expanded transit service in the Coachella Valley area of Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Students and young professionals met on 5-6 November in Silicon Valley, California, to compete in the fifth 24-hour hackathon jointly organized by the Business Innovation Team of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Mercedes-Benz Vans and DigitalLife@Daimler. Experienced mentors were on hand to help.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

The City of Santa Monica, California has awarded Clean Energy a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract to fuel its Big Blue Bus (BBB) fleet of vehicles. The chart shows that latest version of California Air Resources Board (ARB) LCFS pathway certified carbon intensities, with electricity and Bio-LNG (i.e., Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A new 38 port electric truck charging depot and maintenance hub is coming online to service Southern California’s ports and logistics centers, along with 50 new electric trucks from Volvo and Daimler. It’s the first of its kind – that we know of anyway – that functions solely as an electric truck charging hub and maintenance facility.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

Corpus Christi Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) has renewed a three year operations & maintenance contract with Clean Energy representing approximately 3 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) over the three year term of the contract. Clean Energy has supplied the City with LNG for more than a decade.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2016

Flyer of America Inc., the largest heavy-duty transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, is adding the 2016 Cummins Westport ISL G Near Zero engine ( earlier post ) to its Xcelsior bus family. LA Metro operates the largest natural gas engine transit vehicle fleet in North America.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific will continue to drive PEV sales, as the technology will have only limited availability in the emerging markets of Latin America and Africa. Automakers will push for changes in the California ZEV mandates. By 2022, not even California will meet the 10% ZEV requirement.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

liter midrange, factory-built natural gas engine is now fully available as a production engine for shuttle bus, medium duty truck, and vocational applications in North America. It features electronic control with programmable features, a closed crankcase ventilation system, and maintenance-free three-way catalyst aftertreatment.

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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

MHDs are typically managed at fleets, although fleet sizes can range from 10 to 1,000 to 10,000 to 100,000 vehicles. The current state of fleet electrification: progress and opportunities Buses are on the move The move to electrify the U.S. Although this equals just over 1% of the total fleet, it is a significant milestone.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

The introduction of Volta Trucks’ 100% battery electric commercial vehicles into North America will be led in 2023 by a Volta Zero Class 7 truck which is equivalent to the existing European 16-ton truck, with a dry or refrigerated cargo box.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

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. The company abandoned North America and now operates only in Europe under the Share Now brand. It is now owned by Stellantis.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The network has come to be viewed, fairly or not, as the most minimal effort VW Group could have exerted to comply with the 10-year, $2-billion settlement it jointly negotiated with the EPA and the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Power and the University of California, Berkeley. Non-Tesla automakers have had it with EA.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2018

Consumers spurred the EV revolution, but today charging at fleet depots and commercial buildings is becoming more critical as the electrification movement gains momentum. Chanje is the first company in North America to be able to deliver large-scale fleets of commercial electric trucks.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2009

Most participants noted that developing fuel cell bus maintenance facilities was not as challenging as expected. According to the report, participants expressed strong enthusiasm for deploying more hydrogen buses, with most indicating a desire for larger fleets, such as 50–100 buses per site. Energy Storage. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

As a continuation of a demonstration project funded by the California Energy Commission, these Class-8 ERVs use the Motiv All-Electric Powertrain to drive a Crane Carrier chassis, with an automated side-loader body built by Amrep, Inc. Motiv Power Systems is deploying two battery-electric refuse trucks to the City of Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2017

New Flyer of America, the US subsidiary of New Flyer Industries (NFI), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, introduced the next generation of its battery-electric heavy duty transit bus: the Xcelsior CHARGE. Earlier post.). employing over 5,800 team members.

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EV Connect

JANUARY 8, 2024

Before you plug in, take a moment to learn the difference between AC and DC charging, how much time it will take, and whether there are any consequences for your route planning or battery maintenance. But if you’re planning a road trip in Idaho, Wyoming or North and South Dakota, for example, check where you can recharge in advance.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2011

a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, has ordered 202 heavy-duty natural gas vehicles as part of its agreement with the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) to launch a heavy-duty natural gas truck rental and leasing project in Southern California. Ryder System, Inc., Vehicle configurations.

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Noodoe

JANUARY 7, 2022

To get a real view of what it’s all about, it’s worthwhile to take a look at why schools are starting to go electric, how an electric bus fleet actually operates, and who’s manufacturing electric school buses. This comes from expenses for fuel and maintenance, including routine and non-routine checks and upgrades. Operation Cost.

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