Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

the world’s largest package delivery company and a provider of supply chain management solutions, placed 50 Lightning Hybrids hydraulic hybrid delivery trucks in the Chicago metro area. United Parcel Service, Inc., The first of the hydraulic hybrid systems were commissioned last week.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

UPS plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. million gallons of renewable natural gas. Chicago, Ill.; Orlando, Fla.; Salina, Kan.;

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

UPS has entered into multi-year renewable natural gas (RNG) agreements with Kinetrex Energy and TruStar Energy. We are using both liquid natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) as bridging fuels to increase our use of RNG. The RNG will be used to fuel UPS’s LNG-powered trucks in Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, St.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Taxi Affiliation Services (TAS), which operates Yellow Cab Chicago, has awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. a new 10-year contract to build and operate two new CNG fueling stations and sell fuel to the company’s growing CNG taxi fleet. Yellow Cab Chicago and its affiliates plan an initial deployment of 100 new CNG taxis.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2017

A new study by Ryan Kellogg, a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and author of the study, evaluates the current approach and proposes a novel, market-based alternative: indexing the standard to rise and fall with the price of gasoline. And, it doesn’t require new legislation from Congress.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Ford Motor Company is unveiling the all-electric version of the Ford Transit Connect at the Chicago Auto Show; the small electric van will be in fleet operators’ hands later this year, according to the company. liter gas engines. Tags: Conversions Electric (Battery) Fleets LPG Natural Gas. Click to enlarge.

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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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Heavy-duty electric truck builder Orange EV announced that fleets in California can purchase a new T-Series pure electric terminal truck for less than the cost of a new Tier 4 diesel truck. HVIP provides incentives for zero-emission and hybrid trucks and buses and low NO x natural gas engines.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2012

ANGH Route map shows initial phase of America‘s Natural Gas Highway. the leading provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America, unveiled the route plan for the first phase of 150 new LNG fueling stations for America’s Natural Gas Highway (ANGH). Click to enlarge. Clean Energy Fuels Corp., —Andrew J.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

The high share of diesels in the PHV fleet can be also found in the traditional taxi market. It’s thought that other European cities where Uber operates have similar levels of diesels in their fleet. Transport represents more than a quarter (27%) of Europe’s total greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

General Motors LLC (GM) - GM will partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to develop residual stress models for laser-welded dissimilar joints (HSLA/CE steel) for car light-weighting in a project titled “Simulation Tools for Characterizing Stress Distribution in Laser Welded Dissimilar Joints.”.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2013

AMP Americas signed a deal with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers, both national dairy cooperatives, to convert a portion of their diesel needs to CNG by working with haulers to convert their fleets to CNG-powered trucks. AMP operates the largest US renewable natural-gas plant that produces fuel from cow manure.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

A few examples of 2021 Low-No grant projects include: The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will receive nearly $7 million to purchase battery electric buses and charging equipment, upgrade its Southside bus depot and provide workforce training. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). Broome County (NY). City of Fayetteville (NC).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

Although anyone can download and use the tool, AFLEET was designed for managers that purchase and maintain a fleet of vehicles. The 2016 AFLEET Tool and user guide are available online. The Clean Cities program aims to support local actions to reduce petroleum use in transportation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The projects would also help improve air quality in underserved areas of major American cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, and Salt Lake City. Gas Technology Institute: Houston to Los Angeles (H2LA)–I-10 Hydrogen Corridor Project.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is [link] about $11 million to 20 new projects to help states and local governments to develop the infrastructure, training, and regional planning needed to help meet the demand for alternative fuel cars and trucks, including vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, and propane. Project lead.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

AT&T has deployed its 4,000 th alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV) in its US corporate fleet. The vehicles are part of AT&T’s planned 10-year initiative to invest up to $565 million to replace approximately 15,000 fleet vehicles with alternative fuel models through 2018. AT&T’s fleet nationwide currently numbers more than 71,500 vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 10, 2024

In Chicago, there have been reports of EV batteries not charging because of freezing weather. Currently, public policy regarding natural disasters has no explicit provisions for EV drivers who cannot follow the same evacuation procedures as gas-powered vehicle owners.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2014

In a recently completed project, Gas Technology Institute (GTI) worked with Haldor Topsøe, Inc. The use of renewable gasoline could reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 92% when compared to conventional gasoline. The test campaigns took place at GTI’s advanced gasification campus in metro Chicago.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

FedEx is targeting battery electric technology for vehicles in its fleet covering less than 5,000 miles per year. is expanding its alternative-energy vehicle fleet with the first all-electric FedEx parcel delivery trucks in the United States. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fleets. Click to enlarge. FedEx Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2014

New Flyer Industries is the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in North America and the industry technology leader offering the broadest product line, including drive systems powered by fuel cells, clean diesel, natural gas and electric trolley as well as diesel-electric hybrid vehicles. million miles) in revenue service.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

One of the two new hybrid police vehicles will be built in Chicago, and both will be upfitted with their police gear at Ford’s dedicated police vehicle modification center in Chicago. These include EV fleet management, route planning and telematics solutions. Two new, pursuit-rated hybrid police vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

Transportation accounts for approximately 30% of total US energy needs and generates the largest share of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. University of Illinois at Chicago. Scaling Automated-Connected-Electric-Shared (ACES) Fleets: Advancing Energy Efficiency, Decarbonization, and Social Equity Goals. Optimus Ride Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The CPP is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The team also compared the effects of these local planning efforts to the reduction in emissions that would occur under the Obama administration’s plan to increase the fuel efficiency of the automobile fleet to 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 2027.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

The City of Bogota, Colombia, has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in Bogota’s center-city taxi fleet. The first taxis are expected to be operational in the city in the next few months. On 29 December 2011, the City of Bogota enacted Decree No. 677 to support the project over a three-year period.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

DME is synthesized from methanol, whether produced from coal, natural gas or biomass such as harvested forestry wastes. Addressing methanol marketers at the conference, LeBlanc noted that converting methanol into DME offers the methanol industry a new market for its product. Chemrec is currently building BioDME production plants in Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

FedEx showcased a prototype of the eStar electric truck during last month’s “Charge Up Route 66” tour that began in Chicago and ended in Los Angeles as part of the Fortune Brainstorm Green Conference. FedEx will evaluate the performance of the eStar vehicle in its fleet as it operates in the Los Angeles area. Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The automaker may simply be prioritizing Explorer hybrid production for fleet sales. The Aviator is also shares the Explorer’s CD6 platform and is manufactured at the same Chicago facility, likely influencing Ford’s production decisions. liter V-6 gas engine, while the 2024 Explorer is offered with the same 3.0L

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Fred Diaz, President and CEO - Ram Truck Brand and Chrysler de Mexico, introduces the 2014 Ram ProMaster at the Chicago Auto Show. High-efficiency exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) cooler (which also benefits emissions compliance). Diesel Fleets Fuel Efficiency' Click to enlarge. Lightweight alloy pistons. Dual-mass flywheel.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Cell phone and digital service provider AT&T has backed up its commitment to green vehicles by deploying the 4,000th alternative fuel vehicle in its US corporate fleet. The vehicles are part of a 10year strategy to invest up to $565million in replacing around 15,000 fleet vehicles before 2018.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The researchers also found a significant difference between coal and natural gas generation. However, we estimate that near future (~2018) potential air emissions benefits from PEV adoption in PJM are small relative to HEVs (or even negative when considering the net effect on the automaker’s fleet under federal fuel economy policy).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

Coca-Cola Enterprises uses tractors as its standard bulk delivery truck for large deliveries, and plans to deploy the Kenworth hybrid tractors to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, New Orleans, New York, Portland (Ore.), The Kenworth T370 hybrid trucks (rated at 33,000 lb.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The first one is fleet charging, and this is not just municipalities, this is the federal government, US Marine Corps, many others. They’re charging their own fleet vehicles. And when we talk about fleet, of course that’s a very broad group. So that’s fleet. Now you’re putting fuel into your fleet vehicles as a zero unit.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

Additionally, the campaign has gained more than 8,000 “soft” fleet orders for these vehicles when they are available. Plug-in vehicles would combine today’s new electric-flex fuel (gas and/or biofuels such as ethanol) hybrid technology with a larger battery that could be recharged by plugging it into a standard wall sockets.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2009

Here’s a look at the top six projects that will benefit in terms of the size of the award: - State of Wisconsin’s Clean Transportation Programme: $15million to deploy 502 alternative and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets and install 10 alternative refuelling sites.

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