Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2021

In remarks made at the signing of his Executive Order on Strengthening American Manufacturing, President Biden said that he would replace the federal government’s fleet of vehicles with electric vehicles made in the US. In his remarks, the President provided no further details on the fleet conversion to EVs, such as timing and spending plans.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

XL Fleet and Pivotal Investment Corporation II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have recently entered into a definitive merger agreement. Fleet electrification as a whole is still in the early stages of development, and there is tremendous untapped opportunity in the years and decades ahead.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Following on the reveal of Renault Master Van H2-TECH last month ( earlier post ), HYVIA has unveiled two new Hydrogen Light Commercial Vehicles prototypes with zero CO 2 tailpipe emissions, increased range, and 5-minute refueling time. This vehicle allows a range of about 250 km and offers great potential for tailor-made conversions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2021

The scope of the agreement extends across Australia and into commercial vehicles, particularly heavy-duty applications like refuse collection, urban trucks, buses and prime movers. The existing diesel fleet replacement cycle in Australia is generally between 7-20 years. Grundon truck (UK) with ULEMCo system.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Hydra Energy, the Hydrogen-as-a-Service (HaaS) provider for commercial fleets looking to reduce emissions and costs with limited risk and no up-front investment ( earlier post ), has delivered its first hydrogen-converted, heavy-duty truck to paying fleet customer Lodgewood Enterprises. —Hydra Energy CEO Jessica Verhagen.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2021

XL Fleet Corp. The XLH system represents the company’s first electrification product to be available for Ram Commercial, Stellantis’ line of commercial pickup trucks. The XLH system includes XL Fleet’s standard 3-year, 75,000-mile warranty, with extended warranty options available.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Apex Clean Energy has ordered 19 electrified Ford F-series pickup trucks from XL Fleet, including ten plug-in hybrid electric and nine hybrid electric systems for pickups in its service fleet, for delivery in the second quarter of 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2023

A Ford-led consortium is testing hydrogen fuel cell technology on the E-Transit in a small UK-based prototype fleet developed by Ford Pro. A test fleet of eight hydrogen fuel cell Ford E-Transits will run for six-month periods over the three-year project to 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2021

XL Fleet Corp. Individual partners within the ARBOC North American dealer network are now authorized to sell the XL Fleet electrification system as an available option on their buses, providing a new commercial channel for the company as it expands into a broader range of medium duty applications.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Ferguson Enterprises is collaborating with Ford Motor Company to place a first-of-its-kind F550 Fuel Cell Prototype Chassis Work Truck in service within Ferguson’s daily fleet operations for six months. This is an image for Ferguson’s current fleet. An image of the prototype is not yet available.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The powertrain is in a configuration that closely resembles the company’s first product—a conversion kit for ATR 72-600 regional airliners—which is expected to be certified and in commercial passenger service starting in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

XL Fleet announced that Farmbro Inc., an Ontario-based upfitting solutions service provider specializing in commercial and work vehicles, expects to double its sales volume from approximately 1,000 XL unit installations in 2020 to more than 2,000 in 2021 to meet the increasing demand for fleet electrification in Canada.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

This will be the first time that Ford F-250 trucks can be ordered by fleet customers with hybrid-electric drive technology; the XL3 system can provide up to a 25% increase in fuel economy. Fleets maintain the complete OEM warranty, and get a three-year, 75,000 mile warranty from XL Hybrids on the XL3 powertrain. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The new Reuze project includes the development of one of Europe’s largest announced CO 2 conversion hubs, located in France, which will enable the conversion of hundreds of thousands of tons of CO 2 emissions from ArcelorMittal into clean electrofuels for the European market.

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Electrek

JANUARY 4, 2022

Fleet EV developer Lightning eMotors has unveiled a new rolling chassis, purpose-built for Class 4 and 5 commercial EVs. The proprietary Lightning eChassis can support 1,500 lbs greater Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) on average compared to other commercial vehicles in the same class.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Jost Group signs a supply agreement for 500 IVECO Stralis NP trucks, targeting 35% conversion of its fleet to LNG by 2020. The first 150 vehicles will enter operation during 2018, with the full fleet to be in service by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

With more than $32 million in pending orders from commercial and government fleets, commercial electric vehicle supplier Lightning Systems is more than tripling the size of its manufacturing, research and development facility in Loveland, Colorado.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

TWAICE will support pepper and commercial fleet operators in both the development and operation of the electric vehicles. TWAICE’s analytics software will make the battery performance and lifetime of electrified powertrains transparent and thus more sustainable. —Andreas Hager, Managing Director of pepper motion GmbH.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

a company working with a hybrid electric conversion system for Class 1 through 3 commercial vans and trucks ( earlier post ), is conducting customer pilot tests of its system. The hybrid powertrain can reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 20% for urban fleets, according to the company. XL Hybrids, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

A well-established downstream syngas-to-synfuel conversion process, such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, converts the syngas to liquid synfuel for a total projected cost of less than $4/gallon. 3M Company will develop an isotope recovery process to enable commercial deployment of molten salt reactors.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2019

XL, a provider of electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, today, announced that the Tacoma Public Utility, Clark Public Utilities and the City of Palo Alto are the latest West Coast municipalities and utilities to electrify portions of their fleets with XL-equipped vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

Commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Lightning Systems is lowering the prices of its 2021 battery and fuel cell electric vehicles by 10 to 50% for Class 3 to Class 8 vehicles. Enhanced telematics and new remote software management features for fleet managers and drivers. Faster DC fast charging systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

Lightning Systems announced that its LightningHybrids hydraulic hybrid system has received an Executive Order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) allowing aftermarket conversions of gasoline-powered 2016 model year Ford E-450 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

Singapore—based Berge Bulk, one of the world’s leading independent dry bulk shipping companies, and ABS signed a joint project agreement to conduct a detailed feasibility study for the conversion of methanol-fueled propulsion system and aim to kickstart in Q1 2024. Berge Bulk will install Anemoi Rotor Sails on vessels in its fleet.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

Anshu Dewan: In India, the market is yet to realise its commercial potential and is currently at a nascent stage. What are the key advantages of the conversion? Anshu Dewan: Retrofitting can be a more economical option compared to purchasing new vehicles, especially for fleet operators or owners of older vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

The center will focus on the test flight and certification of Universal Hydrogen’s retrofit conversion of a Dash-8 regional turboprop aircraft, scheduled for entry into commercial service in 2025. Earlier post.).

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. But very few consumers will come up with BrightDrop , the name GM has given to a new unit that builds electric commercial vehicles: full-size vans and even electric cargo containers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

a developer of hybrid electric powertrain conversion technology for commercial and municipal fleets, announced that fleet customers employing the XL3 hybrid electric system ( earlier post ) in their service, delivery and cargo fleets have driven a combined total of one million miles within the first six months of commercial production.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 4, 2023

The best time to transition your business vehicle fleet from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EV) is now. Thanks to new tax credits for EVs and EV charging stations as well as lower fuel and maintenance costs for EVs, fleet managers can now save money while setting an example for other organizations.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Together with Lightning eMotors, formerly known as Lightning Systems, the partners have created a five-step process for identifying, assessing and converting a wide range of “donor” diesel coach models that fit the criteria for fast-track battery electric conversion. —Roman Cornell.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Italgas is renewing its entire company fleet with methane-powered vehicles from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.The first deliveries have begun in Turin, with similar deliveries to be made in Rome and Naples—two of the main cities where the Italgas Group operates—over the next few days.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

With the precarious availability of traditional grid power, and no commercial solutions for “end of life recycling or disposal” of large multi-megawatt battery packs, this creates a real problem for the total life cycle cost and sustainability goals for railroads.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2022

Hyzon Motors , a global supplier of zero-emissions hydrogen and fuel cell powered commercial vehicles, announced that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has certified Hyzon’s Class 8, 7, and 6 Repowers as exempt from emission requirements, enabling the company to sell fuel cell electric trucks in California.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2012

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1-3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), has signed an agreement with Henley Transmission Services, LLC, the largest franchise holder of AAMCO automotive service centers, to certify AAMCO technicians to install and service XL Hybrids’ hybrid-electric conversions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

has introduced a new composite compressed natural gas (CNG) tank targeting the expanding commercial natural gas fleets including refuse truck applications. Such incentives make conversion to inexpensive, clean burning and US-produced natural gas fuel even more attractive due to high return on investment and short payback.

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EV Obssesion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles introduces ABT e-Transporter 6.1 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles introduces ABT e-Transporter 6.1 The post All-electric Volkswagen ABT e-Transporter Joins Mobile Service Clinic fleet appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Andrew Cuomo announced the development of a federally-funded, multi-year commercial electric vehicle (EV) buyer incentive program to accelerate adoption of commercial EVs and allow for strategic fleet conversion throughout New York State.

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