Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 24, 2021
All light-duty, medium-duty, and non-emergency heavy-duty vehicles will be converted to electric by 2035. New York City operates nearly 30,000 vehicles, the largest municipal fleet in the country. Solar carports can fully power vehicles without a connection to the electric grid.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Con Edison has begun using the batteries on five Lion Electric electric school buses to provide power to its customers, marking the first time in New York State that electricity has flowed from buses into a utility’s grid. The chargers reverse the flow of power into the grid at times when the buses are not transporting children.
Green Car Congress
MAY 29, 2009
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will be testing in daily operation three different types of hybrid refuse collection trucks and a hybrid rack truck. The trucks were unveiled at the Parks & Recreation Department’s 21 st Annual Vehicle & Equipment Show in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 12, 2009
It’s feasible that by converting their tractor fleets ports could reduce emissions from this source by 80 percent for nitrogen oxides, 50 percent for carbon dioxide and significant amounts of other criteria pollutants. Houston, and New York City. Mobile, Ala.,
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2013
FedEx is also working with XL Hybrids, a developer of low-cost hybrid electric powertrain system, to convert ten conventionally-powered panel vans into more fuel-efficient, hybrid vehicles. The US Department of Energy has also provided funding for this testing initiative.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission. year grid study from the U.S.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
An expert in power electronic converters, electrical machines, and novel grid components, he spent almost his entire career in academia, conducting research in power electronics. Past president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. Fellow, 62; died 16 May. Ferreira was the 2015–2016 president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society.
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