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UNFI adding 53 all-electric TRUs to California fleet

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

is adding 53 all-electric transport refrigerated trailer units (TRUs) to its fleet located at the company’s Riverside, Calif. Nearly 50 percent of UNFI’s direct greenhouse gas emissions are from our fleet of trucks and trailers. —Jeff Wismans, national director of fleet operations at UNFI. United Natural Foods, Inc.

All-Electric

All-Electric Fleet California Lithium Ion

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. Overall, electrification reduces net external costs to society by 3–11% (5–24¢ per trip), depending on the assumed social cost of carbon. —Mohan et al. Mohan et al.

Fleet

Fleet All-Electric Carbon Emissions

Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2019

Using its scientific expertise and collection of geological specimens, the Museum is collaborating with leading researchers to identify resource and environmental implications of the transition to green energy technologies including electric cars. Energy cost of metal production: This choice of vehicle comes with an energy cost too.

Climate Change

Climate Change Universal All-Electric Supplies

EDF-commissioned GNA study finds current and emerging electric heavy-duty trucks and charging systems capable of meeting most fleet needs

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

GNA modeled the impact of electrification on those fleets under a series of scenarios including managed charging and deployment of on-site solar and storage. However, despite those long-term savings, charging infrastructure investments required for Class 8 fleets are significant and can vary dramatically.

Fleet

Fleet Charging Grid Energy Storage

New report showcases innovative finance tools to electrify truck, bus fleets; TCE Toolkit

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new generation of solutions will be needed to electrify America’s fleet and achieve a zero-emissions future by 2050. This shift will require understanding and developing innovative financing approaches and non-financial support tools that overcome key hard and soft costs, risks and uncertainties, and market frictions.

Financing

Financing Fleet Stimulus Grant

Study finds EVs are traveling less than half the US fleet average

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

New data suggests that electric vehicles may not be an easy future substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet, as EVs currently travel less than half as much as the US fleet average. It’s rather that policymakers may be underestimating the costs of going fully electric. —Burlig et al. Fiona Burlig, James B.

Fleet

Fleet Davis Gasoline-Electric Chicago

Nikola Tre FCEV receives CARB ZEP Executive Order for HVIP eligibility; $240,000 base incentive per truck

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Nikola Corporation has received a California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order that is a requirement for Nikola’s Tre hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to be eligible for CARB’s Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) program.

Scrappage

Scrappage Tax Credit Purchase California

4 Powerful Reasons to Choose EV Connect for Your Fleet Charging

EV Connect

DECEMBER 4, 2023

If you’re a fleet management provider or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) preparing to switch to an EV solution, you’re ahead of the curve. EV fleet charging is experiencing its very own surge, with fleet charging expected to become a $15-billion market by 2030. Transparent Energy Management What’s your charging strategy?

Connect

Connect Connected Fleet Charging

How to Take Advantage of EV Charging Incentives for Fleets

Blink Charging

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Between the United States federal government, state, and local governments; power companies and utilities; and air pollution control districts, there are hundreds of incentives for fleet owners to switch from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs). Learn more about states that have verified Blink as a state vendor.

Fleet

Fleet Tax Credit Charging Tax

Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have analyzed the cost, energy, and environmental implications of a fleet of self-driving electric vehicles operating in Manhattan. Required fleet size by battery range and charging network. Bauer, Jeffery B.

Taxi

Taxi Fleet New York City Miles

Lightning Systems debuts new electric Ford F-550 for shuttle buses, delivery trucks

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Orders from fleets are being accepted immediately. The analytics system provides fleets with real-time information to operate their fleet at peak efficiency. The voucher program can reduce the upfront cost of advanced zero emissions fleet vehicles by 40 to 70%. Torque is rated at 1,100 N·m (881 lb-ft).

Ford

Ford Lithium Ion Fleet Maintenance

U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

GtCO 2 (28% of the projected 2015–2050 light-duty vehicle fleet emissions). 2015–2050 US light-duty fleet cumulative CO 2 emissions versus CO 2 budget under prospective future developments. C global warming. Current policies will create a mitigation gap of up to 19?GtCO Milovanoff et al.

Climate Change

Climate Change Fleet Climate Vehicles

Range Energy’s RA electrified trailer platform now eligible for up to $80k in California incentives

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2023

Range Energy announced that its 53-foot electric trailer, the RA, is now eligible for point-of-sale incentives up to $80,000/unit through the California Air Resources Board Clean Off-Road Equipment (CORE) Voucher Program. The RA platform is the first trailer electrification platform to be eligible for the CORE incentive.

California

California Range Cleaner Fleet

Antelope Valley Transit Authority first all-electric transit agency in North America

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

On 16 March 2022, the Antelope Valley Transit Authority Board of Directors, along with the California Air Resources Board (CARB), hosted a celebration recognizing AVTA becoming the first all-electric transit agency in North America. AVTA bus and Heliox charger.

North America

North America All-Electric America Los Angeles

U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

That document compared the expected environmental impacts of a delivery fleet with 10% battery-electric vehicles and 90% gasoline-powered trucks (called the ICEV scenario for internal-combustion engine vehicles) to a fleet with 100% battery-electric vehicles (called the BEV scenario). The work was supported by Ford Motor Co.

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Fleet Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric

NREL study finds most depot charging could accomodate short-haul heavy-duty electric trucks without upgrades

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Ideally, fleets could perform all charging at their depots, where it is convenient, inexpensive, and fully controllable. Commercial heavy-duty trucking operations are motivated to reduce operating costs. A 2020 BloombergNEF report shows that fuel costs for trucks make up more than half their total cost of ownership.

Charging

Charging Fleet Grid Electric

ABI Research projects worldwide commercial EV market to surpass US$680B by 2027

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

The growing affordability of EVs has been one of the biggest drivers for fleet electrification efforts. One of the main factors driving the affordability of EVs, especially EV trucks, is the decreasing cost of battery technology. Lithium-ion battery costs have fallen by over 85% since 2010, and this trend is expected to continue.

Commercial

Commercial Market Isuzu Fleet

DOE analysis suggests rapid convergence of FCEV and BEV TCOs; FCEVs less expensive for majority of LDV fleet by 2040; mass compounding

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2018

In 2020, battery-electric vehicles will be a cheaper vehicle option than fuel cell electric vehicles for the majority of the light duty fleet (79-97%), according to a new study by a team at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO). Costs are adjusted to reflect real-world range. —Morrison et al.

Fleet

Fleet Miles Light Cost Of

What is Fleet Electrification?

Driivz

JULY 21, 2022

In order to understand fleet electrification, let’s first take a look at electrification in general: Electrification is the process of replacing technologies that use fossil fuels (such as oil, coal and natural gas) with those that use electricity as an energy source. Fleet Electrification – Driving the Revolution.

Fleet

Fleet Charging Transportation Emissions

NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Key findings from the report include: Hydrogen fuel cells trucks are just starting to see real-world use and their adoption is being driven by regional or national considerations that are much bigger than what exists for trucking fleets. of hydrogen adoption in 2030. —Amy Davis, President of New Power Business, Cummins.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel Fleet Davis

US DRIVE releases comprehensive cradle-to-grave analysis of light-duty vehicle GHGs, cost of driving and cost of avoided GHGs

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

The study provides a comprehensive lifecycle analysis (LCA), or cradle-to-grave (C2G) analysis, of the cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a variety of vehicle-fuel pathways, as well as the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided GHG emissions. Levelized cost of driving (LCD). Resources.

Cost Of

Cost Of Light Fuel Economy Vehicles

Lightning eMotors introduces new generation 4 Lightning Electric Transit Class 3 Van; battery-electric and fuel cell electric variants

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

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. Lightning eMotors offers comprehensive leasing plans, which allow fleets to see total-cost-of-ownership savings from lower energy and maintenance costs, starting on day one of the lease.

Batteries

Batteries Battery Fuel Electric

DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2021

A new study published by US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory offers the most complete understanding yet of the costs of owning and operating a vehicle, and how those costs vary by powertrain, from the conventional to the cutting-edge.

Transportation

Transportation Alternative Fuels Maintenance Chad

Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2013

A report published by Cambridge Econometrics and Ricardo-AEA concludes that overall, the cost of technologies required to meet proposed European 2020 CO 2 regulations for vehicles (95 g/km for cars and 147 g/km for vans) will be more than offset by the resultant fuel savings. Source: Cambridge Econometrics.Click to enlarge.

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Cost Of 2020 Fuel CO2

OpenADR: A Bridge Between EV Fleets and the Grid

EV Connect

JANUARY 24, 2022

As the costs of climate change and the price of oil both become too high to bear, auto manufacturers will shift more of their vehicle fleets to electric. EV fleets could play a part in overloading the grid, or could wind up unable to charge. The first step is to define demand response (DR) and distributed energy resources (DER).

Grid

Grid Fleet Power Grid Power

Hyzon Motors receives zero-emissions certification from CARB; repowered Class 6-8 fuel cell vehicles

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.

Emissions

Emissions Fuel Motor Motors

Nestlé Waters North America adds 155 new medium-duty propane autogas trucks to delivery fleet

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2016

The new medium-duty delivery trucks, added to the company’s existing autogas fleet of 30 Ford trucks of the same model, will also help the company save on maintenance and fuel costs. Propane autogas, a domestically produced fuel, costs the company an average of $1 per gallon, versus their $2 per gallon cost of diesel.

North America

North America Water America Fleet

Lightning Systems all-electric medium-duty vehicles selected for State of California contract

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2019

All vehicles under the contract are eligible for special funding via the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). The voucher program can reduce the upfront cost of advanced zero emissions fleet vehicles by 40 to 70 percent.

California

California All-Electric Vehicles Fleet

Electrification Coalition releases Fleet Electrification Roadmap; suggests fleet adoption could put a cumulative 200,000 PHEVs and EVs on the road by 2015

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The analysis in the EC roadmap concludes that fleet adoption of grid-electric vehicles (PHEVs and EVs) could lead to a cumulative 200,000 units on the road by 2015. The report includes a detailed examination of commercial and government fleets, highlighting common practices that could make them significant early adopters of GEVs.

Fleet

Fleet PHEV 2015 Tax Credit

CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario. —Allison Weis. 2013.10.017.

Wind

Wind PHEV Cost Of Charging

CMU study finds taxes on emissions would result in more rapid electrification by ridesharing companies

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Ridesourcing vehicles’ high use intensity is economically attractive for electric vehicles, which typically have lower operating costs and higher capital costs than conventional vehicles. Private and external costs of energy inputs vary across cities. —Bruchon et al. Source: Bruchon et al.

Tax

Tax Los Angeles Emissions Companies

Why Smart Energy Management is Critical for EV Fleet Success

Driivz

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Electrification of fleets continues to grow as more EVs, including light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and automobiles, come onto the marketplace. In fact, EVs are expected to make up 31% of the global fleet by 2050. That means fleet managers cannot always take the availability of power for granted.

Fleet

Fleet Energy Grid Charging

Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7 To clarify regional costs, the report breaks down the costs of smog, soot and climate pollution caused by passenger vehicles in each of the 10 ZEV states.

Climate

Climate Cost Of Rhode Island Transportation

New US National Clean Fleets Partnership; ATT, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon charter members

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

On Friday, President Obama announced the National Clean Fleets Partnership, with AT&T, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon as charter members. The five charter members represent five of the US’ 10 largest national fleets and collectively own and operate more than 275,000 vehicles. DOE technical tools and resources.

Fleet

Fleet Clean Cleaning PHEV

NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

But until they do, the number of casualties in crashes is likely to increase as heavy electric vehicles join lighter existing fleets. Electrifying vehicles adds yet more weight. This added risk wouldn’t apply if everyone drove cars of similar heft. Pedestrians will also be at risk. —Shaffer et al.

F-150

F-150 Climate Petrol Hummer

Porterville, CA deploys 12 all-electric micro-transit vans from Lightning eMotors

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

Fully owned by the City of Porterville, the new vans were partially funded with special funding from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). The City of Porterville offers its on-demand curb-to-curb, ride-hailing service for only $3 to its residents.

All-Electric

All-Electric Electric Electrical California

California ARB amends diesel rules to reduce cost of compliance

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has amended its diesel rules to offer businesses a variety of options to comply with the regulations to reduce soot from diesel engines. The changes we set in place today will continue those public health benefits while reducing the cost of compliance by more than 60 percent.

Diesel

Diesel Cost Of California Downsizing

Chrysler Group withdraws test PHEV fleet to upgrade battery packs after overheating issues; to use a different chemistry

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

On Friday, Chrysler Group LLC announced it was withdrawing from service its test fleet of plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs) to conduct a battery-pack upgrade. Three of the fleet’s 109 pickups equipped with plug-in hybrid powertrains sustained damage when their prototype 12.9-kWh The fleet accumulated more than 1.3

Chrysler

Chrysler PHEV Fleet Minivan

With HVIP vouchers, California fleets can buy new electric trucks for less than new Tier 4 diesels; funding queue for next year filling fast

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. More than 60% of Orange EV’s fleets have re-ordered. —Mike Saxton, Orange EV chief commercial officer.

Fleet

Fleet California Diesel Cleaner

Lightning Systems electric shuttle buses now offered on CALACT purchasing contract

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

All vehicles under the contract are eligible for special funding via the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). The voucher program can reduce the upfront cost of advanced zero emissions fleet vehicles by 40 to 70%.

Purchase

Purchase Las Vegas San Francisco California

New US National Clean Fleets Partnership; ATT, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon charter members

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

On Friday, President Obama announced the National Clean Fleets Partnership, with AT&T, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon as charter members. The five charter members represent five of the US’ 10 largest national fleets and collectively own and operate more than 275,000 vehicles. DOE technical tools and resources.

Fleet

Fleet Clean Cleaning PHEV

EPRI Analysis estimates costs of fully developing US smart grid could reach $476B; benefits up to $2T

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

The analysis updates EPRI’s 2004 EPRI assessment, which estimated the cost of implementing a smart grid at $165 billion. Mark McGranaghan, EPRI vice president of Power Delivery and Utilization, says the increased costs of the current analysis reflect a more advanced and expansive vision for the smart grid.

EPRI

EPRI Grid Cost Of Gasoline-Electric

New York City adding 70 electric vehicles to fleet; launches EV educational push

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. The Administration is also working towards the use of electric vehicles in the City’s fleet of more than 13,000 yellow taxis. Click to enlarge.

New York City

New York City New York Fleet Electric Vehicles

Electric shuttles to start service in south Sacramento

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2020

Electrify America fully subsidized the costs of the shuttles, the DC fast-charging infrastructure to support them, and the retrofit costs. The GreenPower EV Star shuttles were assembled in Porterville, California and retrofitted with a unique side door configuration added to facilitate shuttle access for those with special needs.

Sacramento

Sacramento Neighborhood Los Angeles Green

UNFI adding 53 all-electric TRUs to California fleet

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

EDF-commissioned GNA study finds current and emerging electric heavy-duty trucks and charging systems capable of meeting most fleet needs

New report showcases innovative finance tools to electrify truck, bus fleets; TCE Toolkit

Study finds EVs are traveling less than half the US fleet average

Nikola Tre FCEV receives CARB ZEP Executive Order for HVIP eligibility; $240,000 base incentive per truck

4 Powerful Reasons to Choose EV Connect for Your Fleet Charging

How to Take Advantage of EV Charging Incentives for Fleets

Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

Lightning Systems debuts new electric Ford F-550 for shuttle buses, delivery trucks

U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

Range Energy’s RA electrified trailer platform now eligible for up to $80k in California incentives

Antelope Valley Transit Authority first all-electric transit agency in North America

U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

NREL study finds most depot charging could accomodate short-haul heavy-duty electric trucks without upgrades

ABI Research projects worldwide commercial EV market to surpass US$680B by 2027

DOE analysis suggests rapid convergence of FCEV and BEV TCOs; FCEVs less expensive for majority of LDV fleet by 2040; mass compounding

What is Fleet Electrification?

NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

US DRIVE releases comprehensive cradle-to-grave analysis of light-duty vehicle GHGs, cost of driving and cost of avoided GHGs

Lightning eMotors introduces new generation 4 Lightning Electric Transit Class 3 Van; battery-electric and fuel cell electric variants

DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

OpenADR: A Bridge Between EV Fleets and the Grid

Hyzon Motors receives zero-emissions certification from CARB; repowered Class 6-8 fuel cell vehicles

Nestlé Waters North America adds 155 new medium-duty propane autogas trucks to delivery fleet

Lightning Systems all-electric medium-duty vehicles selected for State of California contract

Electrification Coalition releases Fleet Electrification Roadmap; suggests fleet adoption could put a cumulative 200,000 PHEVs and EVs on the road by 2015

CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

CMU study finds taxes on emissions would result in more rapid electrification by ridesharing companies

Why Smart Energy Management is Critical for EV Fleet Success

Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

New US National Clean Fleets Partnership; ATT, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon charter members

NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Porterville, CA deploys 12 all-electric micro-transit vans from Lightning eMotors

California ARB amends diesel rules to reduce cost of compliance

Chrysler Group withdraws test PHEV fleet to upgrade battery packs after overheating issues; to use a different chemistry

With HVIP vouchers, California fleets can buy new electric trucks for less than new Tier 4 diesels; funding queue for next year filling fast

Lightning Systems electric shuttle buses now offered on CALACT purchasing contract

New US National Clean Fleets Partnership; ATT, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon charter members

EPRI Analysis estimates costs of fully developing US smart grid could reach $476B; benefits up to $2T

New York City adding 70 electric vehicles to fleet; launches EV educational push

Electric shuttles to start service in south Sacramento

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