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UPS, NYSERDA project to convert UPS diesel delivery trucks to electric; UES 225 kW switched reluctance motor

Green Car Congress

UPS and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that new technology will be developed to convert UPS package delivery vehicles from diesel to electric. uniqueEV can be provided as a kit or as a complete chassis for use on existing vehicles or new builds. Click to enlarge.

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Lightning eMotors delivers first all-electric motorcoach to ABC Companies; order for 200 ZEVs

Green Car Congress

ABC also liked that Lightning eMotors would be able to develop custom zero-emission repower kits for a variety of customers and vehicle applications, Cornell said. —Roman Cornell.

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ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications

Green Car Congress

Thomas said that ALTe is building a robustly engineered, professional quality, mass production powertrain conversion kit assembly operation and plans to produce up to 90,000 powertrains per year. The company will deliver these powertrain kits to a dealer network to be established.

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Does EV home-backup capability outmode the Tesla Powerwall?

Baua Electric

According to GM the V2H bundle will initially only be available for purchase in California, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Texas. “We That brings the total component cost to $7,299. in future updates,” said spokesperson Sanaz Marbley to Green Car Reports. It’s good for charging at 19.2

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Stretch 3 Brings Us Closer to Realistic Home Robots

Cars That Think

NYU students have been taking Stretch into tens of homes around New York,” says Edsinger. Stretch 3 is available now for $24,950 , which is just about the same as the cost of Stretch 2 with the optional add-ons included. It’ll fit in the back of a car, too. They carried one up a four story walk up. That’s part of our discipline.”

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GM demos its new Energy products by running a mansion off a Silverado EV

Baua Electric

GM invited us to a swanky house in Beverly Hills to demonstrate its new home energy products, including vehicle-to-home (V2H) backup power that allows you to power your house off of your EV battery. At first, availability is limited to California, Florida, Michigan, New York and Texas, but GM plans to expand beyond those boundaries over time.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

We’ve now got some Mo going with: California solar loan financing that will eliminate the big up front cost of solar. To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan.

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