article thumbnail

Revoy’s battery trailer turns a semi-truck into a hybrid – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Trucking firms are caught in a bit of a bind—emissions regulations are tightening, but electric heavy-duty trucks come with high upfront costs. At Revoy’s swapping station in Dallas, the Revoy EV, with a pre-charged battery, is attached between a tractor and a semi-trailer. The unit economics work,” Rust says.

article thumbnail

Proterra introduces 35-foot electric bus

Green Car Congress

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will be the first customer for the new bus, receiving seven 35-foot Catalyst FC buses and two overhead semi-autonomous fast chargers. Last year, Proterra was selected by King County Metro in Washington State to supply buses for its zero-emission bus demonstration program.

article thumbnail

Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

Green Car Congress

Georgia has a tax credit worth up to $5,000 for zero-emissions vehicles. Oregon has a Chief EV Officer to promote EV use. In Atlanta, Nissan workplace outreach has resulted in more than 100 LEAF sales to Southern Company employees. Additionally, for the greater D.C. area, Maryland offers a $1,000 EV tax credit.

2013 334
article thumbnail

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5,000 Hybrids to Nationwide Fleet

Green Car Congress

Markets include California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and Fresno); Colorado (Denver); Florida (Orlando, Tampa); New York (Albany, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester); Oregon (Eugene, Portland); Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston); Atlanta; Boston; Detroit; Minneapolis; Philadelphia; St. Louis; Seattle; and Washington, DC.

Fleet 150
article thumbnail

Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

Green Car Congress

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty GHG emission standards. Lightweighting: MSI-ACPT, Maxion Inmagusa, Oregon State University, Strick, Toray. engine brake thermal efficiency. mpg (19.26

2009 150