Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

Automakers are already moving toward electric vehicles, but by establishing clear lines of communication between manufacturers and major consumers, we can accelerate that transition to the point where we’re meeting critical climate goals as well as fleets’ operational needs. Key findings include: Preference for BEVs. Source: Ceres.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The City of New York will invest $420 million in electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and alternative fuels to accelerate the transition to an all-electric municipal vehicle fleet. All light-duty, medium-duty, and non-emergency heavy-duty vehicles will be converted to electric by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The BMW Group presented the first BMW iX5 Hydrogen vehicles in a pilot fleet that will go into service this year. The fleet of less than 100 vehicles will then be employed internationally for demonstration and trial purposes for various target groups. The pressure plate forms a gas-tight and water-tight seal around the stack housing.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2022

In January 2021, Electrify America launched a Roaming EV Test Fleet program to conduct intensive field tests of the network. The inspectors utilize a fleet of electric vehicles to perform charging tests. In 2021, the Electrify America charging network registered more than 1.45

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2022

These are the first light-duty electric trucks to be made available in Penske’s rental and leasing fleet, as previously announced. Penske’s first Ford E-Transit vehicles will be made available in Southern California with other locations around the US phased in later in the year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Groupe Renault and Faurecia will collaborate on hydrogen storage systems for hydrogen-powered light commercial vehicles. Starting at the end of 2021, Faurecia will supply hydrogen storage systems for a first fleet of light commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed federal emissions standards spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond. The light-duty vehicle category includes passenger cars and light trucks consistent with previous EPA criteria pollutant and GHG rules.

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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. Both vehicles will be available in 2022 with green hydrogen production and distribution solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

Waymo will now work exclusively with FCA as its preferred partner for the development and testing of class 1-3 light commercial vehicles for goods movement for commercial delivery customers, including Waymo Via. FCA and Waymo have expanded their autonomous driving technology partnership; FCA became Waymo’s first OEM partner in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Volvo Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions (LIGHTS) Innovation Showcase, held at Volvo Trucks’ TEC Equipment dealership’s Fontana location, revealed the progress that has been achieved since the announcement of the Volvo LIGHTS project in late 2018. Earlier post.) Volvo Group contributed $36.7

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2020

ABB will supply high voltage-capable chargers for the Volvo LIGHTS project. ABB’s charging systems can charge any electric vehicle (EV) battery at up to 920 VDC, enabling faster charge times and greater commercial fleet utilization for this project. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Europe’s leading land transport provider is thus strengthening its sustainability strategy and further expanding the use of electric vehicles in its mixed fleets. With these latest vehicles, DB Schenker will become FUSO’s largest electric fleet customer with a total of 41 eCanter vehicles in daily operations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

Audi is moving ahead with networked traffic lights in Düsseldorf. After Ingolstadt, the city on the Rhine is the second in Europe in which Audi is introducing its Traffic Light Information service. Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) services like Audi Traffic Light Information increase efficiency, convenience and safety on the roads.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The first Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck pre-production units have begun leaving the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center; the all-electric F-150 Lightning goes on sale next spring. The investment and 450 added jobs will help increase production capacity to 80,000 trucks a year. Ford has invested $7.7

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2022

Aurora Innovation unveiled its test fleet of its autonomous custom-designed Toyota Sienna vehicles featuring Toyota’s Vehicle Control Interface (VCI) and “Sienna Autono-MaaS” (S-AM) platform. The Toyota S-AM will serve as the backbone platform for the expected launch of Aurora Connect, its autonomous ride-hailing product.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

StreetScooter GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post and market leader for electric light commercial vehicles (eLCV), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery Holding Group (Chery) establishing a joint venture between the two companies. Total investment could be up to €500 million.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2019

Audi is introducing the vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) service “Traffic Light Information” in Europe. From July, Audi will network new models with the traffic lights in Ingolstadt/Germany; further European cities will follow from 2020 onwards. With the Traffic Light Information function, drivers are more in control.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

BrightDrop, GM’s new business focused on electric last-mile deliveries ( earlier post ), has completed the first production builds of the EV600, a key milestone to deliver its first electric light commercial vehicle (eLCV) to FedEx Express in time for the holiday season. BrightDrop EV410.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

New research from IHS Markit shows that the average age of light vehicles in operation (VIO) in the US has risen to 12.1 The increase in average age will further drive vehicle maintenance opportunities from an increasingly aged vehicle fleet. —Todd Campau, associate director of Aftermarket Solutions at IHS Markit.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Boost Fleet Efficiency with Efficient & Reliable Fleet Management Solutions A Guide to Evaluating Your Different Options This article may contain affiliate links. In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, optimizing fleet operations is essential for organizations across various industries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2019

million (€5 million) in ViriCiti, a Europe-based EV fleet efficiency technology company ( earlier post ), in a Series A round. ViriCiti has developed and deployed a telematics platform for monitoring and managing electric bus and truck fleets, enabling fleet operators to optimize battery and vehicle performance.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Under the project HyWay, France will deploy 50 fuel cell light commercial vehicles around 2 hydrogen distribution stations in Lyon and Grenoble. In a second phase, the project provides for the development and production of hydrogen from local renewable energy. The 18-month project will use 50 Kangoo ZEs fitted with fuel cells.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2013

Halliburton, one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry, is deploying nearly 100 light-duty Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks across several field locations in the US. The Ford bi-fuel trucks were recently purchased as part of a pilot program to be rolled out throughout its US operations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The FUSO eCanter is the world’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty truck and will be delivered to customers starting this year in the US, Europe and Japan. Larger scale production is intended to start in 2019. will be operating 25 units of the eCanter in their fleet. kWh each. Seven-Eleven Co., markets.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

This will include infrastructure development and vehicle fleets to accelerate the expansion of hydrogen mobility for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles. Initially the focus will be on buses, light commercial vehicles and cars, with a further aim to accelerate the heavy-duty truck segment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2017

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has started production of the all‑electric light-duty truck Fuso eCanter in Tramagal, Portugal. The Fuso eCanter is produced in line with the conventional Canter light-duty truck at the Tramagal plant. will be operating 25 units of the new eCanter in their fleet within this year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rulemaking for model year 2023-2026 light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards, and outlined its plans to initiate a subsequent rulemaking to set standards for MY 2027 and beyond, to speed the transition of the light-duty vehicle fleet toward a zero emissions future.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

Walmart signed an agreement to reserve 5,000 of BrightDrop’s EV600 and smaller EV410 electric delivery vans to support the retail giant’s growing last mile delivery network and goal of operating a zero-emissions logistics fleet by 2040. This agreement adds to FedEx’s initial reservation of 500 BrightDrop EVs announced last year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2019

StreetScooter has presented the next generation of its successful all-electric light commercial vehicles (eLCVs): the WORK and WORK L. StreetScooter is a well-known early bird in the electric light commercial vehicle sector. The results speak for themselves: optimal operational equipment for environmentally conscious fleet customers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) to launch a 50-50 joint-venture based in France by the end of the first half of 2021, targeting more than 30% share of the fuel cell-powered light commercial vehicle (LCV) market in Europe. This comprehensive solutions approach will accelerate adoption by commercial fleets.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Converting Fleets to EVs and Adding Roadside Assistance. EVs make a lot of sense for commercial fleets with reduced fuel and maintenance costs and batteries that can be sized to a specific route to eliminate range anxiety. Companies making near and long-range plans for their fleets are no longer merely thinking gasoline or diesel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

The standard model of the eActros is planned to roll off the production line in Wörth am Rhein (Germany) from autumn 2021. The findings from the "eActros innovation fleet" which started in 2018 and the close exchanges with customers have been incorporated into the development of the series-production model.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

SCE’s testing of the eCascadia is a major step down the path of achieving our company’s recently announced fleet electrification goals. We’ve been on the design team for the eCascadia for the last several years now, and it’s very nice to see our work and Freightliner’s work come to fruition with this product.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2020

Local battery production is an important success factor for Mercedes-Benz AG’s electric offensive and the key element to meet the global demand for electrified vehicles flexibly and efficiently. The company is therefore investing more than €1 billion to establish a global battery production network. Source: Daimler.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 10, 2024

In the complex logistical ballet of modern commerce, fleet vehicles serve as the lifeblood of countless enterprises, ranging from the acrobatics of urban delivery services to the steadfast endurance of long-haul transport. What are the daily demands of your fleet operation?

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

Fleet customers will appreciate the use of raw data or ease of integration with any telematics service provider, no hidden costs for devices or data. Mobilisights has launched its new product “the Fleet Management Data pack”.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), part of the Daimler Trucks family, plans to start the series production of fuel-cell trucks by the late 2020s. At the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show in October, MFTBC unveiled the Vision F-CELL, a light-duty fuel-cell concept truck. The modular high-voltage battery provides from 13.8

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