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US Refiner Converting Fleet to Hybrids and Diesels

Green Car Congress

Independent refiner Alon USA Energy, Inc. has launched a new initiative to convert its 170-vehicle fleet to hybrid and clean diesel vehicles. Alon USA Energy, Inc., Alon USA Energy, Inc., Alon’s retail segment, Alon Brands, is extending the clean theme to the nearly 1,000 FINA locations in its network.

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Arcimoto Announces Grand Opening of Arcimoto Eugene Rental Center

EV Obssesion

Starting today, FUV rentals are now available to rent in TrackTown, USA EUGENE, Ore.–(BUSINESS ® (NASDAQ: FUV), makers of fun, affordable, and ultra-efficient electric vehicles for everyday drivers and fleets, today announced that its new rental center in Eugene is officially open for business.

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EV Readiness Index Study shows which U.S. States are most prepared for an electrified future

Teslarati

LeasePlan USA, a self-proclaimed “Car-as-a-Service” company, released the results of its EV Readiness Index study in the United States. ” LeasePlan USA. “A great example from California is the Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Rebates for Fleet Vehicles offered by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).

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2022 Los Angeles Auto Show Review

Clean Fleet Report

Back and better in the USA. Fiat stopped selling the Cinquecento, or 500e, in the United States (in reality California and Oregon only) in 2019. Clean Fleet Report got a look at the all-new 2023 Electrified GV70 a couple weeks before the Los Angeles Auto Show, and posted this sneak preview story. 2024 Fiat 500e EV.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. Expanding the EV fleet. The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. Municipal fleet electrification.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

Cars That Think

USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Norway. USA, South Korea, Sweden. Australia, USA. We're very fortunate to have an extensive site here at our CSIRO lab in Brisbane that has enabled us to construct quite varied tests for our full fleet of robots. Our fleet consists of two of each of these three platform types.

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

Cars That Think

Goh, Ufuk Topcu, and Avinash Balachandran from University of Texas at Austin, USA, and Toyota Research Institute, Los Altos, Calif., Fast Untethered Soft Robotic Crawler with Elastic Instability,” by Zechen Xiong, Yufeng Su, and Hod Lipson from Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Dorobantu, and Aaron D.

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