Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2020

King County Metro (Metro)—the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle—has agreed to purchase 40 sixty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer, with plans to order an additional 80 battery-electric buses in the coming year.

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Teslarati

JULY 4, 2021

Over the weekend, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe showed off a fleet of Amazon all-electric delivery vans, which will be produced by the automaker. Most recently, an Amazon van was spotted in the wild by Hyperchange Youtube host Galileo Russell in Seattle. I love these! pic.twitter.com/roAQy4Xff2 — RJ Scaringe (@RJScaringe) July 3, 2021.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Amazon is ready for its first-ever holiday season with its fleet of custom electric delivery vehicles designed by Rivian. Hundreds of the vehicles rolled out this summer in more than a dozen cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. —Bishop et al. In their study, Bishop et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The selected technology is then to run in operation at the Port of Seattle over a six-month period to assess whether it is compatible with routine drayage truck operations in a short-haul environment. The pilot project, led by Omnitek Engineering, includes trucking fleets and related service providers.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2016

The German carmaker shut down its DriveNow service in San Francisco, but is now re-launching the service—with a new name, ReachNow—in Seattle. Users will have access to a fleet of 370 vehicles, including BMW i3 electric cars, as well as BMW 3-Series and.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2021

The CARMERA team has been a long-standing, trusted partner to Woven Planet, and with the closing of the transaction, Woven Planet will immediately oversee their offices and operations in New York and Seattle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

Seattle-based AeroTEC assisted with engineering efforts, including design of the modified nacelle structure, aircraft systems design and integration, as well as aircraft modifications and installation of the Universal Hydrogen powertrain onto the flight test aircraft, accomplished in less than 12 months.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

Electric aviation technology company magniX and Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline, announced a partnership to transform Harbour Air seaplanes into an all-electric commercial fleet powered by the magni500, a 560 kW (751 shp) all-electric motor that delivers 2,814 N·m of torque.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Metro is one of the ten largest transit agencies in the United States, providing more than 122 million annual passenger trips in King County, Washington, and including the city of Seattle. Metro’s long-term commitment, first announced January 2020, is to achieve a 100% zero-emissions fleet powered by renewable energy no later than 2040.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

PetroCard , a fuels distributor, and Waste Management, a provider of comprehensive waste management services, announced the grand opening of a “Clean N’ Green Fuel” compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in South Seattle— the first public-access CNG facility in the city. Waste Management has 108 CNG trucks in their Seattle area fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions. In assessing its transition to sustainable mobility, LTD employed a partnership with the University of Oregon (UO) to study opportunities and challenges.

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EV Match

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This year’s expo was heavily focused on clean fleets. What originally started as a heavy-duty alternative fuels industry event has evolved into a broader clean fleet conference. Angela Song from Seattle City Light noted the importance of “considering those not in the room” when these programs and policies are being developed. .

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

Seattle-based AeroTEC will lead aircraft conversion, flight test, and certification activities, drawing on its own extensive experience with electric aviation and expertise from across the aerospace sector.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2014

Zipcar was the first car-sharing company in the United States to introduce electric vehicles, starting in Boston in 2002, and the first to offer hybrid vehicles through a partnership with Honda in Seattle in 2003. Honda’s 2014 Fit EV, based on the popular five-passenger Fit, is rated at a combined fuel economy of 118 MPGe.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

Electric vehicles were first introduced into the DriveNow fleet in summer 2013 and today, the joint venture offers electric BMW i3 vehicles in almost all of its cities. In this context, the BMW Group introduced ReachNow in Seattle in April. An average journey is between 8 and 15 kilometers and lasts 20 to 40 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2020

Starting this August, Lyft riders in Seattle, Las Vegas, and Miami will be able to rent a SIXT car through the Rentals tab in the Lyft app. —Cal Lankton, Lyft’s VP Fleet & Global Operations. Following this three-city launch, Lyft plans to expand to all cities within the SIXT rental network in the US in the coming months.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

This project will support WMATA’s plans to accelerate its transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet and create good paying construction jobs, which will be supported through a project labor agreement and registered apprenticeships. King County Metro Transit in Seattle, Washington, will receive $33.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The Volkswagen Automotive Cloud engineering team, based in Seattle, has enabled data to be exchanged between the vehicles and the cloud through Azure edge services. The first test fleets connected to the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud are expected to hit the road in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2018

BYD (Build Your Dreams) will deliver two 8R Class-8 battery-electric refuse trucks, fitted with New Way Viper Rear Loader refuse bodies, to Recology in Seattle, WA for use in residential solid waste pick up. These will be the first electric refuse trucks to operate in the entire Pacific Northwest region.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030. Lead by example by procuring zero emission vehicles for city fleets.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is also one of Matson’s fastest vessels, with a top speed of 23 knots, helping ensure on-time deliveries in Hawaii from Matson’s three West Coast terminals in Seattle, Oakland and Long Beach. The two ships will replace three diesel powered vessels in active service, which will be moved to reserve status.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2016

EPIC provided transportation, logistic support, aircraft refueling equipment, on-site quality control at both the Gevo facility and Alaska Airlines fuel operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and consultant support in the blending and testing process.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is adding approximately 5,000 additional gas/electric hybrids to its nationwide fleet and designating nearly 80 rental locations across the country as “hybrid branches.” Louis; Seattle; and Washington, DC. per rental to fund certified offset projects through TerraPass.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Fleet operators surveyed as part of the study identified that access to public charging would accelerate deployment of electric vehicles because their trucks could use public sites to support their operations. HDR completed the study. The study’s final report proposes a phased approach for electrifying the I-5 corridor.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2017

Many of the transit agencies serving these communities have also completed third and fourth orders for Proterra buses including San Joaquin RTD, King County Metro in Seattle and Foothill Transit in Pomona, Calif. San Joaquin RTD is the first agency in Northern California to operate all-electric technology.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

City of Seattle Department of Transportation will receive $1.9 Two additional alternative fuel community partner projects across the Southeast and Midwest regions will bring together more than 20 diverse partners including communities, businesses, fleets and Clean Cities coalitions. Pecan Street Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In Seattle, NTSB investigators and Boeing engineers examine the type of lithium-ion battery used on the Boeing 787 to start the auxiliary power unit and to provide backup power for flight critical systems. NTSB investigators were made aware of reports of prior battery replacements on aircraft in the 787 fleet, early in the investigation.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2009

Alternative fuel technologies have been embraced in Seattle, after the city was awarded a $1.4million grant from the US Department of Energy to enhance its fleet of green vehicles. Seattle also signed an agreement to be one of the first markets to introduce the Nissan LEAF back in April. So how will the money be spent?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2010

The flight was part of Alaska Air Group’s “Greener Skies” project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) focused on using satellite-based guidance technology pioneered by Alaska Airlines to fly more efficient landing procedures that will reduce environmental impacts in the Puget Sound region.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

On the heels of completing one of the most rigorous performance tests in the industry, King County Metro Transit, serving the greater area of Seattle Washington, will now be able to electrify fully two routes using new funds from FTA’s Low-No Program for eight additional Proterra Catalyst vehicles.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

s Cruise autonomous driving business is preparing to resume testing its robotaxis with safety drivers in Phoenix, marking an important step in its attempts to resume service after grounding its fleet last year. General Motors Co.’s When the October incident occurred, Cruise was charging fares in San Francisco, Austin and Phoenix.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

Metro serves Seattle and the rest of King County. Metro also is calling on the industry to develop 60-foot long buses, better able to replace the articulated buses that make up 55 percent of its fleet. A Battery Bus stakeholder group is advising on the approach and priorities for achieving a zero emissions fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

Currently, the company has sold more than 400 vehicles to cities and communities in the US, including Seattle, Dallas, Nashville, San Jose, Philadelphia and Reno. The company recently launched of the industry’s first autonomous bus development program with the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2013

As a party contributing to the investigation, Boeing is providing pertinent fleet information, which will help investigators understand the operating history of lithium-ion batteries on those airplanes. In addition to the activities in Washington, investigators are continuing their work in Seattle and Japan.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

The changes, announced on Thursday, apply to Zoox’s fleet of vehicles that it designed and built itself. Zoox also operates retrofitted self-driving Toyota Highlanders in Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Foster City, California.

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