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Proterra and Miami-Dade County announce major EV technology project for fleet electrification; 42 more electric buses, 75 chargers

Green Car Congress

Proterra Inc and Miami-Dade County announced a major fleet electrification project with the County acquiring 42 Proterra ZX5+ electric transit buses, featuring a total of 19 MWh of battery storage capacity, along with plans to install 75 Proterra chargers across three bus depots. The first electric buses are slated to be delivered in 2022.

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Parker and Autocar receive follow-on order for 29 refuse trucks with RunWise series hydraulic hybrid drive system

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Miami-Dade County in south Florida has placed a follow-on order for 29 Autocar E3 refuse trucks featuring Parker Hannifin’s RunWise series hydraulic hybrid technology. Additional benefits include reduced maintenance costs, less engine wear and tear as well as extended brake life. Earlier post.).

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Parker Hannifin and Autocar Deliver Hydraulic Hybrid Refuse Vehicles to Florida Communities

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Parker Hannifin Corporation, in partnership with Autocar, delivered hydraulic hybrid refuse vehicles to three South Florida municipalities ( earlier post ): City of Miami, the City of Hialeah, and Miami-Dade County. The new Autocar E3 refuse vehicles feature Parker’s RunWise hydraulic hybrid drive system. Earlier post.).

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NREL study finds Class 8 hybrid trucks delivered 13.7% higher fuel economy than conventional diesels in comparable usage

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mph), and stops per mile (1.9 The hybrid group accumulated 27% fewer miles than the diesel group during the study, although the hybrids were driving a comparable number of miles per operational day. The team found that hybrid fuel costs per mile were 12% less than for the diesels. per mile)—i.e.,

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

As a battery electric vehicle (EV) owner for almost four years now (a Tesla Model 3 Long Range) and founder in 2017 of a group of some 500+ EV enthusiasts in the Miami Valley, I am in full support of SB 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry (AOAI). My EV battery is warrantied for a minimum of 100K miles and eight years.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. FY2017 Low-No projects. Description. Alabama A&M University. City of Tallahassee.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Self-driving cars has been a focus of Uber for the last half of the decade with the company racking up about 80,000 autonomous miles a week as it strives to bring driverless cars into the mix. Uber’s also in the process of adding transit connection information to its app as it strives to become a one-stop mobility information service.

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