CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 29, 2022

When we talk about the “last mile” in delivery, there’s a part of that last mile that we often leave out: the last few yards. The rest of the mile before that is usually trucks that come from a local depot of some kind to drop packages to customers, but that doesn’t mean the packages […].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2013

Nissan and New York City have launched a new electric vehicle taxi pilot with the Nissan LEAF. This pilot program, which puts six LEAF taxis into service beginning this spring, will help Nissan, the city, the taxi industry and the public understand how EVs can be integrated into future taxi fleets.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 6, 2022

Waymo has been trialing robotaxis in parts of Phoenix, Arizona, for a few years, and in San Francisco since August 2021. How much will it take Waymo to roll out to dozens of large cities — and actually serve the whole metro areas (not just the […]. The big question has been: How scalable is this?

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 29, 2021

Revel launches all-electric rideshare services in New York City. An Electric mobility company Revel has announced that it is launching an all-electric, all-employee rideshare service in New York City. It will launch its services in late May in Manhattan, New York.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Verizon announced that Verizon has replaced 234 of its existing gasoline-powered vans with hybrid-electric vans for use in New York City. We thank NYSERDA for their partnership in helping to make this happen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Mayor Bloomberg announces the addition of 70 new electric vehicles. New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2010

(TMS) announced that New York City will join the company’s US Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) demonstration program. As part of the demonstration program, two Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicles will be handed over to the NYCDOT and three to the Port Authority to be used in their fleets.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2010

Chevrolet will join with Con Edison as part of a development and demonstration program to introduce electric vehicles to New York City. The arrangement will be announced at the New York Auto Show, where the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range will be on display.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has selected the Nissan NV200 as the exclusive taxi of New York City for a decade, beginning in late 2013. The City now will enter into final negotiations with Nissan to make the NV200 the first taxicab specially built for use in New York City.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio last week issued an executive order specifying the attainment of an all-electric “carbon-neutral” fleet by the year 2040. New York City operates more than 30,000 owned and leased vehicles (on-road and off-road), the largest municipal fleet in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

XL recently completed a successful pilot deployment of school buses with Careful Bus Company in New York City outfitted with the XL hybrid system. The XLH system uses regenerative braking during deceleration and electric assist during acceleration to increase fuel economy.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Update: The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services also confirmed to Teslarati that it will purchase 250 Model 3 units for the New York City fleet. The 184 Mustang Mach-E vehicles will replace current gas-powered cars that are still used in the City’s fleet.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The first vehicle now serves routes in Fresno with the balance of the vehicles to be deployed in Fresno and Stockton as part of a year-long program. The USPS has a long history of testing electric vehicles for city delivery; the first known test of an electric vehicle for mail collection was in Buffalo, New York on 2 July 1899.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Archer Aviation and United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) announced their first airport-to-city-center route between United’s hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and New York City.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2017

By recycling organic waste into DME fuel, New York and other cities can reduce land fill use, lower overall emissions, and improve overall air quality. The benefits of DME make it a great use of organic waste as part of any city’s overall sustainability plan.

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Electrek

JUNE 26, 2023

Over the weekend New York city and state officials announced that US $25 million in federal funding had been allotted for electric bike charging stations. The charging stations are part of a plan to help combat a rising number of lithium-ion battery fires in the city.

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Teslarati

JUNE 2, 2023

Revel is expanding its rideshare fleet in New York City with the addition of a new electric vehicle model: the Kia Niro. Revel has been looking to expand its fleet of EVs with additional models outside of Teslas for some time, Keith Williams, VP of Rideshare Operations for Revel, said.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

New York City began installing public curbside EV charging stations in 2021 as part of a pilot that was originally expected to end in July of this year. According to the New York City DOT, Con Edison’s 100 chargers have seen an average utilization rate of 72%.

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Electrek

MARCH 7, 2023

A new law already passed by the New York City Council will ban the sale of electric bicycles , electric scooters and other electric mobility devices that are not UL-certified. The move is part of an on-going push to improve e-bike safety and reduce the risk of fires.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 9, 2022

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, many research groups sought an effective method to determine mobility patterns and crowd densities on the streets of major cities like New York City to give insight into the effectiveness of stay-at-home and social distancing strategies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2021

Initially launched in Portland, Oregon, and Las Vegas, the service has also recently expanded across the US, Canada, and some parts of Europe. Some of the latest additions include New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Signals continue to be added monthly for Audi drivers using TLI.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Canada-based FLO announced the installation of the first wave of workplace electric vehicle (EV) charging stations as part of a multi-year agreement with General Motors (GM), whereby FLO provides AC Level 2 and direct current (DC) fast chargers for GM to be installed on their premises in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) will, for the first time, use renewable diesel, a low-emissions, 99% petroleum-free fuel, to power more than 1,000 City government vehicles, including in large vehicles such as sanitation trucks.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. Bridgeport (CT) for the New York City market. liter diesel vehicles in the United States.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

New York City has a rule that taxis cannot be more than seven years old. Those mileage numbers are a testament to the cars’ insane dependability and mountains of readily available, mostly affordable parts. Ravinder Sharma’s 2011 Crown Vic has more than 550,000 miles on the clock, while Haroon Abdullah’s 2013 has 491,000.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 18, 2023

new trend in design for American motor cars. Its long low lines (58½” height) is accented by the new deep angle wrap-around windshield.” Previously a New York City affair, it went on the road for the first time in 1953. The back of a photo printed for the 1953 Motorama show described the Eldorado as a “.new

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) recently shared extensive plans to support the influx of EVs in the area by deploying four DC fast chargers as part of its city-operated fast-charging network.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

Walmart plans to use BrightDrop electric vans as part of its InHome delivery service, which the retailer announced will be rapidly expanding, going from InHome being available to 6 million households to making it accessible to 30 million US households by the end of the year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2019

East Coast (Boston, New York City, and Miami). In New York City and Miami, regular retail gasoline prices were lowest in December, but prices in Boston were lowest in January. In both New York City and Boston, prices peaked in May at the beginning of the summer driving season.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

The project is funded in part by the largest federal grant of its kind—a $1.35-million The new Metro-Via service will be shared, affordable, on-demand, dynamic, accessible, and integrated enabling the use of either a credit card or a TAP account. million rides per month, and is growing rapidly.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), part of Daimler Trucks, celebrated the global launch of the FUSO eCanter ( earlier post ) in New York City. MFTBC is planning to deliver 500 units of this generation to customers within the next two years.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

Combining the refuse industry-leading design of the Mack LR model with a fully electric Mack drivetrain, the demonstration model will begin real-world testing in 2020 in the demanding operations of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY). Mack Trucks is part of the Volvo Group.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

This move is part of the City’s efforts to phase out its use of regular diesel. The City plans to bid a long-term contract to purchase renewable diesel following a successful six-month demonstration period in which the City tested nearly one million gallons of renewable diesel in City fleet vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2018

LightningAnalytics, a new cloud-based analytics system that provides drive, route and predictive vehicle health scoring for maximum range and efficiency, is available as an option with every Lightning Systems vehicle. LightningElectric is available for the Ford Transit as part of Ford’s eQVM program.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

New Flyer of America Inc. announced that New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions ( earlier post ) has successfully deployed two rapid, OppCharge on-route chargers along New York City Transit Authority’s (NYCT) M42 route.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

Exactly 70 years after the Corvette made its original debut at Motorama in New York City, Chevrolet returned to the city to introduce the first electrified Corvette featuring all-wheel-drive and a powerful 6.2L LT2 Small Block V-8: the 2024 E-Ray.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2019

For the study, researchers analyzed 6 measurements of lung and heart health in 34 men and women traveling abroad for at least a week from the metropolitan New York City area. Specifically, the study found that being in a polluted city reduced measures of lung function by an average of 6% and by as much as 20% in some people.

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