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Tech: How do Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Batteries Recharge? Do I Need to Plug a Hybrid In?

Clean Fleet Report

When the first gasoline-electric hybrids vehicles began arriving in 1999 and 2000, early adopters did their research and were quite knowledgeable about the then-new and revolutionary transportation mode. first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. A Primer on Hybrid Battery Care This article may contain affiliate links.

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Houston-Galveston area to deploy 30 battery-electric delivery trucks

Green Car Congress

As part of a US Department of Energy sponsored effort, local fleets will replace existing diesel delivery vehicles with all-electric medium- and heavy-duty Smith Newton trucks for daily operations in the Houston-Galveston area. Each Smith Newton will be delivered with an electric vehicle charging station (EVSE).

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First fleet of 100 Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell electric vans covers 650,000 km in customer use; more model variants planned

Green Car Congress

The batteries of Vito E-CELL vans are recharged at these locations outside of operating hours. Power supply is via charging stations at fleet depots. Mercedes-Benz Vans has produced a series of 2000 E-CELL vehicles since 2011. The energy suppliers have now provided charging stations to operators at their depots. 11 seconds.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. At the turn of the 20th century, utilities promoted the use of electric truck fleets to soak up excess electricity.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

Green Car Congress

This three-year project incorporates engineering of fleet control, manufacturing and installation of seven 500-kW/6-hour TransFlow 2000 energy storage systems in California, Massachusetts, and New York to lower peak energy demand and reduce the costs of power interruptions. 16,080,554. 12,392,120.

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ITF: measures to decrease road freight CO2 emissions

Green Car Congress

Moving goods by road consumes about 50% of all diesel produced; 80% of the global net increase in diesel use since 2000 comes from road freight. Fleet owners, shippers, retailers, hauliers and other stakeholder will only invest in these improvements, however, if the return rate, the payback periods and the risk level are attractive enough.

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Campaign Begins

Plug In Partners

Plug-ins could be recharged by plugging into a standard wall socket, delivering “electric” gallons of gas for about 75 cents a gallon at prevailing electric rates. consumers purchased more than 200,000 hybrid vehicles, which have grown from two models in 2000 to 11 models today. Last year, U.S. are driven just 25 miles a day or less.