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Georgia Tech life-cycle study finds TCO of medium-duty electric and diesel delivery trucks similar; electric life-cycle energy use and GHG lower than diesel

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Life-cycle energy use and GHG emissions normalized with NYCC diesel case (8.06 They also found that the total costs of ownership (TCO) of the electric and diesel trucks are similar. They also found that the total costs of ownership (TCO) of the electric and diesel trucks are similar. MJ/t·km and 0.63 kgCO 2 e/t·km) at 100%.

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Georgia Tech study finds MD electric urban delivery trucks have cost advantages over diesel in some conditions; relative benefits depend on numerous factors

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The study found that TCO for electric and diesel medium-duty urban delivery trucks were similar. Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Click to enlarge.

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Ryder’s natural gas truck fleet surpasses 30 million miles

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The fleet consists of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors serving customers in California, New York, Michigan, Texas, Arizona, Utah, Maryland, Georgia and Louisiana, as well as in Canada. Since deploying its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, Ryder has replaced approximately 4.6

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Ryder’s natural gas fleet surpasses 20 million miles

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The fleet consists of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors serving more than 40 customer operations in California, New York, Texas, Arizona, Michigan, Utah, Georgia, and Louisiana. Since deploying its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, Ryder has replaced approximately 3.1

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Nissan partnering with Clean Cities-Atlanta on EVs

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CC-A is a coalition of government agencies, utilities, public interest groups, and public and private fleets that advance the use of alternatives to gasoline, and diesel fuels in cars, trucks and buses. The Nissan LEAF will roll out to the state of Georgia in 2011.

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Ryder 1st commercial fleet provider to surpass 100M natural gas vehicle miles

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Michigan-based beverage container recycling company UBCR has operated its Ryder NGV fleet for more than 7 million miles since 2011. Sixteen compressed natural gas vehicles, designed with the latest modifications and technological advances, will replace UBCR’s entire truck fleet.

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UC San Diego hires top robotics expert to lead Contextual Robotics Institute

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Christensen is leaving his post as executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the Georgia Institute of Technology to come to UC San Diego. In 2011, Christensen was awarded the Joseph F. Ten years ago, he took over the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at Georgia Tech.

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