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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

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Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators. New partners for fleets—and lots of them. Driving style also matters.

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

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First debuting in 2017, the Niro is a key model for Kia as it offers three different propulsion choices, all of which offer excellent fuel economy or all-electric driving range. The Green Zone mode automatically switches to EV mode through navigation and driving history when driving in residential neighborhoods, past schools and hospitals.

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ICCT report highlights importance of California ZEV mandate for EV policies worldwide, recommends steps forward

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It highlights the declining cost of EV technologies but also persistent market uncertainties. Costs of transitioning to a self-sustaining market. To put those numbers in perspective, the Nissan Leaf battery pack is 24 kWh, for a total cost of $7,200 at $300 per kWh.) Complementary policies to support electric vehicle deployment.

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Pike forecasts NEV market to remain small, although with double the growth rate of light-duty vehicles to 2017

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Annual worldwide NEV sales by region, 2011–2017. The total number of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs)—low-speed street-legal electric vehicles—on the world’s roadways will grow from 479,000 in 2011 to 695,000 by 2017, a 45% increase, according to a new forecast by Pike Research. between 2011 and 2017.

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

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The service also introduced four new mobility services: Ride, Reserve, Share, and Fleet Solutions for residential buildings. The ReachNow Ride scheduling feature will be widely available to members in early 2017. Property Managers interested in learning more about ReachNow Fleet Solutions can email fleetsolutions@reachnow.com.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? How big a deal is that when we consider this high initial cost of electric vehicles? And so that's what we call "DC fast charging."

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? How big a deal is that when we consider this high initial cost of electric vehicles? And so that's what we call "DC fast charging."