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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. The time and cost of installing the needed charging infrastructure for electric trucks can vary enormously.

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

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

Green Car Congress

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

Green Car Congress

The ReachNow Ride scheduling feature will be widely available to members in early 2017. ReachNow Fleet Solutions for residential buildings will begin at The Solaire, a LEED Gold Certified building, in Manhattan’s Battery Park City neighborhood on 8 Dec. This expanded ReachNow Reserve service will begin in Seattle in early 2017.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Will we have a universal standard for charging? It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. And do I understand that it's likely that that would set a de facto standard for all the non-Tesla world? John Voelcker There is already really a de facto standard.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Will we have a universal standard for charging? It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. And do I understand that it's likely that that would set a de facto standard for all the non-Tesla world? John Voelcker There is already really a de facto standard.