Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The program allows qualified fleet owners the opportunity to try out the latest in heavy-duty natural gas truck technology by test-driving a 12L near-zero truck. This “try before you buy” program provides fleet owners with the opportunity to haul loads with the new truck for up to two weeks. g/bhp-hr) since 2001.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Confidence continues to grow among Volvo Trucks North America customers as orders increase following the next-generation release of the D13TC engine in 2020. Volvo Trucks North America’s latest-generation D13 Turbo Compound engine is now standard on all VNL models.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2019

First introduced in 2011 and since installed on more than 6,500 New Flyer transit buses across North America, Connect is a key part of New Flyer’s commitment to developing the future of mobility. To date, Connect 360 is the only reporting technology of its kind for battery- electric buses in North America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. We are proud to announce the Volvo VNR Electric, designed to support cities focused on sustainable urban development and fleets operating in a range of regional-haul and distribution operations. —Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Trucks North America.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Meet the 17 members from across North America who have been nominated for the 2022 National Electric Auto Association (EAA) Board, and will be voted on by members in early November. About Joe: Joe has driven electric since 2017 with two BMWs: i3 REX and X5 40e. He has also been the Secretary for the West Virginia EAA since 2017.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

kg capacity, 700 bar), fuel cell stacks, electric motor (224 kW peak, 192 kW steady) and transmission, and offers a viable alternative to traditional diesel powertrains used in commercial goods transportation as companies look to transition their fleets to zero-emission vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2011

Annual light-duty electric vehicle sales, world markets: 2011-2017. million units worldwide by 2017, up from just under 114,000 vehicles in 2011. between 2011 and 2017 (this compares to a CAGR of 3.7% Pike anticipates that the market for PEVs is expected to grow to 1,342,067 vehicles annually by 2017—about 1.4%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Vehicle fuel economy improvements have slowed globally, according to the latest report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI): Fuel Economy In Major Car Markets: Technology And Policy Drivers 2005-2017. per year between 2015 and 2017. —more than triple the improvement rate between 2016 and 2017. Source: GFEI.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

Daimler Truck AG is pursuing a sustainable corporate strategy and aims to offer only new vehicles that are CO 2 -neutral in driving operation (“tank-to-wheel”) in Europe, Japan, and North America by 2039. Series production of the eCascadia is scheduled to start in mid-2022 and of the Freightliner eM2 in late 2022.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Meet the 17 members from across North America who have been nominated for the 2022 National Electric Auto Association (EAA) Board, and will be voted on by members in early November. About Joe: Joe has driven electric since 2017 with two BMWs: i3 REX and X5 40e. He has also been the Secretary for the West Virginia EAA since 2017.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2018

Momentum Dynamics has commissioned the US’ first 200 kW wireless charging system for a battery-electric transit bus fleet. This state-of-the-art technology is a game changer for battery electric fleets across the nation. The wireless charging system is now operational on a BYD K9S bus at Link Transit in Wenatchee, Washington.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The baseline for the Toyota-Kenworth T680 FCEV truck—codenamed “Ocean”—was a 2017 diesel engine operating about 200 miles a day. Earlier post.). The T680 FCEV has a range of about 300+ miles when fully loaded to 82,000 lbs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The light-duty FUSO eCanter had its world premiere in September 2017 and is being delivered to numerous customers worldwide. The test fleet comprises 38 vehicles in a variety of applications including regional and local distribution, food distribution and parcel delivery. Electric FUSO eCanter.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

VinFast VinFast is a Vietnam-based company that was established in 2017 by Vingroup. Clean Fleet Report reviewed the Vinfast VF 8 here. The company has already opened up dealerships across Europe and North America. The post Asian EV Manufacturers You Should Know first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

General Motors is expanding its portfolio of B20-capable vehicles to include cars and crossovers, and will field the industry’s most expansive lineup of diesel-powered vehicles in 2017, John Schwegman, director of commercial product and medium duty for GM Fleet, announced at the National Biodiesel Conference. Coupled with a 1.6L

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The CNG buses will be equipped with 2018 Cummins L9N engines, which provide a significantly reduced carbon footprint supporting TransLink’s planned fleet rejuvenation initiative and vision for increasingly sustainable transit. to 0.02g/bhp-hr. Earlier post.) The funds are administered in B.C. by the Union of British Columbia Municipalities.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Ryder System, a leader in commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions, has started to take delivery of 125 Chanje medium-duty electric panel vans ( earlier post ), the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2017

Series B funds will fuel Peloton’s growth plans, including the rollout of the first commercial two-truck driver-assistive platooning system later in 2017, as well as development of more advanced automation solutions. Several US-based Fortune 500 fleets plan to trial the system within the next year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

MD/HD HEV Truck Sales as percentage of ICE trucks, World Markets: 2011 and, 2017. million by 2017. million by 2017. In the United States, trucks represent approximately 13% of the total fleet market (in number of vehicles). between 2011 and 2017 to reach 100,746 trucks, or about 2.1% Source: Pike Research.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2017

The 150 kW systems are expected to be shipped in 2017. Ballard is partnering with North American bus OEM ElDorado National and BAE Systems, a system integrator and major supplier of electric drive systems, to deliver buses to SunLine Transit Agency. Funding was provided by the FTA under the Low or No Emission (LoNo) Vehicle Program.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2017

Michelin will acquire NexTraq , a US provider of commercial fleet telematics, in an all-cash transaction. NexTraq provides solutions for driver safety, fuel management and enhancing fleet productivity. Ralph Dimenna, chief operating officer for Michelin Americas Truck Tires, the heavy truck unit of Michelin North America.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2017

announced that The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, a commercial vehicle equipment provider in North America, will become a ship-thru installer of XL Hybrids’ XLP plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) upfits on Ford half-ton pickup trucks. facility starting in fourth quarter 2017. XL Hybrids, Inc. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2017

When the employee-only pilot testing program concludes, Servco, the distributor of Toyota vehicles in Hawaii, will use the car-sharing technology to launch a new Honolulu-based car share business by the end of 2017. Since January 2017, Toyota has been working with Getaround on the car-sharing pilot program in San Francisco, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2018

A supplier decision for North America will be taken shortly. From 2019, there will be a new electric vehicle “virtually every month”, Müller said: “This is how we intend to offer the largest fleet of electric vehicles in the world, across all brands and regions, in just a few years.”. billion (US$27.6

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

(EDI) has received a new bus drivetrain production order in China to integrate its EDI PowerDrive 6000 systems into 12 meter buses for the city of Tianshui as they work to electrify their fleet to significantly reduce emissions. With its successful delivery of its China-government-certified drivetrain solutions to electrify 8, 10.5,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

The first four near-zero trucks have been successfully operating since mid-2017 and an additional four have been operating since February 2018. The ultra clean CWI engines achieve the lowest emissions of any heavy-duty engine used in any truck in North America, yet deliver diesel caliber performance with reliability and durability.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2019

In 2017, the American Public Transportation Association awarded CDTA Mid-Sized Transit System of the Year. New Flyer has more than 50 years of experience in manufacturing zero-emission buses (ZEBs), with more electric buses on the road in the US than any other manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2016

Under a SuperTruck II award announced by the US Department of Energy (DOE) ( earlier post ), Volvo Group North America is scheduled to receive $20 million in federal funding that it will use to improve the freight-moving efficiency of heavy-duty trucks. Knight Transportation (long-haul fleet). Volvo participated in SuperTruck I.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2017

Evatran Group, the manufacturer and distributor of Plugless, announced that Plugless installations across North America (and some worldwide) crossed 1-million hours charged this month. 1 st wireless EV charger installed on a production fleet of driverless shuttlebuses. 1 st wireless EV charging field trials.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2017

The joint venture will offer one of the broadest multistage completions portfolios in the market combined with one of the largest hydraulic fracturing fleets in the industry. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2017, and is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2018

Nissan North America announced an agreement with NASA Ames Research Center to collaborate on research and technology development for future autonomous mobility services, including a working demonstration in Silicon Valley.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Three F-CELL customers were accompanied by a team from Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America based in Long Beach. The total mileage of the Daimler fuel cell fleet, which now numbers more than 300 vehicles including numerous research vehicles, has now reached more than 7.4 million miles (twelve million kilometers).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

At CES 2017, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America introduced the Panasonic Cognitive Infotainment platform designed to provide OEMs and fleet providers a set of cognitive vehicle solutions combining Panasonic’s infotainment expertise with IBM’s Watson and cloud technologies. Panasonic, Qualcomm and Android.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2019

In 2017, New Flyer opened its Vehicle Innovation Center, the first and only innovation lab of its kind in North America dedicated to the advancement of bus and coach technology. Its testing facilities are located in Gaithersburg and Clarksburg, Maryland.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

However, Nissan will be able to manufacture the NV200 to run on electric-only power starting in 2017. As part of the regular phase out of taxis, the current fleet on the road will be retired out of service within three to five years, depending on whether they are in-use part or full-time, and replaced by the Nissan NV200.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2017

FCA will bring engineering and other technical resources and expertise to the cooperation, as well as its significant sales volumes, geographic reach and long-time experience in North America. The cooperation remains on-track to deploy 40 autonomous test vehicles on the road by 2017 year-end.

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