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Toronto Transit Commission greenlights first battery-electric bus fleet; 10 Proterra E2s to start

Green Car Congress

The TTC is the most heavily-used urban mass transit system in all of Canada, and the third largest in North America, after the New York City Transit Authority and Mexico City Metro. A new study from McGill University found that each 10% increase in the kilometers of bus service resulted in an 8.27% increase in ridership.

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How to Prevent a Power Outage From Becoming a Crisis

Cars That Think

On 4 August 2020, a tropical storm knocked out power in many parts of New York City as well as neighboring counties and states. And it slowed urgent repair and maintenance of the power grid, with work crews having to practice social distancing due to the pandemic. Step 1: Identify outages in real time. YURY DVORKIN/NYU.

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Proterra beefs up its battery expertise: Q&A CTO Dustin Grace

Charged EVs

The company has sold some 950 buses to transit agencies, airports, universities, national parks and private companies in 43 states and provinces. The Proterra Energy division offers a turnkey electrification solution for fleets, including financing, charging infrastructure and maintenance. Because it’s happened here.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

It makes sense for organizations to focus on their core activities, so just as they outsource things like IT or building maintenance, many want to outsource the charging infrastructure for their electric fleets. Fast-forward to 2017. I watched the BMW i3s at Delaware University [an early V2X pilot], and my mind was blown.