Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has delivered the first vehicle in its Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet—a Freightliner eM2 ( earlier post )—to Penske Truck Leasing, fulfilling its promise to put an electric commercial truck in customer hands in 2018. The range of the eM2 is around 370 km (230 miles).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2018

Kia Motors will introduce its first 48V diesel mild-hybrid powertrain in the second half of 2018. The Kia Sportage will be the first model to offer the new EcoDynamics+ diesel mild-hybrid powertrain later in 2018. Charge from the 48V battery helps to start the engine in most conditions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2019

New Flyer of America announced that a test demonstration with a New Flyer 40', heavy-duty fuel-cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) achieved 350-miles (563 km) of zero-emission range. New Flyer manufactures the Xcelsior CHARGE H2 in forty-foot and sixty-foot lengths.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

An influx of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) charging without coordination could prove challenging to the nation’s electric grid, according to research conducted by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This effect is exacerbated when higher in-home power charging is adopted.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

As part of this new strategic cooperation agreement, NIO and Shell will construct and operate battery charging and swapping facilities. Shell’s charging network in Europe will also become available to NIO users. NIO is a global smart electric vehicle company that began delivering cars to consumers in China in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2020

American shipbuilding company Vigor Fab LLC has selected ABB as the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system provider for the newest additions to the Washington State Ferry fleet—the largest US ferry system. The first hybrid-electric Olympic Class ferry will join Washington State Ferries’ fleet in 2024. Image: Vigor.

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Energy Storage Hybrid Washington Energy 221

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

ABB has won a $20-million order from Swiss bus manufacturer HESS to supply its flash-charging technology ( earlier post ) for 20 e-buses and related infrastructure for the French city of Nantes. It takes less than one second to connect the bus to the charging point, making it the world’s fastest flash-charging connection technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

This initiative will have a specific focus on charging station investments for electric transit buses and medium- / heavy-duty trucks located in or serving the community. Working with that framework, Electrify America recognized the strong need for transit and heavy-duty truck charging solutions as part of this investment.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2019

In October 2018, Mercedes-Benz Trucks handed over an eActros in Mannheim to concrete producer TBS Transportbeton. Both vehicles are part of the eActros “Innovation Fleet” for testing the heavy, all-electric truck with various customers. The tests of this "Innovation Fleet" are made up of two phases, each with ten customers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2019

The European fleet currently comprises approximately 3,500 electric buses, while barely five years ago the total number was 240. At the end of 2018, the European Parliament set itself the goal to ensure that in 2025, 50% of all new city buses are electric, whereas in 2030 that share is supposed to climb to 75%.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2020

The battery system can be charged in a very short time due to its high 3C charging power and features high cycle life and effective thermal management. The Coradia iLint has been conducting in successful passenger service between Cuxhaven and Buxtehude since September 2018. —Sven Schulz, the CEO of AKASOL AG.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 28, 2023

Part 2: No, NACS is not today’s Tesla connector Part 3: Why Tesla’s NACS is unlikely to kill CCS Part 4: Behind the scenes as seven automakers counter Tesla’s Superchargers EV charging is changing, but much remains to be settled A flurry of news over less than a year permanently altered the US landscape for EV charging.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2020

In addition, the preconditions are good for the use of electric vans in the CEP industry: routes can be planned well in advance, are manageable in length and distance and normally there are larger areas near distribution centers of the logistics service providers, which are suitable for the commissioning of corresponding charging infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2019

A 20% increase in UK-generated electricity would be required to charge the current 252.5 The urgent need to cut CO 2 emissions to secure the future of our planet is clear, but there are huge implications for our natural resources not only to produce green technologies like electric cars but keep them charged.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2019

Four Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses will be included in the Norgesbuss operator fleet from Oslo. The four new buses will be equipped with 145 kWh Solaris High Power batteries, which will recharged via both the plug-in connector and the fast charging pantograph. One of the newly ordered buses is also the Solaris Urbino 8.9

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

unveiled PowerDrive, a suite of plug-in hybrid electric powertrain solutions spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty applications, at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show. The vehicle is also configured with exportable grid-quality electric power to recharge vehicles and a recovery crane operating on either electric or engine power take-off.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2016

ABB will deliver and deploy 13 flash-charging stations along an urban transit bus route, as well as three terminal and four depot feeding stations. ABB will deliver and deploy 13 flash-charging stations along an urban transit bus route, as well as three terminal and four depot feeding stations. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

If approved, this program would be the largest deployment of EV charging stations in the country, PG&E said. A typical residential customer would pay about 70 cents more per month over the period 2018 to 2022, according to PG&E. It was one of the first utilities in the country to offer money-saving rate plans for EV customer charging.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2019

In 2018, Volkswagen announced at the Vienna Motor Symposium that it would make the innovative low-voltage concept accessible to a broad public. Volkswagen will then gradually extend the electrification of the drive system to the entire fleet.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

A mid-day recharge will double this. Lion Bus estimates the market potential for such as bus will increase gradually to 250 buses annually in 2018. The strategy will include vehicles from individuals, businesses, municipalities and non-profit organizations, as well as taxis and government fleet vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2017

The electric buses can travel up to 40 miles or 2 hours on a charge. The RTD charging stations take about 10 minutes to completely recharge a bus. RTD will launch a second all-electric BRT route in January 2018 along the MLK corridor in South Stockton. The price of each bus is approximately $850,000.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 17, 2021

Electric vehicles sales & charging stations need in India. Let us know more in detail about Electric vehicles sales and charging stations. . Electric vehicles sales & charging stations. 400,000 charging stations to meet the requirement for 2 million EV. Focus on creation of Phased Manufacturing Plan.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

However, California is lagging behind when it comes to ensuring its charging infrastructure keeps up with the growth of its electric vehicle fleet, the report finds. California has 16,549 public and nonresidential private-sector charging outlets—the most in the nation by far. Automakers are reducing charging times.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2016

An electrified road is one in which the electricity supply for vehicle propulsion is continuously supplied in order to keep the vehicle moving and to avoid recharging requirements. Outside Arlanda, the eRoadArlanda consortium company will test a technology that involves an electric rail in the roadway charging the vehicle during its trip.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 6, 2023

Road Trip: 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium Extended Range Making the Case To Be Your Only Car Clean Fleet Report recently ventured on a 1,796-mile, four-state road trip in an all-electric 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD Extended. Ready to hit the road Charging The first question asked about a long trip in an EV is always charging.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

Each volunteer was supplied with a Toyota Prius IV hybrid vehicle (Prius + Luxury grade with 17" wheels and a full suite of premium features) for one calendar week during November 2018. It conclusively shows that our self-charging hybrids are in zero emissions mode for well over half of their journeys, including on long drives.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2017

The Mondeo Energi, to be launched in early 2018, will be the first plug-in hybrid to be manufactured by the Changan Ford JV. Changan Ford will start manufacturing the Mondeo Energi plug-in hybrid in Chongqing in early 2018. If the battery of the Mondeo Energi is running low, it can easily be charged at home or the office.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 2, 2024

Leading with class Smooth Propulsion Clean Fleet Report drove the 2024 Range Rover Velar Dynamic SE with the 3.0-liter There is no plug on the Range Rover to recharge the battery. Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2022

Clean Fleet Report ran a few test loops to get a feel for real world fuel economy and electric range. kWh battery is charged, there is no sound upon pressing the start button as the Escape PHEV defaults to electric mode. EV Charge mode charges the battery while driving. 244 total miles, with 144 all-electric miles.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 5, 2021

Clean Fleet Report drove the Niro PHEV EX Premium, and came away with a good feeling about this compact crossover that can deliver a 560-mile driving range. All three Niro PHEV trim levels, LXS, EX and EX Premium (the version Clean Fleet Report tested) have the same propulsion system–a 1.6 Charge up for electric-only local driving.

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EV Connect

APRIL 17, 2023

million it forecasted in 2018. Some of this falls on auto manufacturers, which must produce more cars equipped with V2G charging capabilities. And, in an EV-heavy future, they’ve also plugged in their car for a recharge. They can apply the same logic and systems to EV charging, too. Today, there are roughly 1.7

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The 82 kilowatt-hour (kWh) nickel-manganese-cobalt battery can be charged 10-80% in 28 minutes using a 205 kW DC Fast charger. Battery and Charging The hatch opens to ample inside space When slowing or stopping regenerative braking converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery. with 0-60 mph times of 5.9

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 11, 2023

My desire was to learn how to live with an EV away from one’s familiar territory and also to find out what one has to do to overcome charging station issues and learn how to live with it. Fortunately it’s becoming less of an issue now the newest EVs have a range of up to 300 miles on a full battery charge.

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Blink Charging

MARCH 3, 2022

In 2018, the Blue Switch project was created by Nissan as an initiative to promote the use of electric car batteries as viable resources for issues related to disaster prevention, energy management, climate change, and more. It can recharge where the power supply has been restored, and then drive on to another hard-hit region.”

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Clean Fleet Report tested a XT5 Premium Luxury with the 3.6L Clean Fleet Report spent a week exploring Southern California in the front-wheel drive XT5 Premium Luxury, which the EPA rates at 19 mpg city/26 highway/21 combined mpg. liter four-cylinder or a normally aspirated 3.6-liter liter V6 engine. Both engines use premium 91 octane.

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Cadillac Land Rover MPG Fuel Economy 75

Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 10, 2021

The Company is a leading manufacturer and supplier of Zinc carbon, Alkaline, Lithium, Rechargeable batteries and lighting products. Last year, Amara Raja installed EV battery charging and swapping stations and also introduced a fleet of e-Autos in Tirupati. Efforts towards electric vehicles revolution.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) unveiled ten new hydrogen fuel-cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 heavy-duty transit buses in Santa Ana, California. The order was previously announced in April 2018, at that time becoming the US’ largest procurement and deployment of fuel cell-electric buses.

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