Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

King County, Washington, Executive Dow Constantine announced that King County Metro Transit will acquire 120 battery-electric buses by 2020. As part of this commitment, Metro will purchase up to 73 battery buses from Burlingame, Calif.-based The first 20 are scheduled to go into service this year and 2019. based Proterra.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

New Flyer of America has received an order from the Golden Empire Transit District (GET bus) for five forty-foot fuel cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 heavy-duty transit buses, purchased off of the California Department of General Services (CDGS) contract.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2021

Unitrans, the University of California, Davis transit system, has purchased six Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses from NFI subsidiary New Flyer of America Inc. NFI’s New Flyer was selected by DGS as an approved supplier of electric vehicles in 2019.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The electrification of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and fleet vehicles, is gaining significant momentum globally. According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Endera, a technology company specializing in commercial electric vehicles, charging stations and software solutions, delivered 18 all-electric passenger shuttles to ACE Parking, for use at the San Diego International Airport.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

Lane Transit District (LTD) in Oregon has awarded New Flyer a contract for 11 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses, including seven ABB depot chargers to support electric bus infrastructure development. More than half use electric hybrid propulsion, helping to lower emissions from public transit.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

More than 100 truck and bus fleets requested funding for vehicles produced by more than 20 manufacturers. CARB, in partnership with CALSTART, launched HVIP and Low NO x Engine Incentives in 2009 to accelerate the purchase of cleaner, more-efficient trucks and buses in California.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. Modec fully electric vehicle with a cab forward design used in London.

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Teslarati

JULY 20, 2021

The New York City Police Department has landed a Tesla Model 3 as its newest automotive fleet addition. It was added to the NYPD’s fleet of highway patrol cars last month. The NYPD acquired the Dual Motor, Long Range All-Wheel-Drive variant of the Model 3 for its fleet. “The NYPD continually assesses new technology.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2020

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO), a non-regulatory department within the Governor’s Office focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by advancing clean energy, energy efficiency and zero emission vehicles, has released the Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan 2020. BEVs and PHEVs currently on the road in Colorado.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The Fiscal Year 2019-20 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives, largely funded with cap-and-trade proceeds, is part of California’s strategy for improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, the state’s largest source of air pollution and climate-changing gases.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Clean Cars 4 All is one of several vehicle-purchase incentive program helping Californians make the switch to clean vehicles. They accelerate the transition of fleets to zero-emission in line with Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-79-20 requiring all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California to be zero-emission by 2035.

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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. These results exceeded the 300-mile range performance target by 17% without refueling.

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Electric Vehicles India

MAY 6, 2021

India’s electric four-wheeler ride-hailing fleet incentives. The Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore cities are among the top markets for ride-hailing four-wheelers in India and have the highest shares of electric vehicles when compared to the other cities in India. India’s electric four-wheeler. billion, $52.5

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EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

One of the common arguments you hear from people in America who are not fans of the idea of electric vehicles is that they are mostly charged from electricity produced from coal power plants. At a high level, 15 states with 25% or more of electricity form renewable sources accounted for 53.5% of electric vehicle sales in the US.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. in 2018—the slowest rate since 2010—according to Energy Efficiency 2019 , the IEA’s annual report on energy efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. billion through 2019. billion through 2019. That finding takes into account both the higher purchase price of an electric vehicle and the lower fuel costs over the vehicle’s life.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

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. However, heavy-duty electric trucks from traditional makers have started to hit the market.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 15, 2021

It’s Getting Easier To Go Electric. One of these remarkable initiatives is the introduction of electric cars. Electric cars are a current trend. In 2019, the sales of electric vehicles totaled 1.1 million worldwide during the first half of the year, according to Edison Electric Institute. Europe and China.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2019

The state of Virginia will allocate more than $12 million in state funding to deploy electric transit buses in three Virginia localities, using nearly $9 million from the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust (VW Trust) that the Commonwealth received as part of its settlement with Volkswagen. Statewide contract for electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The California Air Resources Board on Friday approved the Innovative Clean Transit regulation (ICT) ( earlier post )—a first-of-its-kind regulation in the US that sets a statewide goal for public transit agencies to gradually transition to 100% zero-emission bus (ZEB) fleets by 2040. Transit agencies are expected to save $1.5

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 7, 2021

EPA standards meant to incentivize EV production are phasing out By Peter DouglaS: Member, Electric Auto Association. Electric vehicles (EVs) play an important role helping automakers keep in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions standards. Fourteen of the 20 automakers incurred a credit deficit in 2019.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The market for electric cars is constantly changing. There seem to be significant advancements in technology and performance for new electric automobiles every week.    Electric vehicles are becoming more widely available as a result of ongoing innovation and the newly gained acceptance from the people.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

AT&T expects to spend an estimated $350 million to purchase about 8,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles and approximately $215 million to begin replacing its passenger cars with alternative-fuel models, beginning with hybrids. In 2009, AT&T will deploy nearly 800 of the CNG and hybrid electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

IDTechEx’s latest master electric vehicle report “ Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042 ” finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to more than 74 million by 2030. Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042”.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

As part of that effort, the leaders committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light- and heavy-duty vehicles by aligning fuel efficiency and/or GHG emission standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively. A key element of that partnership is a goal for North America to strive to achieve 50% clean power generation by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

One of the challenges Clean Fleet Report takes seriously is to test the EPA fuel economy ratings for the cars, crossovers and trucks we review, knowing efficiency is a top priority when looking to purchase a new vehicle. Adding electric miles. A fully charged battery will deliver 26 miles of all-electric driving.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 24, 2022

Whether you dream of owning a roadster or coupe, purchasing a sports car can leave a huge dent in your pocket. Flash Drive: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT (an electric alternative). Road Test: 2019 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 Coupe. Road Test: 2019 Chevrolet Camaro SS Coupe. Road Test: 2020 Toyota 86 Hakone.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Clean Fleet Report recently had the opportunity to drive the 2022 Lexus RX 450h F Sport AWD and came away reminded why more than 50% of Lexus owners return to the brand. In the parallel hybrid system the electric motor can power the car by itself, the gas engine can power the car by itself or they can power the car together.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

In 2019 Ford announced the name of its all-new, all-electric crossover would be the Mustang Mach-E. How dare Ford besmirch the good Mustang name by calling a SUV, powered by electricity no less, a Mustang? Recently we met up with a long time Mustang owner who took the electric leap and bought a 2021 Mustang Mach-E.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 5, 2021

Photos from Clean Fleet Report archives. Unfortunately, hybrid cars still have a lot of myths and rumors surrounding them, which sometimes puts people off taking the leap and making the eco-friendlier purchase. Hybrid cars are exactly the same as gas vehicles in terms of driving. Smashing Through the Barriers To Hybrid Cars.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

Norway leads electric vehicle (EV) adoption, boasting the highest share of new EV purchases worldwide. Curbing CO2 Emissions with Electric Transport. Norway has long been a major producer of oil and gas, and remains the biggest oil producer in Western Europe, as well as, the third-largest exporter of natural gas in the world.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

stand when it comes to the transition to electric vehicles. This story is the 2,000 th one posted on Clean Fleet Report (as a point of reference we hit story #1,000 on Feb. The Tesla Model S ’ introduction in 2016 marked another milestone, but the Model 3 in 2019 and Model Y in 2020 broke the EV market wide open.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2012

Multiple fuel tanks allow for strategic purchasing of heavy fuel oil, low sulfur fuel and distillates. Design variants are available for fuel switching systems, installation of selective catalytic reduction and exhaust gas scrubbing systems and, in the near future, the use of LNG as fuel. Wash water holding tanks are also included.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 2, 2022

Clean Fleet Report will have detailed reviews of the Sportage gasoline, hybrid and eventually the plug-in hybrid in the coming months. Liter Inline 4-cylinder Turbo+44 kilowatt (kW) motor, Gasoline-Electric. kW motor, Gasoline-Electric. EPA Fuel Economy: TBD, should be similar to hybrid; 32-mile all-electric range.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Enter electric vehicles: a practical step toward reducing carbon emissions and reinforcing sustainable practices. The collective count of electric vehicles, encompassing cars, buses, vans, and large trucks, is anticipated to reach a remarkable 145 million by 2030. EVs are game changers in the reduction of vehicle emissions.

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