Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

New research from IHS Markit shows that the average age of light vehicles in operation (VIO) in the US has risen to 12.1 years this year, increasing by nearly 2 months during 2020 and elevated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Vehicle Miles Traveled declined year over year by more than 13% in 2020 due to lockdowns and work from home policies.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project. million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project. The project will also integrate non-truck battery-electric equipment, non-proprietary chargers, and solar energy production equipment.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric Volvo VNR regional-haul demonstrators in California next year, operating in distribution, regional-haul and drayage operations. Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS project.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Electric vehicles will grow from 0.7% of the global light-duty vehicle (LDV) fleet in 2020 to 31% in 2050, reaching 672 million EVs, predicts the US Energy Information Administration ( EIA ). more… The post Electric vehicles projected to make up 31% of the global fleet by 2050 appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in collaboration with two electric utilities, recently examined the causes, costs and lead times of distribution system upgrades anticipated for depot charging of short-haul heavy-duty trucks in the United States. 100 kW/vehicle) for the fleets studied. kW per vehicle).

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Demand peaking is due to the impact of rising vehicle fuel economy and emission standards, and as time goes by, from more sales of electric vehicles. When it comes to oil demand from light vehicles, it’s the latest sign that the 2019 peak is permanent. of new car sales in 2020, according to IHS Markit data).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2019

As the first step, SB 1014 directed that by 1 January 2020, ARBwould establish a baseline for emissions of GHGs for TNCs for the calendar year 2018 in units of grams of CO 2 per passenger-mile traveled (gCO2/PMT). Total 2018 TNC fleet electric VMT (eVMT) is about 33.7 of the total VMT generated by the TNC fleet.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2019

ChargePoint and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees all ground transportation in the city, announced an agreement that paves the way toward deployment of high-powered charging infrastructure to support the agency’s transition to battery-electric buses. SFMTA plans to electrify the entire fleet by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2020

BloombergNEF (BNEF) forecasts that sales of electric passenger vehicles will fall 18% in 2020 to 1.7 BNEF’s latest annual Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook shows electric models accounting for 58% of new passenger car sales globally by 2040, and 31% of the whole car fleet. to global electricity demand by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In concrete terms, this means that under the second phase of the partnership, WeShare is to be launched in Hamburg from spring 2020, following on from its successful premier in Berlin; the service will consist of an all-electric fleet of e-Golf and e-up!, The WeShare rollout is scheduled for spring 2020.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

A new study by researchers at the University of Toronto has found that current US policies are insufficient to remain within a sectoral CO 2 emission budget for light-duty vehicles that is consistent with preventing more than 2?°C GtCO 2 (28% of the projected 2015–2050 light-duty vehicle fleet emissions). C global warming.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

CASE Construction Equipment introduced “Project Zeus”: the 580 EV, the construction industry’s first fully electric backhoe loader. Electric motors, on the other hand, have instantaneous torque and peak torque available at every operating speed. Electrification was performed in conjunction with Green Machine Equipment, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

The California Center for Jobs & The Economy has released an updated report ( earlier post ) on the progress of ZEV sales in the state during the first half of 2020, drawing on sales data from the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). in H1 2020. in H1 2020 to 7.8% in H1 2020. in H1 2020 to 7.8%

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JULY 1, 2022

This version of the vehicle we started in 2020, so to have passed all certification tests in this short time frame is a truly monumental achievement by the whole team. Arrival’s zero-emission Van is purposefully designed to be an environmentally sustainable and economically efficient commercial electric vehicle, compared to traditional Vans.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2020

In a new report, “ Electric Vans 2020-2030 ”, UK-based IDTechEx forecasts that global production of electric LCVs will exceed 2.4 European Light Commercial Vehicle Sales 2018. Source: IDTechEx Electric Vans 2020-2030, ACEA. Source: IDTechEx Electric Vans 2020-2030.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Worldwide, Daimler battery-electric trucks and buses have already logged more than seven million customer kilometers (4.3 With our electric trucks, we aim to offer our customers electric vehicles that are on a par with conventional trucks in terms of availability and performance as well. Electric FUSO eCanter.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

In New Zealand, diesel and electric-powered vehicles pay for their road use through road user charges. Among the modifications to the RUC, the New Zealand government has extended the current exemption for light electric motor vehicles from the requirement to pay road user charges—enacted in 2009 and due to expire in 2013—to 2020.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office published a notice of intent to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “Fiscal Year 2020 Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research FOA.” Low-cost electric traction drive systems using no heavy rare earth materials. DOE plans to issue the FOA in January/February 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2018

In 2020, battery-electric vehicles will be a cheaper vehicle option than fuel cell electric vehicles for the majority of the light duty fleet (79-97%), according to a new study by a team at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO). —Morrison et al. 2018.01.005.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2013

Transportation fuel mix in millions of oil-equivalent barrels through 2020. Diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one transportation fuel worldwide by 2020 and continue to increase its share through 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s recently published Outlook For Energy: A View To 2040. Mix of the global vehicle fleet.

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MAY 15, 2014

In the study, the Ford team derived regional CO 2 targets for new LDVs while still providing an integrated view of the global LDV fleet—a perspective critical to the planning needs for global automotive firms. The resulting full fleet WTW fossil CO 2 emissions in each region become the regional CO 2 caps.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

The California state fleet has reduced its petroleum consumption by 13% compared to a 2003 baseline, according to a state progress report. In 2003, the state fleet consumed 38,559,715 gallons of petroleum-based fuel (gasoline and diesel), according to the report. 42,014 gge of electricity (1%). 42,014 gge of electricity (1%).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2015

UPS will supply its fleet in Memphis, Tenn., with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG)—biomethane—as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC. and Jackson, Miss., In 2014, 5.4%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

A team from Cornell, with a colleague from Paul Scherrer Institute, has analyzed the trade-off between the decarbonization potential of the road transportation sector and its critical metal requirement from the demand-side perspective in 48 major countries committing to decarbonize their road transportation sectors aided by electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

Electric vehicles (EVs) will be a major disruptor for the US electric power sector, with the number of EVs in the US projected to increase from 1.5 million in 2020 to 10–35 million by 2030. The batteries installed in 20 million EVs will have up to 1,600 GWh of electricity storage capacity.

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JUNE 24, 2013

has added 1,900 lightweight, composite-body Reach vehicles from Spartan Motors , a division of Utilimaster, to its fleet. liter Isuzu diesel engine, demonstrates a 35% fuel efficiency improvement over traditional vehicles in the FedEx Express fleet. FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp. The Reach van, with its four-cylinder, 3.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. SEUL is a two-year project that commenced in April 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2017

EDI) Awarded Bus Fleet Order for the City of Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. The company is supplying its drivetrain technology to Yaxing Motor Coach for integration into a fleet of city buses to be delivered in March of this year. Industry reports expect that bus market will reach more than 200,000 PHEV and EV vehicles by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2021

Nearly all auto manufacturers have announced new electric vehicle models, and five manufacturers have voluntarily agreed with California to achieve stricter greenhouse gas requirements. The proposal considers a range of regulatory alternatives and is significantly different from the conclusion that NHTSA reached in the 2020 final rule.

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. Truly CO 2 -neutral transport only works with battery-electric or hydrogen-based drive. The first hand-off to a customer was in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

The Audi e-tron Scooter, combining the advantages of the electric scooter and the skateboard, is designed for sporty riders. Production and sales are planned for late 2020. At the end of 2020, private customers will be able to buy the Audi e-tron Scooter for about €2,000. The range of 20 kilometers (12.5

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

An all-new hybrid retrofit market will emerge and grow to a half million vehicles total by 2020, according to Protean Electric, which has developed an in-wheel motor electric drive system for light-duty vehicles. Earlier post.). —Ken Stewart.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation today made a strategic investment of €100 million (US $110 million) in a new partnership with Arrival , a UK-based electric vehicle startup ( earlier post ). With the rapid global growth in online shopping, the volume of light commercial vehicles in urban areas has increased.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The proposal also includes the already established EU fleet wide targets for 2020/2021 of 95 g CO 2 /km for passenger cars and 147 g CO 2 /km for light commercial vehicles, both of which are based on the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) test procedure.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Trucks will deliver 10 eActros heavy-duty electric trucks in two variants—two- and three-axle variants with gross vehicle weight of 18 or 25 tonnes—to customers in the next few weeks for testing the everyday feasibility and economic efficiency of the vehicles under real-life conditions. —Stefan Buchner.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2013

Provisional 2030 economic impact of achieving the 2020 targets in the two Phase I scenarios—Current Policy Initiatives and Tech 1— compared to baseline. The technical and macro-economic study, commissioned by the European Climate Foundation, focuses on light-duty vehicles. Source: Cambridge Econometrics.Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Poland and Solaris Bus & Coach signed a contract for the delivery of 21 electric buses: 15 articulated and 6 standard length. Pursuant to the agreement the whole order is to be completed by the end of February 2020. The electric buses will be suited for recharging by means of a roof-mounted pantograph and a classic plug-in device.

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