Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Maven is now offering its first all-electric fleet of cars for use in the gig economy; 20 Chevrolet Bolt EVs are available for freelance drivers in Austin, Texas to earn money on their own schedules. Bolt EVs in the Maven fleet have driven 6.5 Pricing starts at $229 per week plus taxes.

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Teslarati

APRIL 7, 2022

The Los Angeles City Council is putting forth a plan to expand the number of city-owned electric vehicles to at least 10,000 and deploy a sizeable charging infrastructure for EVs throughout the city. The proposal was passed by a 12-0 vote, according to NBC Los Angeles.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The route to electrification is now going through the City of Los Angeles. Assistant General Manager for Fleet Richard Coulson, left to right); LA General Services Dept. ” Like an automotive PHEV, the sweeper transitions from electric to conventional motivation seamlessly. LA General Services Dept.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) is leading a landmark effort along with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to deploy 100 battery-electric regional haul and drayage trucks across California.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

Toyota was earlier granted a Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order (A-014-1170) from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its new heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit. Earlier post.) The hydrogen-fueled powertrain kit includes a 200 kWh Li-ion battery; hydrogen fuel storage tanks (58.8

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

The Moreno Valley Unified School District (MVUSD) has approved a project from InCharge Energy, Creative Bus Sales and IC Bus to deploy 42 electric school buses and an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure to support the new fleet. The new electric buses will reduce more than 1.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2023

Foothill Transit currently operates a fleet of 359 buses, which includes zero-emission models, and serves Southern California’s San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys, including Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles. The new Axess EVO-FC buses will contribute to Foothill’s ongoing commitment to operating a 100% zero-emissions bus fleet.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The International Energy Agency (IEA) conservatively estimates that 130 million electric vehicles (EVs) will be on the road globally by 2030. A bidirectional EV fleet could serve as both a sustainable mobility option as well as an energy storage asset that sends power back to everything from critical loads and homes to the grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2020

ROUSH CleanTech, known for its advanced clean transportation solutions, is entering the electric truck market. ROUSH is providing Penske Truck Leasing with all-new Ford F-650 battery electric vehicles later this year for deployment across Southern California. Production of the electric trucks starts in summer of 2021.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Los Angeles County Sanitation District recently launched its new Tesla Model 3 fleet. The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts’ Fleet Manager, Dave Bolderoff, recently shared on LinkedIn that the agency purchased 22 Tesla Model 3 units. The agency paid $673,750 for all 22 Model 3 units.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Toyota’s next generation fuel cell electric technology is now powering a new set of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks. Designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a wide variety of OEM truck makers, the new fuel cell electric system in the latest prototypes has been adapted to a Kenworth T680 chassis. Port fleet rollout.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Motiv Power Systems announced the deployment of four all-electric step vans with Alsco, a global uniform service company. These zero-emission step vans are built on Motiv’s EPIC F-59 Ford eQVM-approved chassis and will serve routes in Sacramento and Los Angeles, with dozens more planned for next year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2018

Emissions of NO x , a key component of smog, at the Port of Los Angeles are down 60% compared to 2005 emissions levels. The newly released 2017 Inventory of Air Emissions shows the Port set new record lows for emissions reductions while its container volume reached an all-time high of 9.34 percent or lower sulfur content.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2023

The initial truck order will include 10 battery-electric and three hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, with delivery of the first vehicles expected in August 2023. Hunt’s key routes, including in the greater Los Angeles and Phoenix areas. In addition to electric vehicles, J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. In 2017, J.B.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is rapidly electrifying its fleet to meet sustainability goals set under the Green New Deal for Los Angeles. LADOT will equip all of its new e-buses with software to improve bus performance by measuring bus efficiency, ridership, and bus arrival-departure timing.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2022

FAST Forward with Fairfield: The FAST Bus Fleet Electrification Project. Union City Transit Partnering with Gillig to Replace CNG Buses Meeting the End of their Useful Life to All-Electric and Install Related Charging Infrastructure for Entire Fleet. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

Ford Next is collaborating with Uber to deliver a new lease option for rideshare drivers going electric. Called Ford Drive, the pilot program offers flexible access to Ford Mustang Mach-E models and has launched in San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

As part of that, within the next two months FedEx Express will place 24 new all-electric vehicles into service, expanding to three new cities and more than doubling its fleet to 43 all-electric vehicles while growing the diversity of suppliers it uses for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emission drivetrains, announced an order from the California Department of State Hospitals for 12 zero-emission, all-electric Ford Transit 350HD models. The Lightning Electric models are being provided to the hospital system by Wondries Fleet Group, a leading fleet dealer in California.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2021

SEA Electric Holdings Pty Ltd. The net proceeds from the investment will allow SEA Electric to solidify its position in the electrification of commercial vehicles while funding its backlog and facilitating more pilot programs with operators. SEA-Drive 120b Power-System. SEA Ford F-59 EV with SEA-Drive 120b. —Tony Fairweather.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

Additionally, the company will direct $25 million of the $200 million investment for an initiative in the City of Long Beach and the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles (Long Beach-Wilmington), for a “Green City” program. Highlights of California’s Third ZEV Investment Plan.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) and China-based BYD Motors Inc. launched a testing program using BYD’s F3DM (Dual Mode) plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The agreement was signed and BYD vehicles were put into service at HACLA Offices in Los Angeles. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

London’s ambulance service already has 42 Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles in its emergency fleet, but now it’s adding 12 bright, shiny all-electric ambulances designed by Ford for emissions-free first response – and the first full-service electric ambulances in the city. In total, the fleet has 160 zero-emission vehicles.

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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

AUGUST 1, 2018

earlier post ) to develop and to test a fully-electric class 6 delivery truck in Los Angeles, Calif. The Thor medium-duty electric delivery truck will have a driving range of approximately 100 miles powered by a Thor-designed and built battery that will be lightweight, durable and allow long-range driving distances.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The rule requires container, passenger and refrigerated cargo ships to reduce emissions while docked at California’s busiest ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Hueneme, San Francisco and San Diego. In 2017, 87% of all regulated fleets complied with the regulation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

The West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative , a study commissioned by a collaboration among nine electric utilities and two agencies representing more than two dozen municipal utilities, recommends adding electric vehicle charging for freight haulers and delivery trucks at 50-mile intervals along Interstate 5 and adjoining highways.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The 2018 DERA grants awarded to California will fund the following projects: California Air Resources Board (CARB) received $435,149 to replace 5 heavy-duty school buses with all-electric alternatives throughout California. The project will also replace one diesel sweeper at the Port of Los Angeles with two cleaner Tier 4 engines.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

PACCAR announced that a Kenworth T680 fuel cell electric vehicle and a battery electric Peterbilt Model 579EV became the first Class 8 zero emissions vehicles to drive to the 14,115 foot summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado. The Kenworth T680 fuel cell electric vehicle offers 470 hp and a 350-mile range with a 15-minute refill time.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering have found that with an emissions-based incentive towards electrification, ridesourcing companies such as Uber and Lyft would electrify more and cut their emissions by amounts ranging from 10% in New York to 22% in Los Angeles. —Bruchon et al.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Several such plates are now in place at the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles, aimed at mitigating emissions. Upon completion later this quarter, the WAVE 500kW charging system will provide power to two of Venture’s Class 8 electric semi trucks. WAVE wireless charging pad WAVE wireless charging pad; courtesy Ideanomics.

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Teslarati

JULY 4, 2021

Over the weekend, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe showed off a fleet of Amazon all-electric delivery vans, which will be produced by the automaker. Amazon’s renewable delivery van started testing rounds in Los Angeles earlier this year in February. First Look at Rivian R1T’s interior, UI, and controls in action [photos].

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Teslarati

MARCH 24, 2022

The Tesla Model Y has been added to Hertz’s fleet of rentable electric vehicles, joining its sibling vehicle, the Model 3. Hertz has already added the vehicle to its rentable electric vehicle page, but it does not appear to be available quite yet. The addition of the Model Y was first noticed by Sawyer Merritt.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2018

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emissions solutions for commercial fleets, is taking its new Ford Transit LightningElectric model ( earlier post ) on the road, showcasing the recently released vehicle efficiency ratings of 61 MPGe on in-town routes and 66 MPGe on highway.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

Electric freight mobility specialist Einride has opened its first Smartcharger station in the US, launching as the largest operational charging site for heavy-duty EVs on the continent. The new station is strategically located in a busy freight corridor, providing electric truck drivers with 65 charging piles powered by Voltera.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) got the single largest order of electric school buses to date from the second-largest public school system in the US. The Los Angeles Unified School District ordered 180 electric school buses, adding to the 26 Blue Bird electric school buses it already has in its fleet.

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Green Fleet Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2023

As Los Angeles World Airports transitions to an all-electric fleet, the airport takes delivery of its first heavy-duty electric truck, a Class 8 Nikola Tre.

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