Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

The Transit Authority of River City (TARC), serving the Greater Louisville area, has begun adding six new all-electric Proterra buses along the Fourth Street corridor between downtown and Iroquois Park, stopping at some of the city’s most popular destinations. The buses, a $4.65 million investment, were funded primarily with a $3.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2012

Four new corporate partners—Best Buy, Johnson Controls, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Veolia—are joining the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Clean Fleets Partnership, a broad public-private partnership that assists the nation’s largest fleet operators in reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel they use nationwide.

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Get Electric Vehicle

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Is it time to explore EVs for your fleet, is there enough signals suggesting EVs are the preferred means of transportation in the not-too-distant future? Automakers are continuing to ramp up the production of electric vehicles worldwide. So it is pretty clear that the future of personnel transportation would be electric.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

will deliver to FedEx the first full-production eStar —Navistar’s all-electric commercial truck. Sales of the eStar all-electric vehicle are conducted through a wholly owned Navistar affiliate. million federal stimulus grant to build electric trucks. Shane Terblanche, general manager, electric vehicles, Navistar.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe. Highlights of the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

Lastly, the public is getting its first public look at REE’s all-electric demo vehicle at Work Truck Week 2024. The combination of all this technology is the P7-C electric truck , which began deliveries in January following certification in the US, the first of its kind to do so.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

AmeriPride Services is taking delivery of 21 Ford F-59 trucks featuring XL Hybrids’ XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System by the end of this year. AmeriPride will use the hybrid-electric F-59 trucks for uniform rental and linen supply delivery in North American metropolitan markets including Arizona and Minnesota.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

and Duke Energy last week announced a 10-year commitment to transition their company cars and trucks to plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicles. The joint commitment represents more than 10,000 vehicles and potential revenues of at least $600 million for manufacturers who can produce viable plug-in electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Four were announced in April, and all should be operational by the end of 2014. The expansion will include on-site fueling stations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. UPS began using LNG tractors in its delivery fleet in 2002. Phoenix, Ariz.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), signed a non-exclusive installation partnership and distribution agreement with Leggett & Platt Commercial Vehicle Products (CVP), one of the top commercial vehicle upfitters. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Toyota New platform, new car Toyota, traditionally a supporter of hybrid technologies, announced the new bZ4X all-electric vehicle to be built on its new Beyond Zero platform. Hertz is purchasing 100,000 Teslas for its fleet. Tesla & Hertz Embracing the rental mainstream. Porsche Taycan. E-scooters are here to stay.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Not all succeed as talk is cheap, actions are tough, and many don’t do so well following through. The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030. note: “Electrified” is Genesis current nomenclature for its EV.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

Electricity generation from wind turbines also grew steadily, at a similar rate to capacity, until 2023. Last year, the US wind turbine fleet’s average capacity factor – how much energy it’s generating versus what it can produce at continuous full power – fell to an eight-year low of 33.5%, compared with 35.9% GW at the end of 2023.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Toyota New platform, new car Toyota, traditionally a supporter of hybrid technologies, announced the new bZ4X all-electric vehicle to be built on its new Beyond Zero platform. Hertz is purchasing 100,000 Teslas for its fleet. Tesla & Hertz Embracing the rental mainstream. Porsche Taycan. E-scooters are here to stay.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Grants from the LoNo program help transit agencies integrate more of these advanced buses into their fleets. Sunline Transit Agency, in partnership with the Southern California Association of Governments, will receive funding to build and deploy five hydrogen electric hybrid fuel cell buses. The selected projects are: NoLo Awards.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

FedEx is targeting battery electric technology for vehicles in its fleet covering less than 5,000 miles per year. is expanding its alternative-energy vehicle fleet with the first all-electric FedEx parcel delivery trucks in the United States. Hybrids have their “sweet spot” in the 15,000-25,000 mile/hear range.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

All four trims come with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with paddle shifters, but Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity (and treat) to drive the Civic Sport Touring with the 6-speed manual (6MT) that is also an option on the Sport model. seconds felt peppy and were plenty for almost all driving situations.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2023

At the 2023 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 in Indianapolis, Indiana, all 33 cars will be running on Shell 100-percent renewable biofuel, using carbon neutral motor oil, and rolling on Firestone Firehawk tires made with recycled plastics. It worked great all race weekend. Many of the team transporters will also be using biofuels.

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Teslarati

MARCH 2, 2022

Lordstown Motors said today it will be bringing the Endurance all-electric pickup to the Association for the Work Truck Industry’s (NTEA) Work Truck Week event in Indianapolis, Indiana from March 9 to 11. Lordstown plans to begin deliveries of the truck before Tesla and Chevrolet bring their electric pickups to the market.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

The question of electricity costs vs. health and environmental cost is important to ask everywhere, Michalek said. Electric vehicle charging may affect these trends. Finally, the additional electricity demand from charging vehicles will affect the operations of the power system and potentially affect the costs of electricity.

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EV Connect

JUNE 5, 2023

Much has been made of the potential for electric vehicles (EVs) to save consumers money at the pump. This technology has huge potential upsides not only for EV drivers but also for businesses and even the entire electrical grid. And our current infrastructure falls short in all three areas. What Is Vehicle-to-Grid Charging?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Chrysler is also seeking to reduce electrical loads through application of higher efficiency fans and fuel pumps. Thermal management technologies not only help reduce fuel consumption, but are an important factor in extending battery range for hybrid electric and all-electric vehicle models.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. Electric vehicle coalition.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Strengthening the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty trucks could create as many as 124,000 jobs in the US by 2030, with all 50 states experiencing net job growth, according to a new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and CALSTART. All states would experience net job growth. per gallon fuel price.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2021

Lightning eMotors, a provider of specialty commercial electric vehicles for fleets, and Forest River, Inc., The Elkhart, Indiana-based company has plans to dedicate 100,000 square feet to install Lightning eMotors’ powertrains.

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Teslarati

MAY 10, 2022

Perhaps one of the most crucial parts of the transition to electric vehicles as a nation is each state’s ability to commit to an electrified future. All fifty states, including Washington DC, were assessed. percent market share of electric vehicles in the overall passenger vehicle market. Hawaii at 2.20 percent, 0.10

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2011

THINK has delivered 17 THINK CIty electric cars to utility fleet customers and employees in Indiana. received 10 electric THINK City cars, and the remainder were delivered to Indianapolis Power & Light for company fleet use. Electric utilities and their employees are a natural extension of our fleet strategy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The research, led by Associate Professor Brian Stone, shows that expected levels of CO 2 emissions from cars and trucks in 2050 could be reduced back to close to 2000 levels if the full vehicle fleet was converted to hybrid electric vehicles—a greater reduction in CO 2 emissions than achieved by two smart growth scenario modelled in the study.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

EnerDel has signed of a letter of intent (LOI) for a new joint venture with the electric vehicle division of Wanxiang, the largest Tier One auto parts producer in China. Wanxiang’s electric vehicle division has been supplying the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, and will also supply the Asia Games, to be held in Guangzhou in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Composite body electric buses: Replace conventional diesel transit buses with 35-ft composite body electric transit buses.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Workhorse Group will display its newly-designed C 650 all-electric step van at the NTEA Work Truck Show, 4-6 March in Indianapolis, Indiana. A combination of lightweight design, modular battery pack, and a 4-wheel independent suspension system with rear air shocks makes our new C 650 unlike any electric vehicle on the market.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

All will have zero NO x /PM emissions with carbon-neutral emissions by consuming an RNG/CNG mixture. OptiFuel has already developed and tested a high volume CNG/RNG refueling system at the Indiana Harbor Belt CNG locomotive program, utilizing low-cost CNG. g/bhp-hr of NOx, a reduction of 400 times.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 8, 2023

The all-new third generation 2024 Subaru Crosstrek updates the company’s subcompact crossover that debuted in the United States in 2012. All the power needed Subaru mates its Lineartronic continuously variable transmission (CVT) to both engines with driver-selectable drive modes of Sport and Intelligent. Exterior With 8.7-inches

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Flash Drive: 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness All-New Compact SUV Ready to Hit the Trails The automotive media was invited to Zion National Park in Utah recently to test the all-new 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness, which Subaru calls its most rugged and trail-capable Crosstrek ever. The Base and Premium are powered by a 2.0-liter

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