Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2013

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will extend the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate program once it reaches its milestone of awarding 500 $3,500 rebates for large-battery system plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery-electric vehicles. million toward electric vehicles since 2011.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

Twenty-three percent of US car owners say that their interest in purchasing a hybrid vehicle has increased from a year ago, according to a new Harris Poll. The adoption curve for hybrid vehicles appears to wane with age. Beyond fuel choices, new car selection is also heavily based on opinions about vehicle quality.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2015

The deal is part of an initiative announced earlier this year by UPS to significantly expand its use of renewable natural gas in UPS’s alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. The company has a goal of driving one billion miles with its alternative fuels fleet—known as the Rolling Laboratory—by the end of 2017.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

AT&T has deployed its 4,000 th alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV) in its US corporate fleet. The vehicles are part of AT&T’s planned 10-year initiative to invest up to $565 million to replace approximately 15,000 fleet vehicles with alternative fuel models through 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

UPS announced the purchase of 130 next-generation hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) to add to its growing alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV) fleet. The HEV fleet features two different size vehicles from Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and a hybrid drive system from Eaton Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $6 million to 11 projects aimed at improving potential buyers’ experiences with alternative fuel and plug-in electric vehicles, supporting training, and integrating alternative fuels into emergency planning. AWARD TABLE. Description. Federal amount. Penske Truck Leasing.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2014

UPS plans to purchase 1,000 propane package delivery trucks and install an initial 50 fueling stations at UPS locations. The propane fleet will replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles used largely in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma with other states pending.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

DOE plans ( DE-FOA-0001236 ) to issue in the February 2015 timeframe a funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0001237) to develop and to implement effective purchasing/procurement processes designed to coordinate and consolidate bulk alternative fuel vehicle and advanced vehicle orders and thus reduce the per-unit prices of commercially-available vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2013

UPS plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks and to build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. An initial investment of more than $18 million to build fueling stations will be supported by the purchase of the 700 LNG tractors and continued expansion of the natural gas fleet in the US.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2014

To counter this trend triggered by China’s rapid motorization, the Chinese government is adopting a broad range of policies, including improvements in the fuel economy of new vehicles and the promotion of alternative-fuel vehicles, EIA notes. China vehicle sales and gasoline consumption. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

Results of a survey released by Maritz Research demonstrates that while US consumer awareness about alternative fuel vehicles continues to grow, only about one in five consumers state they are “very familiar” with any alternative-fuel technologies. Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles rose from 15 to 22%.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Verizon announced that Verizon has replaced 234 of its existing gasoline-powered vans with hybrid-electric vans for use in New York City. The 234 new Verizon vans feature technology installed by XL Hybrids, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

AJR Trucking , a leading carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS) and a major drayage carrier operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, has executed a purchase order for 50 Nikola Tre hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) trucks from Tom’s Truck Centers, a member of the Nikola Corporation sales and service dealer network.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2009

The US Postal Service (USPS) will conduct a one-for-one replacement of 6,500 vehicles with 1,000 E-85 ethanol-capable and 900 gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles to its delivery fleet, part of a vehicle purchase by the US General Services Administration (GSA).

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Alternative Fuels Fleet Fuel Florida 150

Teslarati

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The state of Texas is now offering rebates on select electric vehicle (EV) purchases including some Tesla models, as made available through a limited-time grant program. The state is accepting applications for grant rebates until March 22, 2024, according to its website, though only 2,000 grants will be awarded.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. Share of EDVs in 2050.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Under this program, purchasers of new all-electric transit buses are eligible to have 100% of the incremental vehicle cost covered on the condition that these buses are housed at bus depots or operate on routes located within a half-mile of a disadvantaged community. Under the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP) program, $16.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In addition to the fuel savings, electric vehicles typically require less maintenance than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, which means lower maintenance costs. Fifty-five percent of respondents cited the initial purchase price of electric commercial vehicles as the top barrier.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

Car buyers are trading in hybrid and electric cars for SUVs at a higher rate than ever before, according to a new analysis from car-buying platform Edmunds.com. According to Edmunds.com, about 22% of people who have traded in their hybrids and EVs in 2015 bought a new SUV. EVs and hybrids accounted for 2.7% three years ago.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

Green NCAP tested 34 cars with different powertrain types: battery electric, hybrid electric, conventional petrol and diesel, and one vehicle, the Ford Puma, that runs on alternative fuel. The LCA calculations used the interactive Life Cycle Assessment tool that is available for consumers on Green NCAP’s website.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The City of Indianapolis will upgrade 425 non-police-pursuit sedans in its muncipal fleet to plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles by early 2016, cut the size of the fleet by 100 vehicles, and save $8.7 million over ten years. The Indy fleet would be the largest municipal fleet of electrified vehicles in the US.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

AT&T plans to invest up to $565 million as part of a long-term strategy to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years. The new deployments will bring AT&T’s alternative-fuel fleet to more than 15,000 vehicles by 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

UPS announced new sustainability goals to add more alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles to its fleet while increasing its reliance on renewable energy sources. In addition, by 2020 UPS plans that one in four new vehicles purchased annually will be an alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicle, up from 16% in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

will purchase 51 additional gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation. The FedEx fleet of hybrid electric and electric vehicles will total 325 when all 51 hybrid step-vans are delivered during November and December of 2009. FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Consumers in seven US Midwest states seeking information about plug-in electric and hybrid vehicles now have access to a new-vehicle purchase guidance tool created by Argonne National Laboratory. The tool was created as a part of an innovative clean-vehicle program recently launched in the Midwest.

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North Dakota Vehicles Purchase Minnesota 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The deal is part of an initiative announced last year by UPS to expand significantly its use of RNG natural gas in UPS’s alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. In addition to natural gas, UPS also uses many other alternative fuels in the UPS fleet, including propane, ethanol, renewable diesel, and electricity.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The California Air Resources Board announced that a financial incentive program has helped put more than 650 hybrid trucks and buses on California roads. The Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program provides $20,000 to $35,000 as vouchers to help California fleets offset the purchase price of advanced-technology hybrid trucks and buses.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2009

In the report, The Economic and Environmental Impacts of a Corporate Fleet Vehicle Purchase Program, the group examines the economic and environmental contributions of converting corporate fleets from gasoline to compressed natural gas (CNG) and hybrid vehicles. Tags: Fleets Fuel Efficiency Hybrids. million vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The new trucks will join UPS’ Rolling Lab, a growing fleet of more than 9,000 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles. UPS has more than 300 electric vehicles deployed in Europe and the US, and nearly 700 hybrid electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

It is focusing its efforts on five areas aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions: vehicle energy use (weight, aerodynamics, and rolling resistance); engines; transmissions; axles and drivelines; and hybrid propulsion and alternative fuel technologies. Hybrid propulsion and alternative fuel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

UPS plans to build an additional 12 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 380 new CNG tractors to its growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. That allows us to invest for the long-term, rather than planning around near-term fluctuations in fuel pricing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2015

UPS has entered into an agreement to purchase renewable natural gas (RNG) for its delivery vehicle fleet from Clean Energy Fuels Corp. The deal signifies UPS’ plan to expand significantly its use of renewable natural gas for its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. Clean Energy Fuels, co-founded by T.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 22, 2023

& Around half of gas and diesel vehicle owners told KPMG that they were considering a hybrid or electric vehicle, and most of that group said they were considering a purchase in the next two years. Unsurprisingly, households with more money were more likely to own an EV or alternative fuel vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The California Air Resources Board launched a $20 million funding assistance program designed to spur the purchase of hybrid trucks and buses that reduce smog-forming pollution and address climate change. Hybrid vehicle technology can reduce truck and bus emissions by 20 to 50 percent, including gases that contribute to global warming.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

AT&T recently deployed its 8,000 th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle, achieving a major milestone in the company’s overall 10-year, $565-million commitment to add approximately 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) to its fleet by end of year 2018. AT&T’s AFV fleet allowed the company to avoid the purchase of 12.4

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