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Walmart to buy 4,500 Canoo electric delivery vehicles; option for up to 10,000

Green Car Congress

Canoo’s fully electric Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) is a US-made commercial EV optimized for sustainable last mile delivery use cases. The LDV has a last-mile-delivery optimized cabin and customized cargo space. Canoo’s agreement with Walmart builds on the company’s existing commitments in the state of Arkansas.

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New EV Models Extinguish Range Anxiety

Electric Auto Association

For years, the media and automakers have thrown around the phrase EV range anxiety and how drivers could be disusaded from buy electric vehicles due to the small battery packs and limited range. daily trips are less than 100 miles. The Wejo data “found that EV drivers have extended the distance of their journeys by an impressive 5.5%

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

The Valet program also includes an option of buying a Genesis without ever visiting a dealership. GV60 Expanded Range The 2024 GV60 will be available for the first time as a rear-wheel drive model that adds up-to 46 miles or 19% more estimated range on a full charge. Currently all GV60 models are all-wheel drive.

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Follow the sand to the real fracking boom

Green Car Congress

The industry has gone from drilling four wells per square mile to up to 16 using shorter, wider fracs. They’re also buying more sand under contract—a trend that will lead to more long-term contracts and a longer-term boost for frac sand producers. Oilfield services giants such as Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Inc.

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Electric bus revolution 

Electric Vehicles India

billion miles each year, and nearly 95 per cent of them run on diesel fuel. The Type D can seat up to 84 passengers and has a range of up to 155 miles on a single charge. There are roughly 480,000 school buses being used for school transportation in the United States more than twice the size of all other modes of mass transit combined.