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What makes maintaining electric vehicle charging stations more difficult than gas stations?

Setec Powerr

Electric vehicles are gaining popularity as people become increasingly concerned about the environment and rising fuel costs. While electric cars have many benefits, such as reduced emissions and lower fuel costs, they also present unique challenges when it comes to maintaining the charging infrastructure they require.

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Tips: 5 Best Car Maintenance Practices

Clean Fleet Report

This article may contain affiliate links. Whether you’re driving an electric car or a vintage machine, maintaining your car properly keeps it in top condition. Whatever’s under the hood, regular maintenance will make it run better. By staying on top of maintenance routines, you’ll prevent several mechanical issues.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

Electric vehicles have historically received a bad reputation for concerns around safety. Issues like thermal runaway, electrocution, and reports of inextinguishable fires plagued the pioneering electric vehicles. Useful terms: Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle (ICEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV). In fact, EVs have just 25.1

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Lion Electric delivers the first electric tow truck in North America

Baua Electric

The newest edition to the CAA-Quebec roadside fleet is a fully electric Lion5 flatbed – and the CAA says it’s the first 100% electrique tow truck in service in North America! Roadside assistance has always been in CAA-Quebec’s DNA, and it goes without saying that we are taking the lead in electric towing.

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EVs and Fleet Electrification Are Reducing Noise Pollution

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Listen to the Silent Impact of EVs Increasing the number of EVs on the road will ultimately decrease the auto industry’s environmental impact and greenhouse gas emissions. Electric motors are much quieter because they don’t have the same processes as combustion engines. What Are the Impacts of Quieter Vehicles?

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EV Fleets Would Prevent Fuel Contamination

Clean Fleet Report

EVs are not without their shortcomings, but it is irrefutable that numerous maintenance issues would dissolve by replacing internal combustion engines with contamination-proof EV fleets. Gas and diesel each attract their own unique concerns. The hydrogen gas may have impurities , including carbon dioxide or sulfur.

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Opinion: Dispelling Some EV myths About Fleet Electrification

Clean Fleet Report

When it comes to fleet electrification and electric vehicles (EVs) in general, there are many myths stalling adoption. First, some still question whether EVs are better for the environment, even though we know the average gas-powered car emits about 4.6 Additionally, an EV’s highest maintenance cost is replacing the battery.

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