Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

Based on the same architecture and proven eCity range-extender technology as LEVC’s TX electric taxi, a pure EV range of over 58 miles (93 km) and a total flexible range of more than 300 miles (484 km) can be achieved. Available to order now, first VN5 deliveries will commence in RHD form in Q4, with LHD models available from March 2021.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2018

The reason: cold temperatures impact the electrochemical reactions within the cell, and onboard battery management systems limit the charging rate to avoid damage to the battery. Motoaki and his colleagues analyzed data from a fleet of Nissan LEAFs operated as taxis over roughly 500 Direct Current Fast Charge (DCFC) events.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

While electric cars will remain the largest electric vehicle market for the foreseeable future in terms of battery demand and market revenue generation, most transport sectors are facing a transition. Battery Demand From Non-automotive EV Sectors in 2021. Battery Demand From Non-automotive EV Sectors in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2013

In December 2012, BYD Ltd and Praco Didacol (BYD’s Colombian distribution partner) announced that BYD e6s would being placed into Taxi service in Q1 2013 in the Colombian capital as a pilot. Earlier post.). Additionally, weight loads will be used to verify the robustness, performance and behavior at different elevations in Bogotá.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

At the Marrakech Climate Change Conference (COP22), eight nations—Canada, China, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the US— signed a Government Fleet Declaration , pledging to increase the share of electric vehicles in their government fleets and calling for other governments to join them.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

We are continuing to press ahead with climate-friendly mobility. Procurement of electric vehicles in the taxi industry and car-sharing companies is also being supported. The mobility of the future is a mega opportunity for our country. Better air in our cities and more mobility are not mutually exclusive.

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Blink Charging

DECEMBER 20, 2023

C climate-aligned future.” For locations as complex as airports, where multiple types of chargers will likely be needed, a battery energy storage (BES) system may also be beneficial for cost cutting. For example, you can offer free or discounted rates for employees or taxi partners.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

Permits: discounts for LEVs to operate in low emission zones and for residents; preferential permits for LEV taxis. Currently, the market for a variety of LEVs, such as battery electric and plug-in hybrids, is in its early stages and requires national and local incentives to stimulate consumer demand and increase vehicle numbers.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As the second-most populous country in the world and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, India is making significant strides in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to combat climate change and reduce air pollution. Another notable environmental benefit of electric autos is their potential to mitigate climate change.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

Norway’s adaptive approach to infrastructure has also included commercial transport, with wireless charging made available to taxis in 2018, cutting the time needed to find a charger, plug in and wait to charge. By 2023, all taxis are set to be emission-free and the wireless system will help support this goal.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Singapore-based TUM CREATE unveiled an electric taxi prototype designed for tropical megacities, codenamed EVA, at the Tokyo Motor Show. EVA was designed from the ground-up as an e-taxi and is a result of interdisciplinary research in the areas of energy storage, battery charging, thermal management, and lightweight materials and design.

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Clean Car

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This is something you already know, but we are facing a major climate challenge. 8,900 new fully electric or battery EVs (BEV) were registered in June 2020, up from 2,461 in June 2019 (an increase of 262%). So this blog is about how we accelerate the take up of EVs and how CleanCar can help. Why do we need to switch?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ Most homeowners have or can easily set up for plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) battery charging overnight while the driver sleeps. [ 5 ] Increasing numbers of drivers can get PEV charging at their workplace. [

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2015

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found that the per-mile greenhouse gas emissions of an electric autonomous taxi in 2030 would be 63-82% lower than a projected 2030 hybrid vehicle driven as a privately owned car and 90% lower than a 2014 gasoline-powered private vehicle. Greenblatt & Saxena (2015).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Better Place, with support from the US Department of Transportation via the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, has committed to bring a switchable battery, electric taxi program to the Bay Area in partnership with the cities of San Francisco and San Jose. The pilot project began on 26 April, in cooperation with Nihon Kotsu Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The project will include 15 Nissan cars, 10 Smith electric taxis, five Smith people carriers, a Smith executive minibus, two AVID saloon cars and two Liberty urban Range Rovers, alongside a network of charging points. Ford Focus Battery Electric Vehicle. The Allied Vehicles Project.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 29, 2022

Many studies show that battery electric vehicles (BEV) produce approximately 80% less CO2 emissions over their lifetime (including manufacturing and recycling) compared to an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV). If you want to dramatically cut emissions, the best option may be to move your fleet to battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

After 2025, falling battery prices and rising consumer demand based on TCO will drive rapidly increasing sales of all electrified vehicles, and especially BEVs. At the same time, battery costs, which are the single largest driver of TCO for BEVs and PHEVs, are declining further and faster than projected just a few years ago.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2017

PG&E ’s proposal is aimed at accelerating widespread EV adoption and combatting climate change by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions related to transportation. For the seven proposed projects, PG&E is requesting a total budget of approximately $253 million.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2017

In contrast, by encouraging a large increase in trip sharing, transit use, and active transport through policies that support compact, mixed use development, cities worldwide could save an estimated $5 trillion annually by 2050 while improving livability and increasing the likelihood of meeting climate change targets.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. It is alarming to see comparisons of the Chevrolet Volt PHEV with battery electric cars when the comparison focuses only on the electric range and ignores the other important differences.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Better Place introduced its electric vehicle (EV) services platform at the Frankfurt Motor Show, in conjunction with Renault’s unveiling of the Fluence ZE Concept with Quickdrop (switchable) battery system and an expanded agreement with Renault, committing both companies to a volume of at least 100,000 electric cars in Israel and Denmark by 2016.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Renault unveiled four Lithium-ion battery electric concept vehicles that provide a preview of Renault’s range of production electric vehicles to be released from 2011 on: Twizy ZE Concept (city car); Zoe ZE Concept (compact car); Fluence ZE Concept (5 passenger sedan); and Kangoo ZE Concept (electric van).

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Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2023

Only 76 percent of apartment households own a vehicle compared to 92 percent of all households; yet NHMC data also show 66 percent of apartment households still travel by car, truck, motorcycle, or taxi to work, which is comparable to 76 percent of all U.S. households. Minneapolis illustrates the landlord EV charging investment dilemma.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. . Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. . We also don’t need to ‘reinvent the wheel’. New Zealand receives less than 0.17

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. BYD CEO Wang Chuan-Fu figured out how to make cheaper batteries than the Japanese by replacing machines with migrant workers. By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Sign Up Login All Posts | About & Contact Us | Get a TEC Badge | Getting Started with The Energy Collective Cutting-edge insight on energy and climate that you wont find anywhere but here. Within a few years, BYD’s batteries were cheaper and just as reliable as those made by industry giants ony and Sanyo. BYD is an amazing company.

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My Energi

AUGUST 12, 2021

Though, we get it… you’ve had a busy week at work and now the kids are off school, and so starts that great juggling act between your job and then being head chef, cleaner, taxi driver, events planner, and children’s entertainer, the list goes on! A problem is that this is about as far as the knowledge goes for most people.

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