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AMPLY Power & Logan Bus announce 2-year demo project of charging-as-a service for fleets; 5 electric school buses

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Pioneering methods to accelerate electric fleet adoption, AMPLY Power will demonstrate and document its Charging-as-a-Service approach for an all-electric school bus fleet in New York City. AMPLY also performs onsite operations and maintenance services, and invests in technology upgrades as a fleet’s needs evolve.

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AMPLY Power saves up to 40% on energy costs for Tri Delta Transit electric buses

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Using this real-time status allows AMPLY’s system to forecast when the vehicles will be ready-to-go, and once the vehicles are out delivering passengers, AMPLY’s system can track their return state-of-charge battery level and length of time to recharge. For Tri-Delta, this is realizing up to 40% savings on energy rates.

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Proterra beefs up its battery expertise: Q&A CTO Dustin Grace

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The Proterra Energy division offers a turnkey electrification solution for fleets, including financing, charging infrastructure and maintenance. The company builds its own battery packs, and has a current production capacity of 500 megawatt-hours per year. Dustin: The battery is the most vertically integrated.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Electric school buses equipped with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology also have tremendous potential as “batteries on wheels” that can store electricity and provide it to the grid or to buildings when needed. alone, finds that its members plan to acquire more than 58,000 battery electric MHD trucks over the next five years. and Europe.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. It would also fund stationary fuel cells to provide primary and emergency back-up power for the bus maintenance and storage facilities.

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EV Chargers for All!

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Considering the costs associated with installation and maintenance and anticipating the resistance I’m likely to encounter, I decided to put my charger crusade on hold.” Gillian Flaccus/AP Renters in the United States are now spending 30 percent of their income on rent, leaving little to finance the purchase of a vehicle.