Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

The range of current battery-powered Class-6 UPS delivery vans is only sufficient for a limited percentage of routes, and often not for the majority of routes in any delivery area. This percentage can be further reduced if the delivery locations face unexpected heavier loads, hilly terrain or colder temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2017

has received Letters of Intent from fleets totaling 2,150 of the Workhorse W-15 range-extended electric pickup trucks. The Letters of Intent have come from Duke Energy, Portland General Electric, the City of Orlando, Southern California Public Power Authority, Clean Fuels Ohio and one other utility. Workhorse Group Inc.

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Electrek

APRIL 14, 2021

Beginning with dealerships in California, the battery-powered SUV will kick off an electrified fleet from Mazda that will also include a PHEV version of the MX-30 with a rotary generator. Mazda announced that its first-ever EV, the MX-30 crossover SUV, will be making its way to the US this fall.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 7, 2019

That's the case in California, at least, where Anheuser-Busch and Frito-Lay both announced plans this week to replace diesel-powered logistics vehicles with electric trucks. A-B will introduce 21 new battery-powered trucks to its California fleet from its partner, BYD. Patrick's Day.

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Driivz

MAY 15, 2023

California, the EV adoption and clean energy leader in the U.S., The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

WKHS), an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of battery-electric vehicles, received a Letter of Intent from Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for 500 W-15 Plug-In Electric Pickup trucks. The battery pack is integrated in the high-strength stainless steel chassis. Workhorse Group Inc. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2017

Workhorse has also received Letters of Intent from Duke Energy, Portland General Electric, the City of Orlando, and Southern California Public Power Authority. While not operating a fleet itself, Clean Fuels Ohio engages numerous fleets across Ohio on transitions to cleaner vehicle and fuel options.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

The best way for the public and private vehicle fleet owners to rapidly adopt EVs is to train firefighters and emergency responders on how to handle incidents involving battery powered vehicles. First and second responders can go to gmEVFirstResponderTraining.com to learn more about this hands-on training opportunity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

A drivable prototype of the W-15 will be unveiled at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Long Beach, California, on May 2. Designed specifically to meet the needs of commercial fleets, the W-15 is believed to be the first plug-in, range-extended pickup truck built from the ground up by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

In this jointly developed system for highly automated and driverless driving in cities, Mercedes-Benz intends to deploy battery-powered vehicles. These cars have a cooling system on board, so engineers can make the most of this legacy technology by integrating the ECU network into the battery cells’ advanced cooling circuit.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2018

And students vote for and fund the first battery-powered all electric bus fleet at the University of California Irvine. Porsche builds its own super fast electric-car charging network. road trip gas mileage review: Can the Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE live up to its 44 mpg highway fuel economy rating?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

which is developing hydrogen-powered heavy trucks to launch in 2024, and Liebherr-Aerospace, which is developing hydrogen-powered auxiliary power units for aircraft. GM will launch its third-generation HYDROTEC fuel cells with even greater power density and lower costs by mid-decade.

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

The California legislature is considering a bill that would require most EVs sold in the state to be bidirectional-capable by 2027. During the recent California heat wave, Nuvve helped to reduce peak demands on the grid through the Emergency Load Reduction Program, using bidirectional-capable school buses to feed energy back to the grid.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Fuel Cell Bus Fleet Extended Operation and Support Continues operation of existing fuel cell buses at AC Transit in revenue service, the largest most successful fuel cell bus fleet in the U.S. Fleets Fuel Cells Heavy-duty Hydrogen' FY 2012 National Fuel Cell Bus Program Awards. Consortia lead. Partners/ suppliers. AC Transit.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. If too much or too little electricity is present in the power grid, the network can suddenly become unbalanced.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2018

The Volkswagen Group is increasing its stake in solid-state energy company QuantumScape Corporation ( earlier post ) and forming a new joint venture with the intention of paving the way for the next level of battery power for long-range e-mobility. We are thrilled to be chosen by Volkswagen to power this transition.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2021

The plan is to eventually transition its entire fleet of vehicles to be fully electric, but the company doesn’t plan to accomplish this until 2035. which is developing hydrogen-powered heavy trucks to launch in 2024, and Liebherr-Aerospace, which is developing hydrogen-powered auxiliary power units for aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Hyundai called the ix35 Fuel Cell its “halo vehicle” in the Blue Drive sub-brand, the badge worn by Hyundai’s cleanest vehicles, including Sonata Hybrid, i20 Blue Drive and BlueOn, Hyundai’s battery-powered i10. Hyundai has already signed contracts with cities in Denmark and Sweden to lease the ix35 Fuel Cell to municipal fleets.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The rise of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have fans professing its technological wonders, while looking down at plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs). While BEVs use a battery-powered motor to power the vehicle, PHEVs have both a battery/electric motor and a gas engine to power them. The major difference?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

California-based US Hybrid Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT) for the design, integration and delivery of its H 2 Ride Fuel Cell Plug-In Shuttle Bus for operation by the County of Hawaii Mass Transit Agency’s (MTA) HELE-ON Big Island bus service. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Charging on the 800-volt system should enable a 10% to 80% battery charge in 18 minutes on a 350 kW DC Fast Charger. Look for Clean Fleet Report’s extensive review, including driving impressions, on March 21. The Electrified GV70 comes in two trim levels. Story by John Faulkner. Photos by John Faulkner and Genesis. [

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The California Air Resources Board released the draft proposed first update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan, which guides development and implementation of California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. California’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) regulation is also driving a transformation of the fleet.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 8, 2021

As with battery-powered cars, a low center of gravity delivers great handling, too. Many electric bikes have built-in batteries, which means you need to charge outside or in your garage. kilowatt-hour air-cooled battery packs, each weighing about 12 pounds. The i300 has two removable 1.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2019

Southern California Association of Governments. The Anaheim Transportation Network will receive funds to purchase advanced battery-electric buses. The Capital Area Transit System will receive funds to purchase electric buses for Bus Rapid Transit fleet expansion and agency transition to electric vehicles. 3,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The governors of 8 states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—have signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to take specific actions to put 3.3 We need the help and cooperation of states beyond California. This has not been easy. well as lawsuits.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

Early government investment in charging infrastructure went a long way toward soothing the range anxiety that made car buyers in other places reluctant to make the switch to battery power from gasoline or diesel. Rapson, a professor at the University of California, Davis. “It degrees C (2.7 degrees F).”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

has finalized a transaction with a group of private investors led by California investor Carl E. Berg to form a new electric automotive company focused initially on trucks and SUVs for fleet customers. Berg helped found Li-ion battery company Valence and has served on the board of directors since September 1991. —Carl E.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

This is saying something, as she has ridden in or driven many of the 800+ cars I have reviewed for Clean Fleet Report over the past 10 years. Starting in 2025 they will have no new internal combustion engine models, then by 2030 will only sell battery-powered cars and SUVs. So Genesis, you did a great job. EPA at 235 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

The truck is a battery-powered, all-electric Smith Newton produced by SEV US and SEV UK with an aerial bucket integrated by Altec Industries Inc. The partners inroduced the prototype at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference in Williamsburg, Va. The Smith Newton is the world’s largest battery-electric-powered truck.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Amassing that fleet wasn’t easy. Kempton and Letendre’s.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2010

Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea will receive Li-ion battery packs for electric buses; the packs are similar configurations as packs currently in operation in California with AC Transit. Ener1 will provide Toro with a complete turnkey solution to create a battery-powered mower using the hard carbon mixed oxide, 17.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

This project will deploy 35 fuel cell systems as battery replacements for a complete fleet of electric lift trucks at FedEx’s existing service center in Springfield, Missouri. Success at this service center will lead to further fleet conversions at some or all of FedEx’s other 470 service centers. Jadoo Power (Folsom, CA).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

The largest privately owned freight carrier in North America has recently incorporated a dozen BEV Class-8 electric semis into its California fleet. Estes added twelve Freightliner eCascadia electric semis to its West Coast operations through the company’s Banning, California terminal. Plain and simple.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

It would also fund stationary fuel cells to provide primary and emergency back-up power for the bus maintenance and storage facilities. AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. City of Santa Clarita, California: $4,620,000. City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The fleet of Passat HyMotion vehicles is currently being tested on the streets of California. The fuel cell and battery power an electric motor adapted from the e-Golf. The concept car has high-voltage 1.1 Cutaway powertrain animation from Volkswagen shows the elements and the operating flow very clearly.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. With no history to hold them back, they began developing battery-powered two-wheelers in 2006 and have never looked back. first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

A battery powered, all electric utility truck with an aerial device has been produced by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation in association with Altec Industries Inc. It comes with a 120kW induction motor and a lithium-ion battery pack capable of a range in excess of 100 miles and a payload up to 16,280lbs.

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