Teslarati

DECEMBER 11, 2023

General Motors signed a joint development agreement with Autocar Industries, LLC, to produce zero-emission commercial vehicles. The new commercial vehicle will use GM’s HYDROTEC power cubes. It is a market leader in customized commercial trucks. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2018

The ProGen-powered electric delivery van is one of the first of its kind to operate in a standard commercial environment and is deployed on a standard delivery route for FedEx. The vehicle is based on a Workhorse chassis with 80 kWh battery packs and a TM4 traction motor (20 kW, 2100 N·m). Source: DOE. Source: DOE.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2021

We evaluate life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for automated suburban ground delivery systems consisting of a vehicle (last-mile) and a robot (final-50-feet). —Li et al. In each scenario, they calculated the greenhouse gas emissions, or the carbon footprint, for each package delivered. Luyao Li, Xiaoyi He, Gregory A. 0c08213.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

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). 80-mile all-electric range. gasoline-powered range extender. 0-60 miles per hour in 5.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

By expanding Bird’s consumer and shared products to include e-bikes as well as e-scooters, we are uniquely positioned to lead the revolution to eco-friendly transportation for the billions of annual trips that are five miles or less. Integrated LCD panel displays speed, distance and battery capacity. Bafang rear hub motor.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Light duty vehicles—passenger and small commercial vehicles—account for 58% of transportation GHG emissions, and battery-powered electric vehicles have emerged as a lower-emissions solution for many applications. Maritime: Enable the electrification of all vessels that operate exclusively in US territorial waters.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2017

In Shanghai, Ford Motor Company outlined an ambitious vehicle electrification strategy for the China market, confirming two new electrified vehicles for China and a broad range of electrified vehicles by 2025. The Mondeo Energi, to be launched in early 2018, will be the first plug-in hybrid to be manufactured by the Changan Ford JV.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Proton Power Systems recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Smith Electric Vehicles, the commercial electric vehicle division of The Tanfield Group Plc. Pure electric commercial vehicles have a limited range and are currently restricted to low mileage, urban operations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2015

Symbio FCell has delivered the first five Renault Kangoo ZE Light commercial vehicles (LCVs) powered by its hydrogen Fuel Cell Range-Extender, as part of a full fleet project led by the Conseil Général de la Manche which will ultimately deploy 40 vehicles. These solutions can be integrated in a range of applications.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2020

The commercial version with sealed side and back windows has an all-electric range of 252 kilometers (157 miles) and is available for RMB 83,800 (US$11,800). The passenger version has a range of 300 kilometers (186 miles) and is available for RMB 89,800 (US$12,700). It includes variants powered by 1.0T, 1.3T

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The electric 32-tonne truck will soon enhance the commercial vehicle fleet that Porsche uses for its production logistics in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. The battery-powered eTruck is a MAN eTGM 18.360 4x2 LL. Both Porsche and MAN are members of the Volkswagen Group. The 360 figure represents the horsepower of the 265 kW eTruck.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Elements of Raser’s current series plug-in hybrid (extended range electric vehicle) drive system. Berg helped found Li-ion battery company Valence and has served on the board of directors since September 1991. Click to enlarge. Raser Technologies, Inc. Earlier post.). In the HUMMER H3, the generator is driven by a GM Ecotec 2.0L

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

VTO is seeking projects that address the major challenges to developing and commercializing batteries for plug?in As described in multiple DOE reports, the main barriers to widespread PEV commercialization are the cost; performance and life; and abuse tolerance of high?energy energy batteries. in electric vehicles (PEVs).

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 21, 2022

When will the same happen for commercial fleets? Last mile delivery is set to go electric big time. UPS has ordered 10,000 electric vehicles and FedEx plans to make its entire pickup and delivery fleet battery-powered by 2040. Most of these EVs are smaller vehicles handling last-mile deliveries.

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Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster EV’s per-mile operating costs are undoubtedly just a fraction of those for its siblings powered by the company’s 3.6-liter GM started an entirely new brand—BrightDrop—in 2021 to sell not just EV commercial vans but electric cargo containers that work with them, all based on its new Ultium EV platform.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2011

exhibited five models from its Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) lineup, including three trucks all based on the Atlas 24 model equipped with Nissan LEAF components and other EV-related technologies at the 2011 Tokyo Truck Show: the e-NT400 Atlas Concept; the Atlas F24 Refrigerator Van by Li-ion Battery; and the Atlas F24 Power Supply Truck.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The Cummins-led project was competitively selected under an industry solicitation issued in February to develop a fuel cell-powered hybrid truck that meets the needs of the emergency field in military and civilian markets. As specified in the solicitation, the vehicle is to be a Class 5 or Class 6 truck, heavy-duty vocational vehicle.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster EV’s per-mile operating costs are undoubtedly just a fraction of those for its siblings powered by the company’s 3.6-liter GM started an entirely new brand—BrightDrop—in 2021 to sell not just EV commercial vans but electric cargo containers that work with them, all based on its new Ultium EV platform.

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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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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Winnebago is displaying the vehicle in San Francisco, at both CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero Workshop on September 11 th and the Global Climate Action Summit 12-14 September 2018. Vehicle has completed significant road testing and delivers an expected range of 85 to 125 miles on a full charge.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

According to Volvo Cars’ chief commercial officer and deputy CEO, the EX30 is helping boost sales. Volvo EX40 (Source: Volvo) According to Auto Express , the new Volvo electric SUV will be based on the larger EX90’s platform, which could pack up to 100 kWh of battery power. That’s up from 13 in Q4 2023.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

Distribution of battery requirements for consumer-selected PHEV designs (shaded circles) compared to USABC, MIT and EPRI performance requirements. The USABC specifies two PHEV designs to guide its battery requirements: an AE-10 crossover and AE-40 mid-sized car. the PHEV design with the lowest battery power and energy requirements.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 2, 2023

With the higher voltage system and advanced active aerodynamics system, the concept luxury saloon was capable of an incredible 620-mile range from just under 100kWh battery. But an increase in range isn’t the only upgrade in Mercedes’ next-gen EV platform. The next-generation Mercedes EV platform, the MB.EA

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The Burgman Fuel Cell scooters are not yet commercially available. The 4kW stack from Intelligent Energy offers power for other applications, including range extension for battery-powered electric vehicles, four wheel vehicles and auxiliary power—especially for diesel replacement. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

The Swift Plug-in Hybrid is a series hybrid incorporating a propulsion motor, a battery, and an engine-powered generator. The Swift Plug-in offers a battery-powered range of about 20 km (12 miles). When the battery runs low, an engine of a kind usually used in minivehicles (i.e., Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

JULY 22, 2021

Mercedes-Benz unveils the all-electric EQS: 478-mile range, 516 HP, 107.8 kWh battery. As the dynamic of the automotive industry continues to work toward a transition to electric powertrains, more companies are announcing their plans to ditch combustion engines in favor of battery-powered cars.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

The shelf-life of stored charge in rechargeable devices does not scale linearly with maximum SP and has led to trends referred to as ‘range-anxiety’, ‘compulsive charging’, etc. plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). The driving miles per recharge time (min) for commercially viable battery technology is ~0.1–0.4

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Digging into the concept resulted in a lot of angry and confused comments and a recent article from Autocar stipulating that commercial trucks doubling as normal transportation are about to become prohibitively expensive as most are poised for a “near-fivefold increase in personal tax bills" after July 1st, 2024.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2010

Focus Electric will have a targeted range of up to 100 miles per full charge with zero tailpipe emissions. These include the Transit Connect Electric, a small commercial van in 2010; Focus Electric in 2011; two new lithium-ion battery-powered hybrids; and a plug-in hybrid in 2012.

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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. The fuel economy and range of the ix35 Fuel Cell have improved by 10% over the previous-generation model.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2010

The Antares H3 will be designed to set new range and endurance benchmarks. Technically, the new aircraft is based upon the Antares 20E as well as the fuel-cell powered Antares DLR-H2. For the Antares H2, these values were 700 kilometers (435 miles) and 5 hours respectively.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What Are EV Range Anxiety and Range Confidence? EV range anxiety is the fear of running out of power and getting stranded. Range confidence is the opposite. Today’s EVs have higher battery capacity, allowing EV drivers to charge less frequently. What Is EV Range Anxiety?

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Having raked in perhaps 30 percent of all the money invested in electrically-powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft so far, Joby is the colossus in an emerging class of startups working on these radical, battery-powered commercial flyers. With Joby and its $1.85 You can’t do that with a pilot in the seat.”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

This is far from certain, they acknowledge in a new NextSTEPS whitepaper, as hydrogen faces a range of challenges, from economic to societal, before it can be implemented as a large-scale transportation fuel. —“The Hydrogen Transition”. Driving factors. They find that perhaps 50,000 FCVs in a given region (e.g. Public funding.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2009

Designed for city and town center use, the Smith Newton is powered by an 80 kWh Li-ion battery pack and a 120 kW electric motor. This provides a top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a range of 100 miles (160 km) on one battery charge. Based in Tullamore, Co.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 EV now features an EPA driving range of more than 300 miles, with ultra-fast charging from 10 to 80 percent in 18 minutes. When equipped with a single motor (2WD), IONIQ 5’s maximum EPA estimated driving range on a single charge is 303 miles. IONIQ 5 goes on sale by the end of the year. Measuring 182.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

MMC has so far been focusing its EV technology in the Japanese minicar class: MMC rolled out the i-MiEV EV in 2009 and will introduce its second mass-produced EV—the MINICAB-MiEV minicar-class light commercial EV—in December this year. MIVEC 4-cylinder unit with generating capacity of 70 kW.

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