Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

a developer of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles, launched its Hypertruck Electric Range Extender (ERX), a long-haul, natural-gas series-hybrid electric powertrain. Hyliion Inc., The launch of the Hypertruck ERX is anchored by Agility, one of the world’s leading logistics companies with $5.2

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Yesterday, Ford officially started getting the new E-Transit, which has a better range rating, lower cost of ownership, and better charging than ever before, to customers as it continues to be a leader in commercial EVs. Additionally, there is 2.4 kW of Pro Power Onboard, which is now operable while the E-Transit is in motion.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 30, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of electric vehicles (EVs), the battery stands as one of the most crucial and expensive components, significantly impacting the overall cost of ownership. With the phasing out of subsidies like the FAME II on March 31, 2024, the cost of EVs is expected to rise, posing a challenge to widespread adoption.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Vans will offer electric drive options on all its commercial van model lines. The commercial model ranges with electric drive will thus cover all requirements from people moving to goods transport. With an installed battery capacity of 41.4 Further model ranges will follow, starting in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The new jobs will support battery assembly and production of the F-150 PowerBoost hybrid and fully electric F-150. Electric vehicles including the electric F-150 require significantly less maintenance than a typical gasoline engine, creating more than 40% savings for its lifetime total cost of operation.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Image: Voltpost EV charging company Voltpost ‘s “first-of-a-kind” lamppost EV charger is now commercially available in major US metro areas. The company says its platform provides EV drivers convenient and affordable charging while reducing installation costs, time, maintenance, and chargers’ footprint. Get started here. –ad*

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2017

ZAF ), developer of a rechargeable Nickel Zinc (NiZn) battery, announced that it is in field testing with a leading US manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, and defense vehicles. The reduction in the number of batteries translates to an estimated weight savings of 480 pounds. ZAF Energy Systems Inc. (

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The company is collaborating with Quantron AG, a specialist in the field of commercial vehicle conversion. While battery-electric vehicles can be used efficiently and in an eco-friendly way in urban areas, fuel cell technology offers an attractive approach when it comes to emission-free logistics over long distances and with higher payloads.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

service and maintenance) and a green and sustainable hydrogen infrastructure. The vision of the joint venture is to promote the advantages that hydrogen offers at cost parity or better than diesel based on the total cost of ownership.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 19, 2024

But thanks to a new agreement, the company’s batteries are heading to Africa, where they’ll be used in Ampersand’s electric motorcycles. But if the company is expecting to reach its goal of surpassing 10,000 electric motorcycles produced by the end of this year, it’s going to need a lot more batteries. And that’s where BYD comes in.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2019

The solution aims to deliver the same performance as a conventional aircraft engine, and much lower operating costs. ZeroAvia plans to start supplying its platform to commercial operators and aircraft manufacturers in 2022, initially targeting up to 500-mile regional flights in 10 to 20-seat fixed-wing aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Nikola’s zero-emission Heavy Duty Trucks, powered by proprietary hydrogen fuel cell and battery technology, will be the first-to-production. In the long-term, a European Joint Venture will cover both battery electric vehicles (BEV) and fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV) launched by Q4 2022.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2020

There are new opportunities in all commercial vehicle classes to increase efficiency and to introduce alternative fuel sources such as electricity, natural gas, biofuels, and hydrogen. Batteries, Electrification, and Charging of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks. Internal Combustion Engine, Powertrain, Fuels and Emssions Control.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Ideanomics’ Mobile Energy Group (MEG) is expanding its activities with heavy-duty electric trucks as part of an ongoing effort to identify commercial vehicle activities where significant pollution reduction can be achieved by eliminating fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Lightning Systems, a developer of zero-emission powertrains for commercial fleets, has received an Executive Order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the Lightning Electric Transit Bus Repower, with HVIP approval expected within the next several weeks. A repower is a cost-effective and timely solution for transit agencies.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2023

The Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Program provides funding to offset the costs of replacing heavy-duty commercial vehicles with zero-emission vehicles, deploy infrastructure needed to charge, fuel, and maintain these zero-emission vehicles, and develop and train the necessary workforce.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Commercial heavy-duty trucking operations are motivated to reduce operating costs. A 2020 BloombergNEF report shows that fuel costs for trucks make up more than half their total cost of ownership. Ideally, fleets could perform all charging at their depots, where it is convenient, inexpensive, and fully controllable.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. In addition to the fuel savings, electric vehicles typically require less maintenance than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, which means lower maintenance costs.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL),a subsidiary of the Piaggio Group and a leading Indian manufacturer of small commercial vehicles and electric three-wheeler (3EV) pioneers, has announced a “ Battery Subscription Model ” for its Ape Elektrik electric 3Ws. It addresses a major pain point – battery anxiety.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

is introducing a 12-volt ultracapacitor module that ensures reliable engine starting for commercial trucks and other heavy vehicles. The new product, designed to complement batteries, was first displayed in March at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2019

Low-speed electric compact utility vehicles (eCUV) offers benefits to the fleet owner including lower cost of purchase with a reduced cost of operation and maintenance, which equates to a quicker return on investment.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Vandium-based flow battery specialist Imergy Power Systems introduced the ESP30 series, a new generation of vanadium flow batteries that lowers the cost and increases the performance and flexibility of energy storage systems for utilities, renewable energy projects, microgrids, and commercial and industrial customers.

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Plug In India

APRIL 10, 2021

By Kamlesh & Atul There is a lot of misinformation in the mainstream media about the cost of electric vehicles. In the blog/video, we bust this myth and we show how petrol scooters cost same as electric scooters and you always save money when it comes to total cost of ownership when using an EV. These are mid range.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

However, with improving maturity of technology, total cost of ownership, government incentives and regulations, there will be more than four million zero emission heavy vehicles deployed by 2030. —Zubin Sarkar, Head of Strategy, Business Development and Marketing at Siemens Commercial Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2012

A123 Systems has secured production contracts for the company’s 12V Engine Start Battery ( earlier post ) with three leading European automakers, including McLaren Automotive for the MP4-12C and a major German OEM that will use the battery in a 2013 model year passenger vehicle. billion market for energy storage devices.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Eos Energy Storage announced the commercial availability of its MW-scale Aurora system for deliveries starting in 2016. The Aurora product employs Eos’s patented Znyth battery technology that uses a safe aqueous electrolyte and a novel zinc-hybrid cathode to enable extremely low-cost electricity storage and long life.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 23, 2021

It doesn’t matter if you’re a commercial car park or a private individual offering your space, you need to have electrical charging facilities. You can even take it a step further and invest in solar panels, reducing the long-term cost of providing the electricity and effectively boosting profits even further. Additional Profits.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Maybe flow batteries aren’t always everything they’re cracked up to be. A new technology from Australia is certainly raising this prospect, offering a novel approach to stationary energy storage—whose packaging at least harkens back to the old, familiar car battery. This makes for a super safe battery."

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A Way to Leave Liquid Fuel Troubles Behind Fuel contamination is an invisible yet prominent foe of fossil fuel-powered commercial fleets, and one principal reason to advocate for electrification is eliminating this concern. For example, trucks may run on batteries, but generators powering chargers could require diesel or gas.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

The zero-emission commitment from the school significantly lowers operating and fuel costs for the district to 50% of what it paid previously when charging its electric buses, as well as reducing the exposure of students and the local community to diesel particulate pollution. kWh through AMPLY’s fully-managed, turnkey charging services.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The announcement comes as Volvo Trucks nears the official commercial launch of its VNR Electric truck model later this year. As part of the project, South Coast AQMD will lead a data analysis effort to evaluate the full breadth of emission reduction opportunities presented by battery-electric trucks.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Maybe flow batteries aren't always everything they're cracked up to be. A new technology from Australia is certainly raising this prospect, offering a novel approach to stationary energy storage—whose packaging at least harkens back to the old, familiar car battery. This makes for a super safe battery."

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Driivz

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The drive to fleet electrification includes all classifications of vehicles, from passenger EVs and light commercial vehicles to municipal and school buses to medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Fleet operators have to purchase EVs, purchase, install and manage depot EV charging infrastructure, retrain drivers, and transition maintenance staff.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2018

Lightning Systems, a developer of electric powertrains for commercial fleets, introduced a new all-electric Low Cab Forward model for commercial and government fleets in the Class 6 segment. Service and maintenance will be performed by trained local service centers and nationwide service partners.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2017

Proterra delivered its 100 th battery-electric bus, destined for San Joaquin Region Transit District (RTD) in Stockton, Calif. Proterra has delivered its buses to 36 different municipal, university and commercial transit agency customers in 20 states.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

. $750,000 to research value-based design options for the standardization of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) batteries. The project survey will include identifying barriers to standardizing, researching methods to implement battery system standards, and recommending potential paths to the commercial adoption of battery standards.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2015

A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. sulfur battery system is its use of a lithium?metal 1 and 2500 Wh kg ?1.

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