Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2017

UPS will deploy a prototype extended range Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) in its Rolling Laboratory fleet of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles. The UPS trucks are equipped with a 32 kW Hydrogenics fuel cell coupled to 45 kWh of battery storage and 10 kg of hydrogen fuel.

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Extended Range Fuel Electric Vehicles Range 207

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2013

Verizon has collaborated with electric-vehicle developer and manufacturer VIA Motors to produce an extended-range electric cargo van. VIA developed and built the van, based on Verizon’s direction and fleet concepts, and expects it to achieve 100 miles per gallon with near zero emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) showcased the utility’s first extended-range electric truck with manufacturer VIA Motors at three Bay Area National Plug-In Day events—in San Francisco, San Rafael and Cupertino—on Sunday. The gasoline engine extends the range to 350 more miles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

Ford is reopening order banks for the next wave of reservation holders of the popular F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, adding new improvements including boosting its standard range battery models to an EPA-estimated targeted range of 240 miles and adding Pro Trailer Hitch Assist technology. XLT High / Extended Range.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2012

Li-ion developer and manufacturer A123 Systems will supply complete lithium-ion battery packs to VIA Motors, an electric vehicle company building next-generation electrified trucks, vans and SUVs. A123’s lithium-ion battery systems are also designed to provide exportable power capabilities that can be used externally.

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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. 460 system horsepower (343 kW).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2011

Examples of degradation effects causing Li-ion battery power or capacity fading. Roland Matthé, GM technical manager for the Voltec battery system, provided an overview of GM’s views on the requirements and challenges for batteries specifically for extended range electric vehicles—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2021

Ford unveiled the F-150 Lightning battery-electric pickup. F-150 Lightning offers a standard-range battery targeting 230 miles of EPA-estimated range and an extended-range battery targeting 300 miles of EPA-estimated range. 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum, Lariat, XLT.

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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 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.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

New Flyer of America has received a new contract from the Lane Transit District (LTD) in Oregon for 19 battery-electric forty-foot Xcelsior CHARGE NG heavy-duty transit buses. Both orders advance LTD’s climate action goals of 75% greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction by 2030, and 100% fleet turnover to reduce fossil fuel dependency by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

Opel and Europcar have agreed to introduce the Opel Ampera extended range electric vehicle ( earlier post ) as a rental car throughout Europe. In addition, customers will receive advice on energy-efficient driving in battery operation and how to recuperate energy when braking. Opel Ampera. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2010

The extended range electric vehicle drive system by Raser Technologies and its development partner FEV is targeted at providing up to 40 miles all-electric range for SUVs and light trucks. A liquid-cooled, 41 kWh lithium-ion battery pack operates at 700V and provides the energy storage. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2012

Verizon and VIA Motors will collaborate to develop and to demonstrate plug-in electric work vehicles using VIA’s proprietary eREV (extended range electric vehicle) technology ( earlier post ) and evaluate the technology for possible wide-scale application into Verizon’s fleet.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2021

Working with FedEx Ground operators, who operate every day within FedEx’s global delivery and logistics network, both validates our business model and our innovative, cost-efficient, zero emission and operationally ready products, which are tailored for commercial fleets focusing on last-mile delivery.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2022

Targeted performance and capability: 452 horsepower, 775 lb-ft of torque5, 7,700-pound towing capacity and 2,235 maximum payload with a standard-range battery, and sub-four-second 0-60 mph acceleration, 580 horsepower, 775 lb-ft of torque, and 10,000-pound towing capability with the extended-range battery.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The electric commercial trucks produced by the partnership will be powered by an integrated hybrid-electric drivetrain consisting of Plug Power’s ProGen fuel cell engines coupled with Lightning Systems’ electric vehicle drivetrain and batteries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Twenty units of the Audi A1 e-tron extended range electric vehicle ( earlier post ) are on the roads of the Munich pilot region in a fleet trial by partners Audi, E.ON, the public utility Stadtwerke München (SwM), and Technische Universität München (TUM). The Audi A1 e-tron is an electric car with a range extender.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 4, 2023

In a multi-year effort that aims to reduce the company’s carbon footprint, Pepsi is depending on the Semi , battery forklifts, Ford eTransit vans, and other BEVs to help operate the full logistical load at its northern California plant. I’d love to chat!

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

F-150 Lightning, with a starting MSRP of $40,000 and targeted EPA-estimated driving range of 300 miles with the extended range battery, is aimed at the heart of the US auto market. —Bill Ford, executive chair, Ford Motor Company.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Foothill Transit is based in West Covina, California, operating one of the largest fleets of electric buses in America and providing more than 14 million trips annually in the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys. Our path to a fully zero emission fleet continues with the addition of NFI hydrogen fuel cell technology.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 8, 2023

How Do Trailers Affect EV Range? As electric pickup trucks become more popular, it’s natural to wonder how adding a trailer will its range. It’s not a question of whether you can tow, but what the range impact will be. It’s not a question of whether you can tow, but what the range impact will be.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

The Arctic Whisper is the first in a fleet of affordable, sustainable, low-carbon urban buses for Umeå City. The Arctic Whisper’s batteries are fast-charged by the Opbrid B?sbaar—an This will extend the all-electric range of the hybrid bus from 2 hours to 18 hours. Earlier post.). Fast-charging at the B?sbaar.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The City of Indianapolis will upgrade 425 non-police-pursuit sedans in its muncipal fleet to plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles by early 2016, cut the size of the fleet by 100 vehicles, and save $8.7 The Indy fleet would be the largest municipal fleet of electrified vehicles in the US.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2021

Plug Power, with more than 40,000 fuel cell units deployed over the past 20 years, offers modular ProGen fuel cell engines for OEM integration ranging from 30kW to 125kW. The company was also an early advocate for hydrogen-based transit, having integrated fuel cells into its electric propulsion systems since 1998. earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

PACCAR announced that a Kenworth T680 fuel cell electric vehicle and a battery electric Peterbilt Model 579EV became the first Class 8 zero emissions vehicles to drive to the 14,115 foot summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado. The Kenworth T680 fuel cell electric vehicle offers 470 hp and a 350-mile range with a 15-minute refill time.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The buses deliver on the agency’s Zero-Emission Bus Rollout Plan, designed to transition its fleet to 100% zero-emission by 2040, in accordance with the California Air Resources Board’s Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation.

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Electra Vehicles

MARCH 4, 2022

[link] Follow electric vehicle data on its journey from vehicle to Cloud, Cloud to Analytics, and back to the vehicle to improve onboard battery pack performance. Witness the full value of EV data as it is ingested by intelligent onboard battery software and applied for fleet wide-learning.

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Batteries Battery Range Fleet 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2009

ALTe’s initial focus is on vehicles of light-to-medium duty fleets (such as taxis), which will obtain the greatest benefit of converting older, out-of-warranty vehicles from gasoline-powered engines to the REEV powertrain platform. This ultimately reduces emissions and operating costs for fleet vehicle users. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

General Motors announced a demonstration project ( earlier post ) to explore market needs and customer acceptance of battery electric vehicles in Korea. The project involves a fleet of electric vehicles based on the Chevrolet Cruze. The Cruze EV is equipped with a 31 kWh battery that generates maximum power of 150 kW.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2021

In its report of first quarter 2021 financial results and outlook, Lordstown Motors, a startup developing electric light duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market ( earlier post ), said that the expected production of its Endurance full-size electric pickup in 2021 will be limited—at best 50% of prior expectations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2017

Supported by a $3-million California Energy Commission grant, the companies are working to convert a fleet of six, Class-6 International armored trucks into “Zero Emission with Range Extension” vehicles—PHEV trucks that operate with electricity and renewable natural gas (RNG). The CNG storage tanks are roof-mounted.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Clean Fleet Report can’t reveal any of the Kona Electric drive attributes just yet, but we can give a look at what will be available on this competitively priced, efficient small SUV. Extended Range Battery – 260-mile all-electric range – 201 horsepower electric motor – 188 pound-feet of torque – 64.8

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2013

New vehicles are transported from the General Motors production facility in Silao, to VIA’s assembly plant in nearby San Luis Potosi, where they are transformed into electric vehicles by integrating VIA’s proprietary extended range electric power train.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Symbio ALP-5 range extender. The Franche-Comté region and La Poste (the French postal service) are testing hydrogen fuel cell range extender kits from Symbio FCell in three Renault Kangoo Z.E. This system is expected to double the range of the electric cars used for postal delivery. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Ford’s fleet business is a proven success with commercial truckers. Ford has invested in extending that segment to include commercial EV sales, service, and financing to make its commercial customers’ transition to EV trucks easy and seamless. The standard-range version has a 98-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery with an 11.3/10.5

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Green Fleet Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

With a starting MSRP of $69,995, the new F-150 Lightning Flash electric pickup will have a range of 320 miles with an extended range battery. Online orders are set to begin in early 2024.

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F-150 Extended Range Miles Range 59

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2014

The acquisition included an exclusive license to advanced Lithium-ion battery cooling technology. The technology promises longer battery life and improved performance across the operating spectrum. VIA integrates its proprietary V-DRIVE power train into new OEM vehicles, then sells directly to fleets under the VTRUX brand name.

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