Battery Maintenance Recharge Virginia 
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
Dominion Virginia Power has added two plug-in electric hybrid cars and two hybrid-powered bucket trucks to its fleet as part of its efforts to determine the impact of plug-in vehicles on electricity demand and to find ways to conserve energy and reduce vehicle emissions. A Dominion PHEV Prius and hybrid bucket truck. Click to enlarge.
Driivz
OCTOBER 8, 2023
They are quieter, cleaner, have better acceleration, and cost less to keep running because electricity is cheaper than diesel and EVs require less maintenance than their ICE counterparts. Fleet operators have to purchase EVs, purchase, install and manage depot EV charging infrastructure, retrain drivers, and transition maintenance staff.
Green Car Congress
JULY 15, 2011
However, notes Virginia Tech Prof. internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE); hybrid electric vehicle-gasoline (HEV-gas); hybrid electric vehicle-diesel (HEV-diesel); (hydrogen) fuel cell vehicle (FCV); battery electric vehicle (BEV); and sugar fuel cell vehicle (SFCV). Conceptual sugar-to-electricity system. Zhang 2009. Zhang 2009.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. As utilities shifted to more reliable alternating-current systems, they phased out these costly backup batteries.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
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.
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.
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2010
Better Place, perhaps better known for its battery swap model, had on display its Level 2 charging stations ( charge spots ). Eaton’s quick charger can recharge the iMiEV to 80% of battery capacity in 25 minutes. The company offers a broad range of Level 1, 2 and 3 charging solutions. Better Place.
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