Creative Greenius

JANUARY 18, 2015

Your friendly neighborhood Greenius has been a proud member of the South Bay Bicycle Coalition ever since there was one, and I’ve been on the Board of Directors just as long. In fact back in 2010 that’s why the County of Los Angeles Health Department gave our South Bay Bicycle Coalition (SBBC) a $250,000 grant.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Today, battery-electric Class 8 tractors still have a higher lifetime cost, due entirely to the initial purchase price of a heavy-duty vehicle with a huge battery (264 kWh for the first-generation VNR Electric). The cost equation is trickier.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2023

She launched the first class in January 2006, and as she built Year Up’s presence in Washington, ­Boyea-Robinson’s work became a model for the organization nationwide, starting in New York later that year. Backed with a $250,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation , Path to 15/55 launched its first Community of Action in January.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

By late summer, the Federal Railroad Administration will begin awarding the first round of grants. As examples from other countries, China runs trains on its 114 km Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Rail line at a top speed of 217 mph (350 km/h) and is buying 100 350 km/h trains for the upcoming Beijing-Shanghai corridor. Earlier post.)

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

And there’s 40% of the Class 8 market and the medium-duty market that [drives] under 250 miles a day. And then there’s interoperability and all those standards that we take for granted in the 12- and 24-volt world. Shortly they’re going to eliminate the ability to buy gas mowers and stuff like that. Garbage trucks.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

I could drive a Class 8 truck over a light-duty charger, and it will activate one pad of that truck and still charge. Vehicle manufacturers do not share that when they’re selling vehicles, so [fleet operators] are buying vehicles and as soon as winter comes around, they’re getting [only] 60 miles out of a vehicle. You don’t see it.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

has constructed prototype PHEV trucks for electric utility companies which can deliver energy to power an entire neighborhood during maintenance or repair when there is a power outage [ 4 ]. In addition, the grid could ask for energy back from the batteries of a PHEV if the house or neighborhood need is at a high level for a short time.

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