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AMPLY Power and Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions collaborate on bus fleet electrification and solar-powered overhead charging

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Solar PPAs and managed charging can help fleet operators double-down on the cost savings that electric vehicles already deliver compared to diesel. Unlike diesel prices, electricity rate can fluctuate wildly throughout the day, sometimes by as much as 400%, making it impossible to ‘time the market’ and potentially wiping out EV savings.

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BYD introduces Type A battery-electric school bus with V2G technology

Green Car Congress

BYD introduced its Type A battery-electric school bus that also offers innovative vehicle-to-grid technology, allowing the vehicle to serve as a power storage resource when it’s not transporting students. —Samuel Kang, BYD’s Head of Total Technology Solutions. BYD offers two kind of charging solutions to meet different needs.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We connect high-power communication lines into the DC charging system of the car. There’s ease of operations, ease of maintenance benefits. Or they’re saying you have to buy [up to] two electric buses to replace every diesel bus because of this battery behavior impact. Our maintenance schedule is minuscule.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

Zeem is able to offer a cost per mile below that of diesel, thanks to California subsidies. It makes sense for organizations to focus on their core activities, so just as they outsource things like IT or building maintenance, many want to outsource the charging infrastructure for their electric fleets. You must have a lot of scale.