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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

Fleet insights, US. The data is gathered by devices plugged into the HP fleet vehicles. Data Driven Insurance, London. City Driving On-Demand, London. A fleet of Ford Focus Electric vehicles and Ford Fiestas with EcoBoost powertrains is located across London. Dynamic Social Shuttle, New York and London.

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Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

Fleet vehicles are perfect for EVs, since the routes are very predictable and tend to be within 100 miles per day. It’s easy to spec out a battery pack with enough kWh for a given size of truck to hit 60-80-100 miles, whatever the given fleet buyer needs. More electric trucks! I love that this market is blooming.

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

Charged EVs

Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. metric tons [in battery weight] from a bus, we saved a fleet operator $24 million in energy costs.

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Electric cars back on track?

Plugs and Cars

Even stories that got much wrong, such as The Independent of London, England, here , concluded "the electric car is probably the [alternative] with the greatest potential." nk has opened an office in California, and announced its intention to begin sales in 2009. Smart has begun testing a small electric fleet in England.