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St. Louis Launches SiLVERS EV Shuttle Service for Seniors

CleanTechnica EVs

A groundbreaking concept, the SiLVERS program accomplishes multiple goals. For one, it demonstrates the cost benefits of EV fleets for social service agencies and how that can translate to improved quality of service.

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Light-truck sales declined less during the current pandemic than car sales

Green Car Congress

This note examines the sales of all new light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) in the United States in March, April, and May 2020—the first three months of the current pandemic—and compares them with the sales in February 2020. from February to April, while car sales decreased by 53.4%. in February to 78.3%

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Anheuser-Busch transitioning 30% of dedicated fleet to renewable natural gas

Green Car Congress

In 2014 and 2015, Anheuser-Busch converted 160 diesel-fueled trucks in Houston and St. Louis to fleets powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines. Anheuser-Busch is transitioning more than 180 trucks—representing approximately 30% of its dedicated fleet—to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).

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Amazon Announces Expansion, New Milestones for Electric Delivery Vehicle Program

Electric Cars Report

Hundreds of the vehicles rolled out this summer in more than a dozen cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St.

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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

Green Car Congress

Sales of cars and light trucks. Sources of the underlying data: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (sales of cars and light trucks). The changes are in percent relative to the corresponding month in 2019. Month-year. Price of gasoline. Vehicle miles traveled. Revenue passenger miles (domestic). Feb-2020. +4. Mar-2020. -38.

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Amazon’s Electric Delivery Vehicles from Rivian Roll Out Across the U.S.

Electric Cars Report

will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities. appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Driving a Chevy Bolt EV electric car halfway across the U.S.: what it takes

Green Car Reports

How badly do you want a new, affordable, long-range electric car? That's exactly what Bill Massmann, a professional land surveyor in St. Louis, Missouri, did to become the proud owner of a new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car. Badly enough to drive it more than 800 miles without a unified fast-charging infrastructure?

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