Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5 An electric Class 8 tractor still carries roughly twice the price of a comparable diesel version. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.

Volvo 131

Volvo Fleet Electric Electrical 131

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2009

The latter will provide grants to US-based manufacturers of up to $1.5 This FOA specifically is seeking applications for grants supporting the construction (including production capacity increase of current plants), of US-based manufacturing plants to produce batteries and electric drive components. Transportation Electrification.

PHEV 170

PHEV Batteries Battery Vehicles 170

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. They could do three, four runs a day without a problem, without having to recharge. Garbage trucks.

Standards 73

Standards Market Volt Vehicles 73

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The pure electric vehicles, for reserve, must carry heavy and expensive batteries—which add expense as well as weight—and must have access to high-powered recharging stations [ 1 ]. Furthermore, even the older version PHEV can recharge at a slow rate using local solar, wind, water-derived or other net zero CO 2 fuel.

PHEV 150

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150