Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 22, 2025

The combination resulted in predictable recharge feel and a fun way to drive with limited touch of the brake pedal. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and other efficient powertrains. kW onboard charger.

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JULY 17, 2025

A 10-80 per cent recharge takes around 22 minutes. Inside, the CLA Shooting Brake mimics the firm’s latest S-Class and gets a 14-inch central touchscreen, a 10.25-inch Plug into a fast DC charger and the CLA charges at more than 320kW, with as much as 310km of range added in little more than 10 minutes.

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Mercedes SUV Australia Porsche 77

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

School bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation unveiled a Class 5-6 electric vehicle platform at the 2022 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo. Blue Bird’s flexible Class 5-6 chassis will enable a broad range of fully-electric vehicles, including last-mile delivery step vans, motorhomes, and other specialty vehicles.

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Commercial Market Vehicles Colorado 482

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office, in collaboration with the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office, has established technical targets for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in long-haul tractor-trailer Class 8 truck applications. The US market for Class 8 trucks is large and growing.

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Hydrogen Fuel Energy Storage Miles 448

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Hyliion Holdings, a provider of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles, instroduced its next generation battery module which integrates Toshiba’s LTO cells with Hyliion’s technology to achieve longer battery life, higher charging rates and improved safety. The design has already passed UN 38.3

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Hybrid Battery Batteries North America 435

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Rechargeable magnesium and calcium metal batteries (RMBs and RCBs) are promising alternatives to lithium-ion batteries because of the high crustal abundance and capacity of magnesium and calcium. A paper on their work is published in the journal Science.

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Recharge Design Lithium Ion Energy 394

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2021

Lightning eMotors will manufacture the zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) powertrain systems at its 231,000 square foot facility in Loveland, Colorado and ship the powertrains to Forest River’s factory in Goshen, Indiana, for final assembly of the Class 4 and 5 all-electric passenger buses.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht have introduced the principles of a new class rechargeable molten air batteries that offer amongst the highest intrinsic electric energy storage capabilities. Generalized form of the molten air battery. Licht et al. Click to enlarge. —Licht et al. Energy Environ.

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Energy Battery Batteries Recharge 309

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

PACCAR announced that a Kenworth T680 fuel cell electric vehicle and a battery electric Peterbilt Model 579EV became the first Class 8 zero emissions vehicles to drive to the 14,115 foot summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado. —Kevin Baney, Kenworth general manager and PACCAR vice president.

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Kenworth Peterbilt Fuel Los Angeles 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Hyattsville, Maryland, is deploying a BYD 6R Class 6 electric refuse truck, one of several fully-electric or hybrid vehicles in the City’s fleet, and the first commercially deployed Class 6 refuse truck in the country, according to BYD. The BYD 6R is capable of working an entire shift without recharging.

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Maryland BYD Maintenance Purchase 273

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2022

The Hypertruck ERX is an electric powertrain that is recharged by an onboard natural gas generator for Class 8 commercial trucks that aims to provide lower operating costs, emissions reductions, and superior performance. Hyliion’s electrified powertrain solutions are designed to be installed on most major Class 8 commercial trucks.

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Oklahoma Gas-Electric Recharge Texas 259

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

The MY14 B-Class Electric Drive. The Mercedes-Benz MY14 B-Class Electric Drive ( earlier post )—the first electric offering for the brand in the United States—is priced at $41,450, excluding $925 destination and delivery. Since the launch of the first B-Class version in 2005, Mercedes-Benz sold more than 1 million units.

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Mercedes Miles Rhode Island Range 291

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

a developer of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles, launched its Hypertruck Electric Range Extender (ERX), a long-haul, natural-gas series-hybrid electric powertrain. The truck is the only electric Class 8 vehicle that can achieve a net-negative greenhouse gas emissions footprint using renewable natural gas (RNG).

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Range Gas-Electric Gas Electrical 476

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Total Cost of Ownership for Class 8 Tractors and Class 4 Parcel Delivery Trucks compares six leading powertrain technologies to quantify the total cost of ownership (TCO) of different truck options and to identify operating scenarios where each technology may have an economic advantage.

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Cost Of Diesel Chad Vehicles 397

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

Canada-based Loop Energy’s heavy-duty fuel cell range extender ( earlier post ) will power two new zero-emission hybrid-electric Class 8 drayage trucks that will operate for a one-year period as part of a FAST TRACK Fuel Cell Truck Project in southern California.

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Peterbilt Emissions Fuel Range 284

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Balsara at UC Berkeley, have identified a new class of nonflammable electrolytes based on functionalized perfluoropolyethers (PFPEs) for lithium-ion batteries. Researchers led by chemist Joseph DeSimone at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with Nitash P.

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Li-ion Dominica Lithium Ion Battery 261

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Alongside the Urbino 15 LE electric bus, this low-entry electric bus is yet another option in Solaris’s electric range that meets the requirements for both vehicle classes I and II. The vehicle has been designed in such a way that its interior can be adapted to class I or class II type approval requirements.

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Electrical Electric Recharge All-Electric 394

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Mercedes-Benz is initially using this type of powertrain in the C-Class, E-Class and S-Class. It is combined with the OM 654 four-cylinder diesel engine for the first time in the C-Class. Class plug-in hybrids is a high towing capacity of up to 2100 kg if required. kWh/100 km). Earlier post.).

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Plug-in Mercedes Plug Hybrid 305

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2023

The electric minibuses are equipped with terminals for contactless fare payment and USB ports for recharging personal devices. We will consider the possibility of replacing small-class buses with the electric ones in case the test is successful. The tests of the electric minibus will last until the end of February 2024.

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Electrical Electric Recharge 2018 434

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2014

Daimler and BMW have agreed on jointly developing and implementing one common technology for wireless recharging high-voltage batteries of electric drive and plug-in hybrid vehicles. After the S 400 HYBRID and S 300 BlueTEC HYBRID, it is the third hybrid model in the S-Class range. Click to enlarge.

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BMW Charging Recharge Mercedes 312

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Alongside the Urbino 15 LE electric bus, this low-entry electric bus is yet another option in Solaris’s electric range that meets the requirements for both vehicle classes I and II. The vehicle has been designed in such a way that its interior can be adapted to class I or class II type approval requirements.

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Electrical Electric Recharge All-Electric 370

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Nikola Motor Company has named Bosch and PowerCell AB as key suppliers for the Nikola class 8 hydrogen-fuel-cell electric truck, unveiled as a prototype in December 2016. The PowerCell S3 (100 kW) is a fuel cell stack with best-in-class power density and is primarily designed for automotive application. Earlier post.).

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2018 Fuel Motors Motor 225

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In addition to a purely electric solution, we are working to integrate a clean hybrid propulsion system that enables our aircraft to fly continuously without recharging. This collaboration gives Spirit the opportunity to bring our world-class capabilities to this important future market for logistics and personal transportation.

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Affordable Production Low Cost Recharge 429

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

In August 2005, L&F Materials, a subsidiary of L&F, started the cathode active material business for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. In February 2016, L&F and L&F Materials, merged to become a world-class company in the cathode active material business. L&F was founded in July 2000 to produce LCD back lighting units.

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Lithium Ion 2005 2000 Tesla 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2013

powered family car ( earlier post ), is the winner of the Cruiser class of the World Solar Challenge 2013. A combination of time, recharging from the mains, the number of passengers and the final jury verdict on Saturday decided that the students from TU/e were the World Champions in solar-powered family cars. On the road in Australia.

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Solar Powered Power MPH 334

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2023

Ferrari claimed an historic result on its return to the top class after half a century, with the Ferrari – AF Corse team triumphing in the world’s most famous endurance race. Ferrari’s history at Le Mans now comprises 39 victories, including 29 class wins.

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Ferrari Engine Porsche International 416

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2020

The mobile charger also offers the capability to recharge EVs on their routes, which allows fleets to maximize vehicle uptime.

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Fleet Energy Charging DC 300

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The collaborative effort will produce the FNM model 832, a Class 6 truck with up to 14-ton capacity, and the FNM model 833, a Class 8 truck with an 18-ton payload capacity. Using a Wallbox charger with a CCS2 outlet the trucks can be fully recharged in up to four hours. Future plans include electric buses, vans and tractors.

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Supplies Brazil Battery Batteries 393

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Researchers at startup Liox Power, a California-based company developing rechargeable Li-air batteries, have demonstrated for the first time the operation of a lithium-air battery with a Li anode in a straight-chain alkyl amide electrolyte solvent (N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA)/lithium nitrate (LiNO 3 )). Aprotic electrolyte Li?O

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Li-ion Lithium Air Battery Batteries 353

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Lightning eMotors powertrains support commercial vehicles ranging from class 3 vans to class 6 trucks to class 8 motor coaches. The powertrains will feature battery configurations from 80 kWh to more than 600 kWh using industry-leading lithium-ion battery technology with liquid thermal management systems.

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Commercial Lithium Ion Colorado Fleet 259

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2017

TM4 and Cummins are jointly developing a plug-in hybrid powertrain for Class 7/8 transit buses that can reduce fuel consumption by at least 50% compared to conventional hybrid buses. Our goal is to offer a system that can achieve 35 km EV range and benefit from the 450 kW fast charging infrastructure to recharge in less than 5 min.

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Plug-in Plug Range Li-ion 191

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

CARB funding will be allocated towards the purchase of on-road zero-emission Class 8 trucks. Regional haul trucks, for the purpose of this solicitation, have daily ranges of 200 to 400 miles on a single charge or refueling event and are designed for day-use and typically return to a home base each night.

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California Emissions Grant Transportation 321

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2014

is expanding its ultracapacitor-based Engine Start Module (ESM) product line ( earlier post ) to provide the same benefits to class 3 through 6 medium-duty trucks that it has been offering previously to class 7 and 8 heavy-duty diesel trucks. Maxwell Technologies, Inc. ESM diagram. Heavy-duty version shown). Click to enlarge.

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Diesel Engine Lead Acid Indianapolis 352

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Both fleets will recharge their Volvo VNR Electrics at their local facilities. Camrett Logistics is also making investments in solar panels to power all their facilities with a goal of electrifying all the Class 8 trucks in their operations.

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Volvo Fresno Virginia North America 418

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. New for the 2022 model year, the 2023 XC60 Recharge continues to deliver performance and all-electric and hybrid efficiency in a premium compact SUV.

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Recharge Volvo Plug-in SUV 105

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2020

The newbuilds will also feature ice-class classification, 1A Super. These will use fuel-oil during navigation and lithium mega-batteries in harbor, thus guaranteeing zero emissions in port—and meeting the Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) Green Plus class notation—while still satisfying energy requirements at berth.

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Supplies Engine Hybrid Energy 362

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2020

The Urbino 15 LE bus will be certified and offered with specs characteristic for class I vehicles—as a city bus—and for class II vehicles—as a bus for inter-city transport. The batteries in this model can be recharged by means of a plug-in, or, at the customer’s request, also using a pantograph.

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