Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The company will assemble and market all-electric zero-emission commercial vehicles in North America, and said it will initially focus its production on battery-electric-powered vehicles for depot-based route delivery fleets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The Dutch energy company Eneco has signed contracts for the purchase of 50 Smith Ampere electric commercial vans, the electric version of the Ford Transit Connect, to be delivered in 2009 and 2010. The Ampere has a range of 160 km (99 miles) and a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph). The agreement is worth €2.3 million (US$3.4

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2023

Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act Marketing Renewable and Sustainable Energy At 200 MPH Environmental car racing: an oxymoron? Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity, at the 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, to sit down with Jim Crouse, the president and CEO of Capstone Engineered Solutions. Story by John Faulkner.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2013

At EVS26 in Los Angeles in 2012, Siemens described its ‘eHighway of the Future’ concept for the electrification of on-road commercial trucks and select highway lanes via overhead electrified wires. The actively controllable pantograph can be easily connected to and disconnected from the overhead line at speeds of up to 90 km/h (56 mph).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2010

As part of the demonstration program, two Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicles will be handed over to the NYCDOT and three to the Port Authority to be used in their fleets. The Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle can be fully charged in approximately three hours from a standard 110-volt electrical outlet, or in 90 minutes with a 220-volt connection.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

Production of the first zero-emission commercial trucks is scheduled to begin third quarter of 2009. SEV US Corp will initially focus its production on battery-electric-powered vehicles for depot-based predictable-route delivery fleets. This will make them a natural choice for fleet managers with a depot-based delivery model.

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Kansas City Kansas Electric Vehicles Transit Connect 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

It uses an infrared laser sensor built into the windshield to monitor the area in front of the SUV when traveling at speeds of about 2 to 19 mph. If the speed difference between vehicles is less than 9 mph, City Safety helps drivers avoid some crashes altogether. It’s not designed to work at speeds faster than 19 mph.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2009

The Affordable Add-on Zero Emissions Vehicle ( ADDZEV ) technology demonstrates how it may be possible to convert segment of the existing the UK vehicle fleet into plug-in hybrid vehicles using a through-the-road approach. Electric only drive has been limited to propel the vehicle at a speeds up to 60 km/h (37 mph). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation are introducing a passenger wagon version of the Ford Transit Connect Electric. The wagon is a logical next step for Azure and Ford which first introduced an electrified Transit Connect in December 2010. The wagon has a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h). Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2024

New BMW owners will be offered a growing list of music, gaming and news accessed through Bluetooth-enabled wireless gaming controllers that are connected to the infotainment system. Modular commercial electric vans to this point have been on the larger side, such those FedEx and Amazon are using from Rivian and BrightDrop.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Built on Ford’s E450 chassis with a Champion Bus body, the shuttle bus will offer a maximum capacity of 20 passengers, a range of up to 90 miles on a single charge, a 75% charge time of four hours, and a top speed of 60 mph. Developed in partnership with Commercial Fleet Financing, the shuttle bus is projected to be delivered in early 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

At the Geneva Motor Show, Ford introduced a new concept Ford Tourneo Connect equipped with a conceptual but fully operational Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) powertrain developed in collaboration with Smith Electric Vehicles. It is this technology that has been adapted for the Tourneo Connect BEV concept. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 21, 2023

But it’s clearly aware that it’s not going to maintain that position by resting on its laurels and is pulling out all the stops to remain strong in the commercial market. A lot of thought was given to how to make the truck commercially viable, with the brand going so far as to come up with solutions to make one-man operations more feasible.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

Payload is around 900 kg (1,984 lbs) depending on equipment specifications, and the van has a top speed of 80 km/h (50 mph), making it also suitable for short inter-urban stretches. This is connected to the high-voltage network and the standard heating circuit in the instrument panel. 50-80 km (31-50 miles). The Vito E-CELL.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Postal Service announced last week that it will buy six electric vans from the startup Canoo for its delivery fleet. USPS Canoo LDV 190 van Ford added fleet discounts for the Mustang Mach-E , as well as a program that allows dealers to use inventory as rental cars. Rolls-Royce is aiming to be all-EV by 2030.

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Plug-in GM Ford Plug 52

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

Three types of vehicles are being sought : A light commercial van with a load capacity of about 3 m 3 ; A two-seater compact van with a load capacity of approximately 1 m 3 ; and. The vehicles must be able to reach 110 km/h (68 mph) with maximum paylod, and have a range of at least 150 km (93 miles) at the end of the warrantied battery life.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The 55kW E-Drive fits neatly onto the existing engine mounting points with just three additional connections (water, high voltage electrics and low voltage electrics). Click to enlarge. Zytek has unveiled a fully engineered, electric version of the Mercedes A-Class that it developed in just ten weeks. The electric A-Class demonstrator.

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Zytek Mercedes Electric Electrical 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2014

With these gearsets, a top speed of 45 mph [72 km/h] is achieved with acceleration to this speed of less than 4 seconds if you get good traction—at zero speed all 4 wheels will break loose on dry asphalt! —Bob Simpson, EVDrive’s CTO & co-founder. —Steve Tice, EVDrive COO, co-founder.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

AOI 4: Commercialization of Vehicle Power Electronics Using Wide Bandgap (WBG) Semiconductors. ($3M) The goal of this topic is to develop technologies that enable reduction of fuel consumption of legacy fleet of passenger cars and commercial vehicles through tire technology development.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

Coda Automotive , a new company formed and developed under the stewardship of entrepreneur Miles Rubin (known for his marketing and sales of low-speed, electric fleet vehicles under the Miles Electric Vehicles brand), will introduce an affordable, full-performance all-electric sedan built by Hafei in China to the California market in 2010.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 29, 2024

Technical assessments and commercial requirements are evaluated by EV manufacturers during cell selection and qualification. Cell peak or continuous power targets are related to the 0-60 mph vehicle performance requirements and towing capacity. Optimization: Miles charged per minute defines fast charge capabilities.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2024

Technical assessments and commercial requirements are evaluated by EV manufacturers during cell selection and qualification. Cell peak or continuous power targets are related to the 0-60 mph vehicle performance requirements and towing capacity. Optimization: Miles charged per minute defines fast charge capabilities.

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Charging Batteries Battery Re-Charge 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

The chain, which connects the hollow steel camshaft and crankshaft, is validated for 200,000 miles of operation and fitted with a leaf-spring-type dampener. The ETC system can deliver outstanding throttle response and greater reliability than a mechanical connection. Click to enlarge. Transmission. Equipped by default with a 4.10

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

We are suggesting that the variation in power and energy from renewable sources can be managed much more easily and economically with the batteries in PHEVs when they are plugged into the grid with a low power connection. All we really need in addition to fleets of new paradigm vehicles are additional solar and wind generation sources.

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