Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Volvo LIGHTS partners, led by CALSTART and joined by ChargePoint and other industry organizations, filed a motion in July that sought to clarify the CPUC’s position. The project, taking place in Southern California, is demonstrating a range of strategies to provide flexible and cost-effective charging options to commercial fleet operators.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 Volvo Trucks will deliver the EPA-funded VNR Electric trucks to Southern California fleet operators starting in 2021 through the third quarter of 2022, allowing for at least a full year of operations by the end of the project period in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The project, known as Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative, or JETSI, is the largest commercial deployment of battery-electric trucks in North America to date. DTNA will deliver 80 battery-electric Freightliner eCascadias, the company’s first all-electric commercial Class 8 truck, to both Schneider (50 trucks) and NFI (30 trucks).

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Three of the largest commercial truck manufacturers have joined forces on charging infrastructure. But cost may also be an issue. Zero-emission trucks are generally two to three times more expensive than diesel trucks, a difference equivalent to hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the Times.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2021

Leading commercial vehicle manufacturers Volvo Group, Daimler Truck and the TRATON GROUP have signed a non-binding agreement to install and operate a high-performance public charging network for battery-electric heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 21, 2023

Leading truck manufacturer Volvo Trucks is setting the standard for the transition to all-electric heavy transport hauling. With one charging break along the route, Volvo’s heavy-duty electric truck impressively operates continuously for 12 hours and has a capacity of 74 tons.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2010

Volvo Powertrain, a subsidiary of Volvo AB, and Westport have signed an agreement defining Westport’s responsibility to develop biogas- and natural gas-fuelled engine products for Volvo. Earlier post.) Details of the products or markets will be disclosed later. Westport will arrange for or supply gas-related components.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

Photo: Daimler Truck North America Daimler Truck North America, Navistar, and Volvo Group North America just formed a coalition to accelerate the rollout of US charging infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks. It’s like a who’s who of the trucking and energy world. Get started here. –ad*

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Volvo Trucks North America, after concluding truck and engine lab testing, has approved the use of renewable diesel fuel for all of its proprietary Volvo engines, offering environmental and cost-savings benefits to customers. Volvo is the first OEM to endorse the use of advanced drop-in hydrocarbon renewable diesel fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

Members of the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance presented top vehicle manufacturers, including Volvo, GM, Daimler and Toyota, with a roadmap for developing the types of electric vehicles that companies plan to acquire in the US over the next five years. Alliance members recognize that the future is electric.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

The strategic group of investors consists of automotive venture capital from BMW i Ventures, Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Porsche Ventures—alongside Airbus Ventures, Generali, and existing investors—collectively adding new competencies to help fuel Bcomp’s growth.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

In the wake of a report by the German television station ZDF identifying widespread aftermarket manipulation of NO x emissions control technologies on trucks, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is calling for government action to preclude such manipulation. —ACEA Secretary General Erik Jonnaert.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2019

New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions will support mobility projects from start to finish and focus on energy management optimization as well as infrastructure planning and development, providing a cohesive transition of bus fleets to zero-emission bus (ZEB) technology.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

Investors in SDCmaterials include the venture capital arms of General Motors, Volvo Group, and SAIC Motor as well as BASF Venture Capital. The SDC approach could take as much as $60 out of that cost. With ever-increasing emission requirements, this could help offset a potential cost increase for customers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2012

Volvo Trucks plans to launch a 13-liter heavy-duty liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine featuring Westport high pressure direct injection (HPDI) technology for the North American market in 2014. Volvo is also testing another promising fuel that can be produced from natural gas, DME (dimethyl ether). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Volvo C30 DRIVe Electric. Backed by research support from the Swedish Energy Agency, Volvo Cars is initiating development of a fuel cell system that can extend an electric car’s operating range. The aim is to have two prototype chassis based on the Volvo C30 DRIVe Electric ready for testing in everyday traffic in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2019

Commercializing technology is one of our strengths. Bosch believes the best opportunities for broad adoption of fuel-cell technology are in the commercial-vehicle market. The EU’s fleet requirements for trucks call for a reduction of CO 2 emissions by 15% on average by 2025, and 30% by 2030. —Stefan Hartung.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This is a low-volume, high-value market where aircraft will rely on high-cost and cutting-edge technologies to reach new heights with regard to performance and safety. Most eVTOL manufacturers are targeting 2023 for the start of commercial operations, and the IDTechEx report provides forecasts in unit sales and battery demand through 2042.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Led by the World Economic Forum and the US Government, the First Movers Coalition targets hard-to-abate sectors including aluminum, aviation, chemicals, concrete, shipping, steel, and trucking, which are responsible for 30% of global emissions. Møller – Mærsk with a combined collective market value of about US$8.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The commitments aim to be collectively significant enough to commercialize decarbonization technologies. Seven of these sectors—steel, cement, aluminum, chemicals, shipping, aviation, and trucking—account for more than a third of global carbon emissions, but do not have cost-competitive clean energy alternatives to fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The EFC builds upon the EC’s commercial freight and goods delivery electrification pilot program. While medium- and heavy-duty vehicles represented only 6% of vehicles registered in 2018, they were responsible for 26% of the US transportation sector’s petroleum consumption and 23% of the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions. Ideanomics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Volvo Car Corporation is postponing its plans to produce a full hybrid based on a diesel engine and instead will introduce a series-produced plug-in diesel hybrid (PHEV) in Europe as early as 2012. Carbon dioxide emissions will average out at 49 g/km, with fuel consumption of 1.9 Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

All New Flyer zero-emission bus (ZEB) models, including trolley-electric, battery-electric, and fuel cell-electric, are built on New Flyer’s proven Xcelsior platform, which recently celebrated the delivery of its 10,000 th bus. —Chris Stoddart, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Customer Service, New Flyer.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 30, 2023

will be collaborating on commercial vehicle development, procurement, and production. From Automotive News : "Behind this collaboration is our four companies' strong desire to create the future of commercial vehicles together," Toyota CEO Koji Sato said at a Tokyo news conference.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Photo: Green Li-ion Green Li-ion has launched North America’s first commercial-scale plant to process unsorted battery waste, or “black mass,” from used lithium-ion batteries. It also emits up to 90% fewer GHG emissions than virgin materials processing.

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Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 8, 2022

On current trends, passenger electric cars, electric buses and other light commercial vehicles may reach the numbers needed for zero emissions by 2050, but medium and heavy trucks are off track. Compared to fuel trucks, electric trucks can reduce operating costs by 14% to 52%, and maintenance costs can be reduced by about 40%.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

SoCalGas) and Oberon Fuels , a San Diego-based low-emission alternative fuels company, announced a joint research and development agreement to design and construct the first commercial facility in the United States to produce Dimethyl Ether (DME) from natural gas for use as a transportation fuel. Southern California Gas Co.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Opinion: Here’s the Roadmap for Commercial EVs. Cost Reduction. Trucking companies must factor fuel into cost per mile–the trip total divided by the miles driven. Switching to electric vehicles will dramatically reduce the cost per mile. Perhaps the biggest advantage of electric fleets is fewer emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The goal of CARB’s Zero and Near Zero Emission Freight Facility program is to support transformative, cost-effective clean technologies that can be adopted by other freight facilities and accelerate the commercialization of these technologies statewide. Project partners will provide $22.9 million in matching funds.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 21, 2022

When will the same happen for commercial fleets? Electric concepts like the E-Fuso from Daimler Trucks have helped advance commercial truck EV toward production. There’s also the issue of cost. Until these costs drop, many fleet managers may be hesitant to replace their trucks with electric alternatives.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2017

The trial will road test the HGVs across 10 different vehicle configurations, generting data on vehicle performance, fuel efficiency, reliability and cost. The liquid nitrogen cooling system promises to reduce the high energy demands of refrigeration units, further reducing HGVs CO 2 and air quality emissions. million (US$30.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America announced the commercial introduction and sales start of its zero tailpipe emission, battery-electric vehicle to the North American market. The Class 8 Volvo VNR Electric truck model has a scheduled production start of early 2021.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The discussions focused primarily on the issues of climate change and global energy security, but also covered global air quality-related emissions standards, improved fuel quality and specifications for renewable fuels. We serve a global market place, and want to avoid conflicting regulations from different regions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2017

UK-based Torotrak, a developer and supplier of emissions reduction and fuel efficiency technology for vehicles, is refocusing its strategy based on its understanding of how the priorities for many players in the European passenger car market—Torotrak’s customers—have profoundly changed in recent months. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Proton Power Systems recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Smith Electric Vehicles, the commercial electric vehicle division of The Tanfield Group Plc. Electric vehicles integrated with a fuel cell expand the addressable market for zero emission vans and trucks. —Thomas Melczer, CEO of Proton Power.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Low-Cost Rare-Earth Free Electric Drivetrain Enabled by Novel Permanent Magnets, Inverter, Integrated Design and Advanced Thermal Management. Marquette University.

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