Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has selected the Nissan NV200 as the exclusive taxi of New York City for a decade, beginning in late 2013. The City now will enter into final negotiations with Nissan to make the NV200 the first taxicab specially built for use in New York City.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Donlen, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and GreenDriver are collaborating on a multi-year Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action titled, “Commercial Fleet 20% GHG Emissions Reduction.” As a result, companies will reduce fuel expenditures, petroleum consumption, and global warming emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Daimler Trucks & Buses, one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, aims to offer only new vehicles that are CO 2 -neutral in driving operation (“tank-to-wheel”) in the triad markets of Europe, Japan and NAFTA by 2039. The decisive criterion for truck and bus customers is the total cost of ownership, Daimler says.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

If successful, the Bronx-based project is expected to bring a production version of the converted truck to the streets of New York City by Spring 2018. In addition to producing a new, cost-effective all-electric conversion kit, the project will deliver a blueprint for converting up to three UPS vehicles a day.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Motiv Power Systems (Motiv), a leading provider of all-electric medium-duty fleet chassis, has begun deliveries of Ford E-450-based all-electric walk-in vans to the United States Postal Service (USPS). We’re proud to now be a part of USPS’ long tradition of implementing the latest technology to green their fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2009

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will be testing in daily operation three different types of hybrid refuse collection trucks and a hybrid rack truck. The Kenworth T370 diesel-electric hybrid truck is the first medium-duty hybrid truck to enter service in DSNY’s fleet. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Following the lead of popular low-cost commercial car sharing ventures, GSA is actively pursuing similar initiatives to help federal agencies reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and optimize vehicle use. GSA manages more than 200,000 vehicles, one of the largest non-tactical federal fleets in the US government.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Smith said its decision to locate a facility in Chicago was influenced by the Mayor’s innovative voucher system created to accelerate the conversion from diesel to zero-emission, all-electric commercial vehicles, the large number of fleets interested in vehicle electrification, and the development incentives made available to Smith.

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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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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

MHDs are typically managed at fleets, although fleet sizes can range from 10 to 1,000 to 10,000 to 100,000 vehicles. Delivery vans, commercial-use vans, and pickup trucks are considered light-duty vehicles. The current state of fleet electrification: progress and opportunities Buses are on the move The move to electrify the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2015

These data are received by the onboard engine-control system, so the engine only initiates self-cleaning when needed and cuts off when the filter is cleaned, saving fuel and cutting costs for operators. This can be significant for fleets of trucks such as those in the study, which use roughly 5,000 to 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel annually.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Furthermore, FlashBattery’s high efficiency in recuperation is particularly interesting for commercial vehicles; better usage of braking energy increases the range and requires less frequent charging. Fast charging is an important topic especially for fleet owners of all Daimler Trucks brands.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

GM also said it plans to strengthen its core business through global growth initiatives and an aggressive product launch cadence, while continuing to focus on driving cost efficiencies. GM announced that late in 2016 it will add a fleet of 2017 Chevrolet Volts designed to drive autonomously within its renovated Warren Technical Center campus.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Atom Power, manufacturer of the first and only UL-listed solid-state digital circuit breaker, launched PURPL, Atom Power’s EV charging solution that charges vehicles directly from the circuit breaker and incorporates novel energy management technology to keep electricity costs low. —Ryan Kennedy, CEO, Atom Power.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 26, 2024

When considering electric vehicles for a commercial or government fleet, fleet owners and managers must always ask, “How much will this cost?” Fleet managers try to prolong the working lives of their vehicles with regular maintenance and efficient usage. The average age of a vehicle in the United States is 12.7

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

A white paper by AMPLY Power, a company providing fleet charging as a service, finds that 25 of America’s largest metropolitan areas could save an average of 37% on fuel costs by electrifying their bus and light-duty vehicle fleets. AMPLY developed an interactive map to compare gas and electric fleet fueling costs.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 14, 2023

Charge management software optimizes charging based on the available power, the schedules of the vehicles and the cost of electricity—from the rudimentary systems built into chargers to highly sophisticated systems that integrate with micro-grids or depot management.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

So there’s been quite a flurry of activity from the 2010s on to build a new generation of modeling tools, fit for the energy challenges that we face now. Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University When I entered the field, commercial wind was starting to scale up and the questions were about engineering feasibility.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 30, 2023

Revel aims to promote EV adoption in cities by solving two interrelated problems: The company’s rideshare fleet generates demand to justify the cost of installing DC fast chargers, and its charging Superhub ensures that the fleet stays charged, while also offering charging to the public.

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Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

Fleet charging management may not be the most glamorous segment of the EV industry, but it is emerging as an extremely important component of the future EV ecosystem. As commercial fleets electrify, they are finding that they need expert help to design, install and operate their charging infrastructure.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Q&A with Mack Trucks’ Scott Barraclough Most followers of tech trends probably think of electric vehicles as luxury performance cars, but here at Charged , we get just as excited about commercial vehicles. In New York City, it really hasn’t been their routes. If you think about New York, it’s all in a very dense area.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Turn on the Electric Road By DAVID MORRIS Published: October 8, 2006 Minneapolis LAST summer, New York State took a page from California’s playbook, using state policy to jump-start a 21st century automobile industry. In New York, driving on electricity would cost about 2.5

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Charged attended the New York City E-Prix in July, and spoke with several execs from EV infrastructure powerhouse ABB. Well, this is happening in the commercial space with trucks and buses. There’s obviously this technological synergy between what happens in Formula E and what makes it to the commercial model.”.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 19, 2023

Charging-as-a-service is a popular option for fleet operators who want to focus on their core businesses and let experts handle the charging infrastructure. Zeem’s fleet-as-a-service model adds vehicle leasing and ancillary services to the equation. How many vehicles in your fleet? Fast-forward to 2017.

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Charged EVs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Proterra Energy division offers a turnkey electrification solution for fleets, including financing, charging infrastructure and maintenance. Taking a component that was almost one-third of the volume cost of the bus and reducing that as much as possible was critical [in order to make] a competitive product. We went full vertical.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 14, 2007

Air-Car Ready for Mass Production Bob Ewig Popular Mechanics May 31, 2007 The world's first commercial compressed air-powered vehicle is rolling towards the production line. The cost of a fill up is approximately $2.00. Here is an exception from the largest car maker in India.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. LOL Replace a car with a smaller car?

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