Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

The Volkswagen Group is establishing a Group company for energy offerings and charging solutions, underlining its strategic goal of becoming a leading provider of sustainable mobility. Elli Group GmbH , with headquartered in Berlin, is to develop products and services connected with energy and charging for the brands of the Group.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. In addition to the fuel savings, electric vehicles typically require less maintenance than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, which means lower maintenance costs.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Groupe Renault has acquired the French company PVI (Power Vehicle Innovation), which specializes in the conversion of commercial vehicles to electricity or natural gas. PVI has previously worked with Groupe Renault on the development and electrification of the upcoming Renault Master Z.E. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2018

Penske will focus its attention on helping to promote electric vehicle charging standards for commercial vehicles in North America by participating with the group’s “High Power Charging for Commercial Vehicles Task Force” (HPCCV Task Force). Penske Truck Leasing is the first in its industry to join the CharIN organization.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Fluid Truck has ordered 40 additional electric delivery trucks from Lightning eMotors for its New York City fleet. These vehicles will be utilized by XPO Logistics and NAL Group in their support of IKEA Retail US last-mile delivery efforts. The electric trucks will service all five boroughs, IKEA said.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

UK-based electric fleet software developer FPS and UK commercial vehicle dealership HTC Group have partnered to deliver end-to-end electrification services designed to allow HTC’s DAF Trucks customers to benefit from seamless EV transitions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2017

a leader in commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions, will be the strategic service partner for Workhorse Group Inc., The new partnership will provide Workhorse with access to a superior level of maintenance solutions at hundreds of Ryder service locations throughout North America.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The hydrogen-fueled buses will be strategically integrated into the OC Bus fleet to operate in communities that serve disadvantaged populations. The project is also a partnership with Air Products, which designed and provided enabling equipment for the hydrogen fueling station and will provide maintenance and hydrogen fuel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2022

Existing New York-based investor, Luxor Capital Group, LP, led this funding round, while Stockholm-based initial seed investor and co-lead, Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström, extended its holding. The Volta Zero has 90% fewer mechanical parts than an equivalent internal combustion engine vehicle, meaning maintenance requirements are much lower.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This transportable fuel station lowers the barrier to entry and is an ideal solution for small-to-medium sized fleets or for any immediate, interim, or permanent fueling needs. By partnering with companies like ANGI, who have decades of experience in compressed gas, we can deploy vital solutions sooner and meet the needs of fleets today.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

In June, Renault Group and Plug Power launched their hydrogen fuel cell and infrastructure joint venture HYVIA. The joint venture is equally owned by the two partners and is chaired by David Holderbach, with more than 20 years of experience in strategic, product and international sales at the Renault Group. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2019

The products range from fleet management solutions to predictive maintenance applications and process automation based on the ZF Cloud. Whether in the passenger car sector or for commercial vehicles, ZF is well on the road toward Vision Zero. Smart transmissions through predictive maintenance.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2018

France-based global energy and services group ENGIE has launched a fleet of 50 hydrogen-powered Renault Kangoo Z.E. These vehicles will be used by ENGIE Cofely technicians to ensure multi-technical operations and maintenance work for commercial buildings in the Île-de-France.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

The commercial EV startup can now resume its work in delivering its electric last-mile trucks to customers this year. Volta Trucks is a UK-based commercial EV startup that spent nearly four years working toward initial deliveries of its flagship commercial truck, the Volta Zero.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Vans will offer electric drive options on all its commercial van model lines. The commercial model ranges with electric drive will thus cover all requirements from people moving to goods transport. A commercial fleet must be able to meet transport needs economically and competitively, regardless of the type of powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

This collaboration includes fleet management, driver services and digital sales solutions for participants in the global commercial vehicle ecosystem. TRATON AG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG and a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer worldwide with its brands MAN, Scania, Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus, and RIO.

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JUNE 21, 2013

GAZ Group, part of Basic Element, one of the Russia’s largest diversified industrial groups, and Gazprom have agreed to cooperate on using natural gas as a motor fuel. GAZ Group and Gazprom agreed upon mutual interaction while developing projects associated with using natural gas as an engine fuel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Volvo LIGHTS project is a collaboration between 15 public and private partners to demonstrate the viability of all-electric freight hauling in high-density traffic and urban areas and represents the project’s innovative and holistic approach to ensuring commercial readiness in all aspects. Volvo Group contributed $36.7

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APRIL 20, 2023

The consortium leader is Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks, administrative control is in the hands of Commercial Vehicle Cluster Nutzfahrzeug GmbH. In the Unimog, the fully synchronized electropneumatic manual transmission translates the output of the maintenance-friendly, economical, smooth-running and high-torque Euro VI engines into propulsion.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Ryder System, a leader in commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions, has started to take delivery of 125 Chanje medium-duty electric panel vans ( earlier post ), the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

The main idea here is that fleet operators will no longer have to purchase the batteries; they will simply pay to use them. In the pilot project in China, Mitsubishi Corporation as commercialization partner and Bosch are working with BPSE. Blue Park Smart Energy is part of the BAIC Group and a leading company for battery swap systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Ballard Power Systems and MAHLE Group, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, are progressing the development of a new fuel cell system concept for long-haul trucks, with MAHLE taking delivery of a 120kW module at the company’s hydrogen test center in Stuttgart, Germany. Fuel efficiency is also key for a manageable heat rejection system.

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AUGUST 12, 2016

Sumitomo Corporation together with Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (collectively, SC Group) announced a strategic collaboration agreement with US Hybrid to grow US Hybrid’s fuel cell production business through the expansion of fuel cell stack production capacity. Earlier post.) US Hybrid FCe 80. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Ideanomics’ Mobile Energy Group (MEG) is expanding its activities with heavy-duty electric trucks as part of an ongoing effort to identify commercial vehicle activities where significant pollution reduction can be achieved by eliminating fossil fuels. Bruno Wu, Chairman of Ideanomics.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2019

The Japanese logistics provider Yamato, which is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year, has ordered 500 electric light utility vehicles from StreetScooter, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL Group. Yamato Transport is the leading logistics company in Japan and number one on the domestic parcel market.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. The company is collaborating with Workhorse Group, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

An eco:Drive Fleet report. Fiat is introducing a fleet version of eco:Drive, its data-collection and transmission system designed to gather vehicle efficiency data and analyze car performance and driver style. eco:Drive Fleet offers the world of the fleet all the advantages of eco:Drive. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Rental car company Avis Budget Group, Inc. Zipcar now has more than 760,000 members (“Zipsters”), with a market-leading presence in 20 major metropolitan areas in the United States, Canada and Europe, and fleet positioned at more than 300 college and university campuses. Nelson, Avis Budget Group chairman and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2018

eMotorWerks, part of the Enel Group’s new advanced energy services division Enel X, has launched the JuiceNet Enterprise solution to simplify the management of large numbers of electric vehicle charging stations across multiple sites. Founded in 2010, and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, eMotorWerks is an Enel Group company.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2024

Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, has launched new Ace EV 1000, offering a higher rated payload of 1 tonne and a certified range of 161km on a single charge. It will be available with versatile cargo decks and will be on sale at all Tata Motors commercial vehicle dealerships across the country.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2018

Commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will showcase its advances in the fields of electromobility, digitization and autonomous vehicles at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 in September. —Joachim Drees, Chief Executive Officer of MAN Truck & Bus AG. —Joachim Drees.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

Developed by the Technology & Innovation Group at Intangles, this AI-powered feature is set to transform the commercial vehicle industry by offering advanced insights into DPF regeneration quality. Digital Twin solution providers, Intangles Lab Pvt. has unveiled its Diesel Particulate Filter ( DPF ) solution.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Converting commercial ships on the high seas to CO 2 -neutral drive systems is a huge challenge. Route flexibility and ranges of more than 5,000 nautical miles are basic requirements of the world’s maritime fleet. Nevertheless, fuel cells have tremendous advantages due to their high efficiency and low maintenance requirements.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Both Porsche and MAN are members of the Volkswagen Group. The electric 32-tonne truck will soon enhance the commercial vehicle fleet that Porsche uses for its production logistics in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. The truck is the first vehicle of this kind that has gone into series production in Germany.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The announcement was made at the inaugural North American Commercial Vehicle Show. —Gerard DeVito, vice president, Technology, Eaton Vehicle Group. These groups helped identify features that are most important and useful to best accomplish their day-to-day jobs. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The multidisciplinary group, teamed with Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, and Geosciences, will work together to tackle the impact of the airborne particulate on aircraft engines, which is a huge challenge for today’s aviation industry. Ellis et al.

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