EV Central

MARCH 26, 2024

Australia is on schedule to have a CO2 reduction scheme for motor vehicle in place by January 1 2025. The changes confirmed by the government are: >>> Recategorising a limited number of 4WDs from passenger car to light commercial vehicle. The Ford Ranger Plug-in Hybrid will arrive in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Leading global manufacturers of heavy-duty commercial trucks and engines gathering at the annual Global Commercial Vehicle Industry Meeting endorsed a harmonized global approach as an effective pathway to further improve energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from commercial vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2012

Wrightspeed’s Geared Traction Drive integrates an electric motor, a two-speed gear box and an inverter. CEC also awarded $1,815,123 to Zero Motorcycles; $10 million to Tesla Motors; and $2,230,595 to Quallion LLC out of the same program. Wrightspeed made its first conversion kit for the Isuzu NPR. Source: Wrightspeed.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

The first Honda hydrogen vehicle–the FCX EV Plus 1997-99 Insight Hatchback Hybrid 1999-2006 Civic Hybrid 2003-* (offered intermittently in various generations of Civics starting with the 7 th generation in 2003; note: An all-new Civic Hybrid will be released in 2025.) Two (or is it three?) kg of hydrogen).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The world’s leading commercial engine and vehicle manufacturers are well aware of the importance of fuel efficiency to their customers and support global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. —Leif Östling, Chief Executive Officer of Scania and Chairman of the ACEA Commercial Vehicle Board, who hosted the meeting in Brussels.

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Manufacturer Global Emissions Engine 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

Electric Power Research Institute , based in Palo Alto, will receive $964,210 to retrofit five existing heavy-duty diesel work trucks with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain system. The vehicles are manufactured by Anaheim-based Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc.

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Los Angeles California Plug-in ZeroTruck 240

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

Ignoring the briefly popular commercial electrics around at the turn of the last century, EVs have been experimental concepts or limited edition runs until relatively recently. Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade.

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EV Central

JANUARY 12, 2023

Of course one area EVs have almost no presence is commercial vehicles. But with more than one quarter of the market made up of commercial vehicles it’s a space EV makers need to get serious about. Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor. Plug-in hybrid sales are growing, but not by much. That also means that 21.5

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Sale Electric Cars Australia BYD 88

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

FirstCNG will receive $300,000 to construct a compressed natural gas fueling station in Lake Forest (Orange County) to support taxis and other commercial vehicles near the John Wayne Airport. American Honda Motor Company, Inc., Galpin Motors, Inc., Galpin Motors, Inc., Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc.,

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