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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

He has been loyal to this brand since 2014, when it became the first commercial EV introduced on the Virgin Islands by Nissan Saint Thomas USVI , also known as Drive Electric VI. We were without power for six weeks,” White said. “I I was at a trade fair and I saw this little neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV).

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Vehicles to be deployed include 163 CNG, the vast majority for high mileage taxis and 18 heavy-duty LNG refuse trucks. The project also includes construction of a B20 station.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

Modular commercial electric vans to this point have been on the larger side, such those FedEx and Amazon are using from Rivian and BrightDrop. Kia introduced three very cool-looking and futuristic commercial vehicles to CES 2024, with some of them entering production as soon as 2025.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

One of the keys to TOD is to desegregate commercial and residential land use so people live near where they work and even if they have to commute to work the distributed nature housing and commercial avoids the overcrowding in one direction you experience with dedicated residential neighborhoods.

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How ridesharing can help solve the challenge of urban EV ownership

Charged EVs

A large charging site can perform AC-to-DC rectification in a central location and share power among individual chargers. With bigger sites, you’re able to do that AC-to-DC rectification in a central location, and then power-share across dispensers, so you can be much more intelligent around what charger is getting what speed at what time.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. We started from day one focusing on high-power wireless charging, and we developed a modular approach.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. It solves the storage problems faced by the electric utility companies in absorbing and adapting to the highly variable power and energy generated by solar and wind. slow charge.

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