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BrightDrop joins University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab, startups to launch sustainable last-mile delivery hub in Seattle

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GM’s BrightDrop ( earlier post ) is collaborating with the University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab (UFL), The City of Seattle, and tech and delivery companies, AxleHire, Coaster Cycles and REEF, to launch one of the nation’s first zero operating-emissions, last-mile neighborhood delivery hubs. Photo by Urban Freight Lab).

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Tiny Eli Zero urban EV priced at $11,990, goes up to 90 miles—slowly

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Eli Zero The company now plans to start U.S. feet long, the aluminum two-seat Eli Zero is classified as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) in the U.S. It’s now 8 or 12 kwh, enough for 60 or 90 miles of range, respectively, compared to 5.8 kwh and 50 miles. Measuring just 4.5 feet wide and 7.4

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Electric shuttles to start service in south Sacramento

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SacRT began piloting the service in February 2018 in partnership with the Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation using compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. Green Commuter is a Los-Angeles-based shared mobility company that provides zero-emissions solutions for vanpools, employee transportation, and delivery vehicles.

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BrightDrop Joins University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab, Tech Startups to Launch Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery Hub in Seattle

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DETROIT – BrightDrop has collaborated with the University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab (UFL), The City of Seattle, and tech and delivery companies, AxleHire, Coaster Cycles and REEF, to launch one of the nation’s first zero operating-emissions, last-mile neighborhood delivery hubs.

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The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

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Gil Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlined his vision of a critical solution to the energy, climate and ensuing national security threats facing the US: the Net-Zero Neighborhood (NZN). Actually delivering commercially viable 500-mile batteries will require exascale computing—i.e., The Net-Zero Neighborhood.

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Efficient Drivetrains’ PHEV system surpasses 1M-mile mark in transit application; expanding into Class-8

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EDI) announced that its EDI PowerDrive 6000 PHEV drivetrain system has surpassed one million miles in a commercial fleet setting over the course of the last 18 months. The company has recently closed a new production order of the PowerDrive 6000 systems, with incremental deals expected to be completed by the end of 2016.

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The Microlino is an adorably tiny electric city car with two versions

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The vehicle has a top speed of up to 45 km/h (mph), and a max range of 177 km (~110 miles) per charge with the top 11kWh battery pack option. The Microlino Lite will first launch for the European market this summer, being listed as an L6e category, moped AM license, and the company says it could eventually be launched in the U.S.