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JANUARY 29, 2019

Didi Chuxing, the world’s leading one-stop transportation platform, announced a new joint venture with Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd (JingJu) aims to combine the two companies’ strengths in new energy fleet operation and AI transportation solutions to develop next-generation connected-car systems.

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MAY 16, 2020

ABB has entered into an agreement with Norway’s largest grocery wholesaler ASKO, and its owner NorgesGruppen, to supply charging infrastructure for its growing fleet of electric trucks. ABB recently received the Global E-mobility Leader 2019 award for its role in supporting the international adoption of sustainable transport solutions.

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APRIL 13, 2017

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration will award ( 693JJ317NF0001 ) up to $60 million to projects to develop model deployment sites for large scale installation and operation of advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and infrastructure return on investment.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group and a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, has installed charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks as part of its ongoing partnership with Volvo Trucks. Heavy-duty fleets have unique charging characteristics and needs.

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APRIL 4, 2019

The public transport company Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) in Germany has ordered 16 units of the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric city bus. A large special-use area opposite door two creates lots of space for transporting wheelchairs, prams and for standing passengers. The buses are expected to be delivered at the end of 2019.

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APRIL 24, 2019

Ford Motor Company and Autonomic have signed a multi-year, global agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will expand the availability of cloud connectivity services and connected car application development services for the transportation industry.

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JULY 16, 2020

Hitachi ABB Power Grids has launched Grid-eMotion Fleet, a scalable, modular and fully customizable solution for large-scale EV charging of smart public and commercial transport. Grid-eMotion Fleet comes in standard containers that integrate the grid connection and charging systems.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

Swedish freight technology company Einride and GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, are partnering for the implementation of electric and autonomous transport at scale. The Pod—with no space for a driver—is the first all-electric, totally autonomous transport vehicle to operate on a public road.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

May Mobility will manage a fleet of autonomous, shared vehicles that will operate along a three-mile fixed-route loop with nine designated stops to service the live, work and play districts of downtown Fishers. —Edwin Olson, CEO of May Mobility. with shuttles arriving every 10- to 15-minutes on a rotating loop.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will install an innovative clean energy microgrid and EV fleet charging system with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to help power the agency’s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet, following a grant that was awarded for the project by the California Energy Commission this week.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

On the heels of an quarterly report marked by an underwhelming profit, and amid a general “lack of fitness” according to CFO Bob Shanks, Ford Motor announced that it is accelerating and expanding its activities in 2018 to deliver a broad suite of mobility products and services to personal vehicle owners, fleet owners and cities globally.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The BMW Group presented the first BMW iX5 Hydrogen vehicles in a pilot fleet that will go into service this year. The fleet of less than 100 vehicles will then be employed internationally for demonstration and trial purposes for various target groups. Hydrogen is the missing piece in the jigsaw when it comes to emission-free mobility.

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MARCH 25, 2022

The cost of electrifying commercial fleets can be a significant barrier. To help medium- and heavy-duty fleet owners through this, Southern California Edison (SCE) recently launched a Grant Assistance Program is free to commercial customers with EV fleets of 50 vehicles or fewer within SCE’s service territory.

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DECEMBER 5, 2020

In the pilot, Boulder will connect one of its electric fleet vehicles to the V2B charging system, which also connects to the recreation center’s electricity system. If we can reduce our peak demand and save money through this project, it might unlock new use cases for expanding the city’s electric vehicle fleet.

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MAY 3, 2019

Connected Signals, Inc. The company, a leading provider of predictive real-time traffic signal information, has developed a proprietary vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology that is a cloud-based, centralized system connecting vehicles to traffic signals, and providing prioritization of buses, pedestrians, EMS vehicles, and others.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Vopak and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies will incorporate an equal shared joint venture, named LOHC Logistix, for hydrogen storage, transport and supply based on Hydrogenious’ Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology. Earlier post.) Left: Hydrogentation. The hydrogenation is an exothermic process generating approx.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Mobilize will unveil Limo, a 4.67m four-door fully-electric sedan, specifically designed for for taxi/private hire (PHV) drivers and fleet, at Munich IAA Mobility 2021. A fleet of 40 Mobilize Limo will be deployed to validate services set to be made available throughout Europe starting in the second half of 2022. Ltd (JMCG) in 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We are excited to partner with Xtelligent and the City of Long Beach to research solutions to urban transportation challenges. With our test vehicle fleet, we hope to provide key data to optimize traffic signal timing and reduce congestion. A community youth workshop for Long Beach residents and students.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

ChargePoint Holdings, a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging network operating in North America and Europe, has acquired ViriCiti, a leading provider of electrification solutions for eBus and commercial fleets. The ViriCiti team, customer accounts and technology will become part of ChargePoint’s operations.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

million to the University of Michigan to enable academic researchers and students nationwide to access the world’s first cloud-based, augmented-reality testbed for connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $5.0 The Mcity 2.0

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FEBRUARY 8, 2020

SEAT is the first industrial manufacturer in Europe to have outdoor, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) with SLAM navigation (simultaneous localization and mapping), 4G connection and inductive charging for the batteries. The fleet of outdoor AGVs enables a reduction of 1.5 SEAT’s AGVs are based on ASTI’s Tribot 10T.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

A new Juniper Research study forecasts that the number of connected vehicles in service will reach 367 million globally in 2027, from 192 million in 2023. Connected vehicles are equipped with communication technologies that allow the exchange of information between the various elements of the transport system and third-party services.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

Heniff Transportation Systems has reached an agreement initially to acquire 10 Nikola Tre BEV trucks from Thompson Truck Centers, a member of the Nikola Corporation sales and service dealer network. With nearly 100 locations connected nationwide, Heniff has more than 2,000 tractors.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

has selected Siemens Energy to provide advanced marine solutions for the country’s first fleet of 23 boats to be equipped with electric propulsion drive trains with energy storage integration (batteries) and vessel automation technologies. is building the fleet to strengthen Kochi Metro Rail Ltd.’s Cochin Shipyard Ltd.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

SB 1014, enacted in 2018, directed CARB and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to develop and implement measures to reduce GHG emissions from Transportation Network Companies (TNCs). TNCs provide on-demand ride services where rides are arranged online to connect a passenger with drivers using their personal vehicles—e.g.,

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MAY 4, 2021

To date, more than 450 commercial customers in North America, including 200 top fleets and fleet management companies, have said they’re interested in purchasing the E-Transit. More unusual applications offered include armored transport, blood donation units and prisoner transport.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The focus lies on support for e-mobility, innovative mobility services, intelligent transport networking and the use of self-driving vehicles. MAN is to deliver 20 electric buses to HVV (Hamburg Public Transport Association) by the end of next year. The fleet will comprise more than 1,000 e-Golf and e-up! 3 at a later date.

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JULY 15, 2021

Volkswagen is the first automaker to transport most of its new vehicles overseas using low-emission LNG ships. Models of the new LNG ships for the Volkswagen Group’s ocean-going fleet. On the return trip, the LNG ships will transport new vehicles destined for Europe.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Aurora Innovation and Werner Enterprises, a premier transportation and logistics provider, announced a collaboration and commercial pilot to test and deploy safely autonomous trucks on one of the most commercially active and critical stretches of highway in the US.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

BMW is providing the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis with ten battery-electric, BMW i3 models for 18 months. Eight of the pre-owned vehicles will be available soon for UC Davis faculty and staff to rent through the campus’s UC Drive program, which is managed by the Fleet Services department.

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MAY 26, 2021

AMPLY Power is working with Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions to expand fleet electrification offerings, including the first commercially available combination solar canopy and overhead electric vehicle charging solution covered by a power purchase agreement (PPA) leasing and financing model. PIDE Canopy Mount connecting to BYD bus.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

The consortium is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and its program company, NOW GmbH. As early as 2013, in a first research project in Leipzig, BMW tested eleven hydrogen-powered tractors and forklifts in test operation and identified important fields of action for the current connection project.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

In conjunction with Highland Electric Fleets and National Grid, a Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus equipped with a 226 kWh Proterra Powered battery system discharged nearly three megawatt-hours of electricity stored in the bus to the regional electric grid over the course of 30 events this summer.

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MARCH 22, 2019

The WYDOT (Wyoming Department of Transportation) Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot is focusing on improving safety and mobility by creating new ways to communicate road and travel information to commercial truck drivers and fleet managers along the 402 miles of Interstate 80 (I-80) in the State.

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MARCH 12, 2021

This funding is part of Phase II of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles ( NEXTCAR ) program. CAV technologies can increase vehicle efficiency, which in turn can reduce emissions across the transportation sector. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

The newest system positions cities around the world to get to zero transportation emissions and improve the range and efficiency of their electric transit bus fleets. The system’s light weight and reduced number of connections help to make the most of its power and paves the way for buses to travel longer distances on a single charge.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

MIT’s fleet of autonomous boats ( earlier post ) has been updated with new capabilities to “shapeshift,” by autonomously disconnecting and reassembling into a variety of configurations, to form floating structures in Amsterdam’s many canals. Each coordinator is aware of and can wirelessly communicate with all connected workers.

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