Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2019
The Acta Centaurus , a DP2 walk-to-work construction support vessel owned by Netherlands-based Acta Marine, will thus gain fuel consumption and environmental benefits through being able to operate the vessel with less running engines at more optimized load. The order with Wärtsilä was placed in May 2019.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland, Alstom, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH (NASA) and Rolls-Royce plan to implement jointly a new hybrid drive solution on Abellio’s fleet of Coradia Lint diesel trains. Subsequent conversion of the entire fleet of 54 Coradia Lint vehicles is under consideration.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 29, 2019
JATO said that it was also notable that most of the Model 3’s volume in February came from private registrations, breaking the usual trend of a new vehicle’s volume being made up of business/fleet registrations. Although BEV market share remained marginal at 1.9%, their volume increased by 92% to 20,000 registrations.
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Originally designed with autonomous vehicles in mind, Rocsys’s robotic charging arm has attracted interest from fleet operators. Netherlands-based Rocsys makes robotic devices that allow EVs to be charged without human intervention (see the feature in our January/February 2020 issue).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 30, 2012
Lithium polymer battery packs from Corvus Energy were recently installed in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat, the RotorTug RT Adriaan of KOTUG, an international maritime service provider headquartered in The Netherlands. The conversion features Corvus’ AT6500 48 volt lithium polymer battery packs. Corvus uses Dow Kokam cells.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Maxus is continuing to establish partnerships with large businesses looking to reduce their fleet emissions and vehicle operating costs. The fleet division is making the Maxus EV80 available to more than 200 major fleet operators in Europe. The maximum payload capacity is 950 kg (915 kg for the high-roof model).
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