Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The US military operates a fleet of more than a quarter million tactical vehicles, which frequently operate in austere conditions. For years, commercial long-haul, utility, and emergency trucking fleets have been converting their existing trucks into hybrid and full electric vehicles to save money and reduce emissions.

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Kits Conversion Fleet Commercial 396

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2023

Bentley has installed a 1,200-liter biofuel tank at its Crewe factory after successful performance trials of biogasoline— Sustain by Coryton —at Goodwood Festival of Speed. Bentley ran its six-strong fleet at Goodwood using the fuel and successfully completed all 32 hill-climbs. tonnes of straw.

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Bentley Installation Gasoline-Electric Gasoline 195

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2021

The Port of Antwerp is converting a tug to methanol propulsion. Swedish shipbuilder, Scandinaos, designed the vessel’s modifications, ABC (Anglo Belgian Corporation) is responsible for converting the engine and for installing the methanol tanks and pipes, while the German company, Heinzmann, is adapting the injectors.

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Convert Fuel Mariner Carbon 259

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

At SEMA360, Chevrolet will showcase a 1977 K5 Blazer converted to all-electric propulsion. As GM introduces a new fleet of electric vehicles, it creates an exciting opportunity to bring EV technology to the aftermarket. To convert the 1977 K5 Blazer, the team first removed from the Blazer the original 175-horsepower, 400 cubic-inch (6.55-liter)

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Chevrolet Convert DC Installation 221

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

The introduction of BrightDrop’s electric vans into the FedEx fleet in Canada is an important step in the company’s goal to transform its entire parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet to all-electric, zero-tailpipe emissions vehicles by 2040. GM invested nearly CAN$1 billion to convert CAMI into Canada’s first large-scale EV factory.

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Canada All-Electric Electric Vehicles Vehicles 369

Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Retail giant Costco has installed on-site solar generation at a new electric truck charging project in southern California. Costco, which operates more than 850 warehouses worldwide, plans to convert all its depot yard trucks from diesel to alternative fuel models by 2035. Trinity completed the project in four months.

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Grid Solar Installation Fleet 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

XL Fleet Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, XL Fleet will supply battery and power electronics systems for the first 1,000 units of eNow’s new electrified refrigerated trailer solutions. XL Fleet will provide battery and power electronics systems for eNow’s innovative electrified refrigerated trailer solution.

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Fleet Solar Diesel Lithium Ion 259

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The ZEV Pledge asks governments at all levels, as well as individual departments, agencies and public sector bodies, to pledge to convert their entire owned or leased fleets, where feasible, to zero-emission vehicles. This should be achieved as soon as possible and no later than the following target dates: Buses by 2030.

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Fleet New York Washington Vehicles 305

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

USDA owns and operates one of the largest civilian fleets in the Federal Government and this move to a fleet that can use E85 or biodiesel will increase efficiencies and performance. Background on USDA Fleet. This will occur over time during the normal fleet renewal process. Earlier post.).

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Fleet Grant Renewable Diesel 320

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Dash 8-300 flying testbed has a megawatt-class hydrogen fuel cell powertrain installed in one of its nacelles. Air New Zealand named Universal Hydrogen to its long-term partner program as it seeks to find sustainable solutions for its fleet. Air New Zealand.

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New Zealand Universal Grant Taxi 362

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Continuing to speed up the adoption of hydrogen in long-haul transportation, Hydra Energy —the first Hydrogen-as-a-Service provider for commercial fleets—announced a strategic partnership with Chemtrade. Hydra pays for the truck conversion and the on-site fueling infrastructure.

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Hydrogen Fleet Commercial Green 301

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2018

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emission solutions for commercial fleets, is partnering with the City of Boulder and transit provider Via Mobility Services to repower diesel buses with battery-electric systems. The city and Via staff plan to continue to transition the entire HOP fleet to zero-emission vehicles in the near-term.

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Convert Diesel Battery Batteries 320

Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

The proliferation of e-bikes started with easy-to-install conversion kits that allowed riders to take their existing bicycle and convert it into an electric bike. TEMO’s easy-installation electric outboard motors make it painless for boaters to convert their vessels into electric boats.

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DIY Installation Motors Motoring 97

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) at James Madison University (JMU) are requesting proposals from fleets in the southeastern US interested in converting eligible gasoline vehicles to run on propane autogas. All eligible public or private fleet operations are welcome to apply.

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Virginia Convert Clean Cleaning 290

Teslarati

MARCH 21, 2023

The City of Detroit has unveiled its first fleet to be comprised of only electric vehicles. Municipal fleets throughout the United States are electrifying to reduce costs and their carbon footprints. Hopefully, with more and more EVs coming to the market, more fleets can be electrified to help save money and the environment.

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Detroit Fleet Convert Purchase 98

Teslarati

DECEMBER 10, 2021

However, despite previous statements from Musk indicating that Falcon’s new Block 5 design made it fairly easy to convert Falcon first stages between Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy side booster configurations, both B1052 and B1053 dropped off the face of the Earth immediately after completing STP-2. B1052 is reborn. Richard Angle).

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Convert Saudi Arabia Turkey Fleet 145

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 5, 2023

They are slowly converting their corporate fleet to EVs as well. Local healthcare business Sanofi Australia has completed installation of 1,500 solar panels at its North Brisbane–based consumer healthcare manufacturing campus and announced […].

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Solar Fleet Manufacturer Charging 98

EVolution

APRIL 9, 2024

When "I'm in the Right" - Not At Fault Car Rental decided to make this transition for their staff fleet and customer car hire offering across Australia, they knew they needed a partner who could provide a comprehensive charging solution. That's where EVUp stepped in to make fleet charging a breeze. "I'm

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Fleet Charging Australia Cars 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

Veolia Transportation is launching Baltimore’s first propane autogas taxi fleet. The company—the largest private provider of multiple modes of transportation in North America—is converting 300 of its taxis nationwide from gasoline to propane autogas. Propane autogas is the most widely used alternative fuel in the world.

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Taxi Baltimore Convert Transportation 239

Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

For the first time in the company’s 40-year history, Liebherr have converted one of their R 9400 excavators from a conventional diesel to an electric powertrain. The fact that we can ease the transition from traditional to decarbonized mining fleets for our customers is one of the key strategies of the Liebherr Zero Emission Mining Program.”

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Convert Power Powered Australia 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

announced the successful installation of its XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System ( earlier post ) in four city-owned vans for The City of Boston. The newly converted vans support the Greenovate Boston goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 and 80% by 2050. XL Hybrids, Inc.

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Boston Installation Hybrid Alternative Fuels 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

The flight, conducted under an FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate, was the first in a two-year flight test campaign expected to culminate in 2025 with entry into passenger service of ATR 72 regional aircraft converted to run on hydrogen. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight. Deliveries will start in 2025.

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Hydrogen Universal Fuel Power 417

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

Adding another school district fleet electrification program to its growing list of customers, AMPLY Power has been selected to manage the charging of electric school buses for the Palermo Union Elementary School District in Northern California. This financial support eliminated the need for any upfront investment by the school district.

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Power Powered Sacramento Fleet 327

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2014

Ford will begin installing the GE WattStation Level 2 charging stations across its North American campuses, developing a workplace charging network at nearly every Ford facility in the United States and Canada. It can then use actual station data to plan for additional station installations. Today, there are more than 20,000.

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Installation Ford Charging Fusion 290

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2013

to convert 24 police patrol cars and pickup trucks to clean burning propane autogas. Transitioning our fleet to propane autogas was an extremely easy decision to make because we are saving taxpayer dollars, improving the environment through cleaner auto emissions and supporting a domestically produced fuel source.

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Convert Illinois USA Vehicles 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The Electrification Coalition released two case studies outlining how two cities— Houston, Texas and Loveland, Colorado —are saving money by using electric vehicles (EVs) in their vehicle fleets. Loveland is now aiming to convert all of its light-duty fleet vehicles that work within a close distance of the city to EVs.

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Houston Fleet Tax Credit Plug-in 312

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2023

The objective of the project is to enable ammonia to be converted back to hydrogen at the receiving destination. The infrastructure for the large-scale transport of ammonia at sea already exists via a fleet of gas tankers having ammonia on the cargo list.

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Hydrogen Norway Store Renewable 259

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

Omnitek will offer 100% dyno-tested “drop-in” ready converted engines, configured for quick installation. There is significant pent up demand for converting the popular Mack E7 engine model to natural gas. There is significant pent up demand for converting the popular Mack E7 engine model to natural gas.

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Convert Diesel Gas EPA 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2015

Newly converted 2016 F-650/750 trailer and bobtail with an Alliance Bi-Fuel autogas system. The plug and play conversion greatly improves efficiency reducing the propane system’s installation time by half—about six hours—compared to a typical 12 to 14-hour installation time for any predecessor. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Convert Fuel Isuzu Atlanta 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

With more than $32 million in pending orders from commercial and government fleets, commercial electric vehicle supplier Lightning Systems is more than tripling the size of its manufacturing, research and development facility in Loveland, Colorado. Unlike most of the industry, we’re shipping vehicles now and rapidly expanding.

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Colorado Manufacturer Conversion Fleet 259

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

With the new eCitaro, HTM is replacing the existing bus fleet with natural gas drive and is the first public transport operator in the Netherlands to convert its entire fleet to locally emission-free and CO 2 -neutral electric buses.

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Netherlands Mercedes Gas-Electric Fleet 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck. The technology takes energy from the grid and converts it to direct current (DC) voltage.

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Charging PHEV Grid Energy Storage 380

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

a developer of hybrid electric powertrain conversion technology for commercial and municipal fleets, announced that fleet customers employing the XL3 hybrid electric system ( earlier post ) in their service, delivery and cargo fleets have driven a combined total of one million miles within the first six months of commercial production.

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Commercial Miles Hybrid Convert 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2016

XL Hybrids ( earlier post ) announced the successful installation of its XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System in Prince George’s County, Maryland cargo vans. The upfitted hybrid vans are part of the County’s Sustainable Energy Program, which aims to reduce government fleet vehicle petroleum consumption by 20%. —Richard G.

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Maryland Hybrid Convert Fleet 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

Existing technologies are available to convert methanol for use in our engines, whilst there are also procedures for bunkering of methanol and its use onboard. &mdashJames Marshall, CEO of Berge Bulk Retrofitting alternative fuel capability to the global fleet is going to be critical if we are to achieve our sustainability goals.

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Fuel Wind Mariner Conversion 293

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The companies aim to install the ammonia dual-fuel X72DF engine on a series of ten x 210,000 DWT bulk carriers to be built at a Chinese shipyard in 2025 and 2026. Collaborating with WinGD on the development of the first ammonia-fueled two-stroke engines for our fleet is a pioneering partnership on the road to zero emissions in shipping.

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Engine Fuel Mariner Alternative Fuels 259

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2020

American shipbuilding company Vigor Fab LLC has selected ABB as the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system provider for the newest additions to the Washington State Ferry fleet—the largest US ferry system. The first hybrid-electric Olympic Class ferry will join Washington State Ferries’ fleet in 2024. Image: Vigor.

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Energy Storage Hybrid Washington Energy 221