Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE), through its Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity ( AVTA ) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has completed 1 million miles of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) testing. The AVTA’s testing of PHEVs demonstrates PHEV concepts in real-world usage by using fleet and public drivers. Model Battery.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

The testing was completed at the SGS Environmental Testing Corporation dynamometer facility in Aurora, Colorado. stops/mile, and 25% idle time, the cycle is not ideal for the Lightning Hybrid system, which is more suited for urban, rather than suburban, operation. stops/mile and 17% idle time. Fleets Hybrids Hydraulic Hybrid'

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The robots of Team NimbRo of University of Bonn, Germany, won the main soccer tournament, the Drop-in tournament, and the Technical Challenges. Robotnik ] This video celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the University of Zurich’s Robotics and Perception Group, led by Prof. Swiss-Mile ] Thanks, Marko! Davide Scaramuzza.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. Alabama A&M University. By replacing aging fleet vehicles with Proterra electric buses, the City of Fairfield will improve both route efficiency and air quality.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 20, 2024

seconds MPG: 29 combined and 77 combined MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent, a measurement of how far a car can travel, electrically, on the same amount of energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline) Efficient around town Clean Fleet Report drove the Hornet R/T Plus PHEV 157 miles through Southern California, averaging 31.8

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Electric Auto Association

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is gaining momentum, from new government incentives to corporate commitments to growing media buzz. Members can even earn points for every mile they drive electric with the app’s Free Driving feature. But where the rubber will really meet the road is the daily experience of EV drivers.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. as well as 600 universities throughout the country. Zipcar Zipcar bills itself as the world’s largest car sharing service.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Average monthly and model year fleet-wide achieved CAFE performance levels (light purple) versus NHTSA projected achieved CAFE levels (blue) for model years 2008 through 2016. The first phase, from MYs 2017-2021, includes final standards that are projected to require, on an average industry fleet-wide basis, a range from 40.3—41.0

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

The company also announced the development of four Mobility-on-Demand-Vehicles (MODV), and will be working together with Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) and the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to deploy them for trials in Sentosa. ST Kinetics’ autonomous buses will be one of the first in Singapore to operate on public roads.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

Commuters will then have access to an even wider range of public transport options, especially for first-and-last-mile travel, thereby further reducing the reasons to move around in a private car. This provides a more comfortable option for first-and-last-mile connectivity. —Senior Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2011

Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed an electrical brushless diesel fuel pump for on- and off-highway engines with significantly improved durability. > 1 million miles in fleet testing. Brushless motor design. Click to enlarge. Aviation JP fuel: > 2,000 hours. Canada diesel: > 2,000 hours.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

At the same time, total miles traveled per year by cars, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and light trucks will increase about 60%, reaching about 14 trillion in 2040. As personal mobility increases, average new-car fuel economy (including SUVs and light trucks) will improve as well, rising from about 30 miles per gallon (7.83 —T.J.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The researchers used a multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, which includes a private transportation sector with an empirically-based parameterization of the relationship between income growth and demand for vehicle miles traveled.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2011

The GEM e2 two-passenger vehicle features six 12-volt flooded electrolyte batteries and a range of up to 35 miles on a charge. GEM has developed business-to-business sales expertise within the fleet and government vehicle markets, and has core competencies in make-to-order vehicle fulfillment and mobile service support.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

Drivers of diesel vehicles can save thousands of dollars in total ownership costs compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) study. —UMTRI researcher Bruce Belzowski. Belzowski and UMTRI colleague Paul E. —Bruce Belzowski.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

When running purely on electrical power, it is possible to travel for up to 75 kilometers (47 miles) at a constant speed of 60 km/h (37 mph). Use of the combustion engine provides a minimum additional range of 400 kilometers (249 miles), which is in line with the driving profile of Chinese customers in the premium segment, BMW says.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2016

The project is a follow-on to the successful $240-million SuperTruck I initiative ( earlier post ), the goal of which was to develop tractor-trailers that were 50% more efficient on a ton‐mile‐per-gallon basis than baseline models by 2015. Cummins Corporate Research and Technology will receive $4.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

ZAP’s design of the electric version of Jonway’s A380 5-door SUV, targeting the fleet market, would conform to Korean motor vehicle regulations and be capable of 70 mph (113 km/h) with a range of 100 miles (161 km) per charge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

Diesel vehicles generally saved owners between $2,000 to $6,000 in total ownership costs during a three to five year period when compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to data compiled by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). The UMTRI researchers—Bruce M. Fuel Efficiency. Fuel Costs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

The six start-ups are: CarlundCarla from Dresden – corporate car sharing: They are already in business with their platform for the rental of commercial vehicles. Their new car sharing model includes fleet management: different customers have different requirements which can complement each other.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Expanding the EV fleet. Municipal fleet electrification. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2022

In partnership with key universities, four companies—Bluecity, GEKOT Inc., As such, local governments and fleet operators have limited hardware options to address unique mobility concerns related to accidents, injuries, and theft. GEKOT Inc, has partnered with Razor USA and Oakland University (OU) to help address this need.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2010

Local drayage trucking companies are expected to assist with the demonstration over the next 12 to 18 months, and the University of California at Riverside’s College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) laboratories will help guide the data collection and analysis. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2016

The team from Carnegie Mellon University led by Dr. Jeremy Michalek accounted for regional differences in emissions due to marginal grid mix; ambient temperature; patterns of vehicle miles traveled (VMT); and driving conditions (city versus highway). Their open-access paper is published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

1 ] The average daily driving distance in the USA is 30 miles (48 km), so PHEVLERs are vehicles with at least 60 miles (97 km) of electric range. The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A. Dr. Bruce R.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

FCTO is encouraging teaming between universities, National Laboratories, and industry. Around 1,500 miles of steel pipeline is in service today to transport hydrogen to industrial end users; however, steel becomes brittle under high pressure, which can eventually lead to hydrogen leakage. Subtopics include Microbial Biomass Conversion.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2010

(Ontario, Canada) has taken delivery of the first all-electric vehicle to be used in a commercial fleet application in Canada—the REV 300 ACX (a retrofit Ford Escape). The vehicle will be used in a demonstration project that will study the operating characteristics of an all-electric fleet in practical, real-world working conditions.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The agency also recently presented a series of webinars on electrification for fleet operators. We took a charging hub live in July that is one of the largest universal charging hubs. So, looking at the whole picture, every EV that OUC helps to put in place represents 1,200 miles of driving. Factor at a rate of 0.33

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

Corporate and public-sector fleets will get to lease 100 test cars for a pilot period of four years. The first cars will utilize NiMH batteries, as do the Toyota test platform Plug-in Priuses at the University of California. Mitsubishi could be the first with cars for sale if the UK distributor has its way.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. General Motors Corporation. General Motors Corporation. KEMET Corporation. Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets. Brownstown, MI. Production of high-volume battery packs for the GM Volt. Cells will be from LG Chem, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Nuvve Corporation, a San Diego-based vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology company, is participating in a program to deliver resource adequacy to local utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and California’s electrical grid using a large stationary battery located on the University of California San Diego’s (UC San Diego’s) campus microgrid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation are introducing a passenger wagon version of the Ford Transit Connect Electric. Since its introduction in December 2010, more than 450 Transit Connect Electric vans have been purchased by commercial vehicle fleets including AT&T, Canada Post, DHL, FedEx Express, and Post Norway.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. Pricing from $8-15,000 for installed low-speed EV range of 8-24 miles. See also Hymotions comments on the subject.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Even at 100 miles, BEVs as a primary mode of transportation do not yet offer what most consumers see as true mobility. When fully charged, the vehicle is targeted to achieve a maximum electric-only range of about 13 miles and capable of achieving highway speeds of more than 60 mph in electric-only mode. And then there is range.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2013

A new analysis by Orkun Karabasoglu and Jeremy Michalek of the Carnegie Mellon Vehicle Electrification Group at Carnegie Mellon University found that driving conditions affect the economic and environmental benefits of electrified vehicles “ substantially ”. Cost and GHGs per mile for different daily driving distances and patterns.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Plans "large demonstration fleet" late 2009. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. Establishing dealer network.

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