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UPS collaborating with Workhorse to deploy 50 electric trucks; rivaling acquisition cost of conventional; no subsidies

Green Car Congress

Each truck will have a range of approximately 100 miles between charges, ideal for delivery routes in and around cities. This innovation is the result of Workhorse working closely with UPS over the last 4 years refining our electric vehicles with hard fought lessons from millions of road miles and thousands of packages delivered.

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Revoy’s battery trailer turns a semi-truck into a hybrid – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

At Revoy’s swapping station in Dallas, the Revoy EV, with a pre-charged battery, is attached between a tractor and a semi-trailer. When the truck leaves Dallas, it drives 234 miles to a station in Arkansas for another quick swap. When the truck leaves Dallas, it drives 234 miles to a station in Arkansas for another quick swap.

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How much money EV ownership saves depends on where you live

Baua Electric

A new University of Michigan study compares the cost of ownership for EVs and internal-combustion vehicles across 14 U.S. cities, finding that the path to cost parity between the two varies by region. The study found that the total cost of ownership for a 300-mile midsize electric SUV varies by $52,000 across all the cities studied.

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Car “charging treasure”: the third option besides charging piles and battery replacement

Setec Powerr

The startup’s service is currently available in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Los Angeles and Dallas. ” A service van will come to the designated location and start charging the car, adding about a mile of range every minute. That may not seem like an extra time saver, but the idea of ??the

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

Teslarati

The pilot program accumulated over 90,000 miles of real-world testing and resulted in 430,000 package deliveries. by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. .”

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Mayor Menino Adds Boston

Plug In Partners

These vehicles take currently available gasoline-hybrid vehicles to the next level, allowing drivers to plug them in for a few hours to charge the batteries and then drive emissions free solely on electric power for 35-60 miles. The cost of charging the battery of a PHEV is estimated to be just 50-75 cents per gallon equivalent.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

Green Car Congress

Two global fulfillment centers—one in Rotterdam and one in Dallas—can ship product to customers within 72 hours. ton 100 miles+ range van and the Newton is 7.5-12 12 ton truck with 100 mile range used by local delivery services and courier services. The second is the module/pack manufacturing plant. Click to enlarge.

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