Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

New data suggests that electric vehicles may not be an easy future substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet, as EVs currently travel less than half as much as the US fleet average. It’s rather that policymakers may be underestimating the costs of going fully electric. —Burlig et al. Fiona Burlig, James B.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

The new Lightning Electric Ford F-550 will be available in gross vehicle weight ratings (GVWR) of 17,500 to 19,500 pounds. Orders from fleets are being accepted immediately. The top speed is 65 miles per hour. The analytics system provides fleets with real-time information to operate their fleet at peak efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. to design the vehicles from the ground up.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

The Orange County (CA) Transportation Authority (OCTA) has a Tesla Model X SUV as its first all-electric vehicle in the OCTA Vanpool program. The Tesla X is provided by Green Commuter, one of three vanpool companies contracted by OCTA to provide vehicles to commuters in Orange County to help them share the ride as they travel to work.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2018

company, unveiled its autonomous, electric, last-mile delivery vehicle and made the first public road test deliveries from Draeger’s Market in San Mateo to two nearby customers. mile loop with traffic lights, lane changes, unsignalized left turns and two delivery stops. udelv , a Burlingame, Calif. The deliver route was a 2.5-mile

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2023

Lightning is offering the ZEV4 for several vehicle applications, including, but not limited to, box trucks, stake bed trucks, utility trucks, dump bed trucks, and daily work/landscaping trucks, in addition to cargo delivery vehicles, shuttle buses, and school buses. The Lightning ZEV4 is capable of Level 2 AC and 80kW DC fast charging.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. In addition to the fuel savings, electric vehicles typically require less maintenance than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, which means lower maintenance costs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 18, 2021

Fleets that travel a lot of miles (or km) but on predictable routes or trip patterns can be exceptional cases for electrification. The lower cost of […]. However, when you look at the different uses cases, some seem much more logical immediately than others.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have analyzed the cost, energy, and environmental implications of a fleet of self-driving electric vehicles operating in Manhattan. Required fleet size by battery range and charging network. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Many of these new features will be offered in Lightning eMotors’ Class 4, 5, 6 and 7 vehicles in 2021. Assembled electric powertrains ready for installation into Lightning Electric Transit 350HD vehicles. As a result, we’ve sold more all-electric commercial EVs than any other vehicle manufacturer in North America to date.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

To address this, the federal and state governments are accelerating incentives for Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) and their infrastructures to shift away from fossil fuels, funding a massive shift to EV fast charging and hydrogen refueling. ZEV Fleet Co., ZEV Fleet All Electric Step Vans (Class 2). Earlier post.)

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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. The post City of Detroit unveils its first 100% EV fleet appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

The US DRIVE Cradle-to-Grave Working Group has published the “Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Analysis of US Light-Duty Vehicle-Fuel Pathways: A Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Economic Assessment of Current (2015) and Future (2025–2030) Technologies” Argonne National Lab Report. C2G GHG emissions of various vehicle-fuel pathways.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

TCO for selected gas and diesel vehicles over a 3 year timeframe. 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).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2018

In 2020, battery-electric vehicles will be a cheaper vehicle option than fuel cell electric vehicles for the majority of the light duty fleet (79-97%), according to a new study by a team at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2019

Panasonic will partner with Tropos Motors to advance hyper-efficient electric compact utility vehicles—the second largest class of fleet vehicles. If you can have a vehicle that has all of the capabilities of a larger truck, but in a smaller package, that is what makes it more appropriate for the job.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2020

Complementing the vehicle order, StreetScooter has also installed 60 charging stations at the Amazon site. More vehicle deliveries are planned for the future in order to further expand Amazon's electrically operated fleet. Streetscooter WORK Box van. Mercedes-Benz e-Vito van.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

kW per vehicle). For years, the trucking industry has been skeptical of heavy-duty electric vehicles. While most people picture semi-trucks carrying heavy loads over long highways, data collected by the US Census Bureau suggests that nearly 80% of heavy-duty trucks operate primarily within a 200-mile range.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). An all-electric fleet would reduce lifetime greenhouse gas emissions by 14.7 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2020

Octillion Power Systems, a global provider of advanced lithium-ion storage systems for electric mobility ( earlier post ), announced a new demonstrator program for battery-leasing that allows batteries to be leased to fleet customers when they purchase vehicles. Access to the program will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

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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. found that the city’s LEAFs will cost 41% less to own and operate than gasoline-powered vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds. The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds.

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2022

The Linn Creek Police Department decided to add a Tesla Model 3 to its fleet. The Model 3 vehicle is built with all the ordinary police cruiser necessities, including flashing red and blue lights, radio, and a siren. The Linn Creek City Council approved the purchase of a Model 3 patrol vehicle recently.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 11, 2022

We’ve put together a comprehensive guide to help you understand all the costs associated with owning a vehicle. Maintenance Costs Associated With Car Ownership. The maintenance costs for your vehicle depend on numerous factors. Gas (or electricity) costs need to be factored into your overall cost.

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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. The cost of electricity without managed charging could be as high as $0.20/kWh.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Lordstown Motors Corporation, a startup developing an all-electric pickup truck serving the commercial fleet market, merged with DiamondPeak Holdings Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The design significantly increases reliability, maximizes performance, and reduces total cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

There are now more than 29,000 electric vehicles registered in New York City and Westchester, including 1,262 added in February, the most recent month for which data are available, according to Con Edison, the electricity, gas and steam utility for New York CIty and Westchester County, NY. Electrifying Con Edison’s Fleet of Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

a developer of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles, launched its Hypertruck Electric Range Extender (ERX), a long-haul, natural-gas series-hybrid electric powertrain. The truck is the only electric Class 8 vehicle that can achieve a net-negative greenhouse gas emissions footprint using renewable natural gas (RNG).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

Vehicle electrification is still an emerging technology, and the only thing certain is that it remains uncertain what the balance of costs and benefits will look like once the e-mobility ecosystem becomes established. Predicting the future of new technologies (or of anything) is a chancy business, to say the least.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

UPS has used LNG vehicles for more than a decade and has benefited from lower fuel prices compared to imported petroleum. UPS began using LNG tractors in its delivery fleet in 2002. By 2017, our goal is to reach one billion miles driven by our alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In a new study, IHS Markit forecasts that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) will by 2040 grow to an all-time high of around 11 billion miles per year (a 65% increase since 2017) in China, Europe, India and the United States—the key markets examined for the study—and will keep growing. IHS Markit, “Reinventing the Wheel.”

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 16, 2023

How To Successfully Manage Business Vehicle Expenses Tools and Tips for Fleet Management This article may contain affiliate links. Running a business that requires vehicles to perform its operations can be costly. If you want to manage the cost of your business fleet and keep your expenses as low as possible, here’s how.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2022

The new P7-B is part of a fleet of vehicles available to prospective customers to evaluate, test, and experience the agility, performance, and design enabled by REE’s novel REEcorner x-by-wire technology ( earlier post ). Driving Range: 150 miles / 241 km. Specifications Class 3 P7-B. 14,000 lbs / 6.4 All-wheel drive by wire.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), announced the publication of an independent study that finds ClearFlame’s technology could help fleet owners and other heavy-duty truck operators lower total costs while meeting sustainability goals sooner than currently available alternatives.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

If you are a business, organization, commercial, government, or municipality that is making the switch from a polluting internal combustion engine (ICE) fleet to clean running electric vehicle (EV) fleet, welcome to the future! The vehicles themselves aren’t the only thing you need to consider when switching to EVs.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

A cost of ownership calculator and other tools can help you know how much you’ll save By Cameron Wolf, ZappyRide. Airlines , public transit , and regular commuters are feeling the strain of rising fuel costs, which have increased dramatically since August 2021. The cost of gas over the first 5 years of the car @ $3.58/gal

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2022

The investment will allow Orange EV to scale its manufacturing to meet tremendous demand increases, deliver class-leading vehicles to new markets, and develop new technologies that will increase the company’s lead in the Class 8 commercial vehicle segment. million miles and 1.7 Cumulatively, Orange EV trucks have surpassed 5.8

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