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Event: 2025 ACT Expo

Clean Fleet Report

Blue Bird uses the Roush CleanTech ultra-low emission propane technology that they say has accumulated more than three billion miles with 3,000 fleets in North America. Clean Fleet Report used one of Loves DC Fast Chargers on our 1,796-mile road trip from California to Moab, Utah, in a Ford Mustang Mach-E.

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Waymo kicks off initial tests in Japan with launch event

Teslarati

“I took my first ride with Waymo in Phoenix a year and a half ago and was amazed that there was really no one in the driver’s seat,” the chairman said. “The cost of a robust sensor set, including lidar, is trivial on a per-mile basis. Even more so for mapping.

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

Green Car Congress

Phoenix, Ariz., 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. Between 2000 and the end of 2012, the UPS alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet logged 295 million miles.

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Ford’s Key Life Battery test for Li-ion batteries simulates 10 years, 150K miles in 10 months, under different conditions

Green Car Congress

Other battery tests include simulating hot and sunny Phoenix weather by subjecting batteries to greater than 140 °F (60 °C) temperatures, extreme cold conditions in Manitoba, Canada with -40 °F (-40 °C) tests, and by driving vehicles equipped with the batteries through ditches filled with water to ensure there are no issues.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

Green Car Congress

IACMI is dedicated to overcoming these barriers by developing low-cost, high-production, energy-efficient manufacturing and recycling processes for composites applications. Advanced composites are especially important for progressing clean energy generation and improving the efficiency of the nation’s fleet. TPI Composites, Inc.;

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Why It’s Time to Get Optimistic About Self-Driving Cars

Cars That Think

Meanwhile, Baidu leads in driving down the cost of robotaxi journeys. mile) ride in a robotaxi in Wuhan costs between 4 and 16 yuan ($0.60 to $2.30), whereas an equivalent ride in a car driven by a human costs between 18 and 30 yuan. in San Francisco with Waymo, I dont yet see how Tesla can field a robotaxi fleet anytime soon.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

Charging-as-a-service is a popular option for fleet operators who want to focus on their core businesses and let experts handle the charging infrastructure. Zeem’s fleet-as-a-service model adds vehicle leasing and ancillary services to the equation. How many vehicles in your fleet? So we started focusing on the services.