Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Ballard Power Systems and MAHLE Group, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, are progressing the development of a new fuel cell system concept for long-haul trucks, with MAHLE taking delivery of a 120kW module at the company’s hydrogen test center in Stuttgart, Germany. Fuel efficiency is also key for a manageable heat rejection system.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 15, 2021

All vehicles require some form of maintenance. That said, drivers will typically spend less on long-term maintenance than they would for an internal combustion engine (ICE) car over time. So, just how expensive is EV maintenance overall? Average Maintenance Costs. Preventive Maintenance Tips for Your EV.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2014

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have quantified the fuel economy effects of some common driver practices and vehicle accessories or alterations—including underinflated tires, open windows, and rooftop and hitch-mounted cargo. liter four-cylinder engine, also suffered as its fuel economy dipped 22% from 42.5

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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. An EV, like this Mazda MX-30, could save you money on maintenance.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Under this strategic engagement, Nikola and OPAL Fuels intend to co-develop and co-market hydrogen refueling infrastructure to accelerate the adoption of heavy-duty zero-emission fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV). Nikola and OPAL Fuels will also identify and evaluate opportunities to establish public-access hydrogen stations.

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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. —Carlton Rose, President, Global Fleet Maintenance and Engineering for UPS.

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The Driven EV News

JUNE 8, 2023

Australia should match the EU and US on fuel efficiency standards, because the additional cost of an EV can be paid back within just one year in fuel and maintenance savings. The post Why tough fuel efficiency standards will cut costs for car owners in Australia appeared first on The Driven.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A Way to Leave Liquid Fuel Troubles Behind Fuel contamination is an invisible yet prominent foe of fossil fuel-powered commercial fleets, and one principal reason to advocate for electrification is eliminating this concern. Gas and diesel each attract their own unique concerns.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 12, 2023

  In this, we will explore whether the depreciation cost of EVs is the same as that of conventional vehicles and the basics of the factors involved in depreciation for any type of vehicle. Before moving on we should have an open mind on the process of calculating the depreciation cost of an EV.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2020

build the next generation Bustech XDi low floor transit bus using Cummins battery-electric and hydrogen-fuel-cell technologies. The agreement provides for initial units to be developed for both battery-electric and fuel-cell electric, with plans to ramp up production in late 2021 and early 2022, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. The voucher program can reduce the upfront cost of advanced zero-emission fleet vehicles by 30 to 70 percent.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has launched the development of a special fuel cell system for heavy-duty trucks. The project’s first fuel cell system will be installed in a heavy-duty truck for real-world testing in the near future. FST fuel cell stack. Existing fuel cell systems were originally developed for passenger cars.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

In a letter sent to President Biden on 15 June, the AFPM (American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers) and the API (American Petroleum Institute) listed what they called seven realities about the current situtation: Refined product prices are determined on the global markets. However, the cost of refining in other nations is currently higher.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2023

TerraStar Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT) to license EFT’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) and Maxx Jet/Maxx Diesel proprietary technology ( earlier post ) to build a fleet of FLEX plants—small-scale, modular renewable diesel facilities.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In addition to the environmental and employee health benefits provided by a zero-emission vehicle, the City anticipates significant savings in fuel purchases and vehicle maintenance. For the truck body, Curbtender Inc. has installed an eight-yard rear loader Quantum body, designed to be lightweight and efficient.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To support these sustainability goals, Volvo Penta is accelerating its efforts to reach zero emissions through fossil-free, renewable fuels, hybrid, and electric technology. Reduced maintenance – electric drivelines have much fewer maintenance requirements compared to conventional solutions.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

Fuel and Electric Charging Costs While fuel expenses per mile have experienced a modest decline, the costs associated with electric vehicle (EV) charging have risen, escalating from 13.9 Separate Negotiations: Distinguish negotiations for the car's cost, finance rate, and trade-in value to make informed decisions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2023

The Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Program provides funding to offset the costs of replacing heavy-duty commercial vehicles with zero-emission vehicles, deploy infrastructure needed to charge, fuel, and maintain these zero-emission vehicles, and develop and train the necessary workforce. Associated charging and other fueling infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

UK-based ULEMCo—a spin-out from Revolve Technologies focused on conversions of diesel vehicles to hydrogen dual fuel operation—has collaborated with Aberdeen City Council (ACC) to deliver the first hydrogen dual fuel road sweeper. This is designed to ensure that use of dual fuel is maximized throughout the day.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

ClearFlame has developed a technology that allows a heavy-duty engine to continue to operate using MCCI-based combustion when fueled on a wider range of fuels, including ethanol. Historically, clean-burning fuels, and those that are easy to make from waste CO 2 streams or syngas, have failed to ignite using MCCI.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2019

has introduced three new low-speed, two-stroke engines that are capable of operating on low emission fuels. Our industry is calling for greener-shipping and the success of our low-pressure dual-fuel X-DF portfolio is evidence that ship owners are looking for sustainability and efficiency from their propulsion system.

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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). —“Total Cost of Ownership”. Fuel Efficiency. Fuel Costs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2021

LAB7 aims to integrate Aramco’s composite materials into Gaussin’s existing range of products to reduce the weight, energy consumption and cost of these vehicles. Aramco will also be sponsoring the world’s first hydrogen-fueled racing truck, which has been developed by Gaussin and which will compete in the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2022

CerebrumX Lab, an AI-driven automotive data services & management platform ( earlier post ), is partnering with Toyota to provide real-time insights aimed at making connected fleet operations safer and cost-effective.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

Currently, ESBs may still cost 300 percent more than an equivalent diesel-powered school bus, and although data suggests maintenance is much more affordable for ESBs, labor trained in electric drivetrains can be challenging to find in many areas of the country (Arora, 2021).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

The product is also eligible for national and regional subsidies in France (depending on income and region) and its cost of use and maintenance is reduced. kWh 5 kWp/48 kWp engine Two-year guarantee

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

the owner of IVECO and FPT Industrial, intends to enter into a strategic and exclusive heavy-duty truck partnership with Nikola Corporation to accelerate industry transformation towards emission neutrality of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks in North America and Europe through the adoption of fuel-cell technology. CNH Industrial N.V.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Nestlé Waters North America’s is deploying more than 400 additional medium-duty beverage delivery trucks fueled by propane autogas. The company now operates nearly 600 of these alternatively fueled trucks, which make up about 30% of its total North American fleet. V10 3V engine with a ROUSH CleanTech fuel system is certified to 0.05

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

GEMINA’s goal is to reduce fixed operations and maintenance (O&M) costs from ~13 $/MWh in the current fleet to ~2 $/MWh in the advanced fleet. These projects will work to develop digital twin technology to reduce O&M costs in the next generation of nuclear power plants. —ARPA-E Director Lane Genatowski.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Although the upfront cost of EVs today is higher than gas-powered cars, EVs have lower fuel and maintenance costs that mean lower costs for drivers over the life of the vehicle. Lyft said that drivers renting cars through Express Drive currently save an average of $50-70 per week on fuel costs alone.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

In collaboration with NE, DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office will provide funding and project oversight for the two hydrogen production–related projects that were selected: General Electric Global Research, Scaled Solid Oxide Co-Electrolysis for Low-Cost Syngas Synthesis from Nuclear Energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2017

Bus operators from Germany and South Tyrol, Italy are partnering to procure 63 fuel cell buses for their public transport systems as part of the EU-funded JIVE project (€106 million total cost, with €32 million coming from the EU). Chief amongst these are that, compared to conventional buses, FC buses have higher ownership costs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It is always necessary to treat impure water to a level of water purity for conventional electrolysers including desalination and deionisation, which increases the operation and maintenance cost of the processes. Resources Guo, J., Zheng, Y., 2023) “Direct seawater electrolysis by adjusting the local reaction environment of a catalyst.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

Ricardo Strategic Consulting is collaborating with the California Fuel Cell Partnership to provide economic modeling tools that will enable the assessment of total cost of ownership (TCO) of future fuel cell trucks, and hydrogen stations necessary to support commercial operation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

The powertrain also produces electricity locally at roughly 30% less than the average grid cost, which yields a seven-year cost-of-ownership unmatched by any diesel, battery-electric (BEV) or hydrogen fuel-cell (FCEV) Class 8 truck under development.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Coradia iLint hydrogen trains are electric trains with a hydrogen-powered fuel cell for onboard electricity generation. In November, Alstom signed a collaboration agreement with Liebherr – Aerospace & Transportation SAS, a France-based company specializing in the manufacture of compressors for fuel cells.

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