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Con Edison helping NYC drivers shift to EVs with more places to charge up

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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. Curbside Charging.

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INRIX: congestion costs each American 97 hours, $1,348 a year

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2,161), Seattle ($1,932), Chicago ($1,920) and New York City ($1,859). had the lowest cost of congestion among the US cities studied at $304 per driver. New York City was also one of the country’s most congested metros, with the ‘last mile’ taking drivers seven minutes. Wichita, Kan.,

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Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

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Using models they built and data from more than 10 million taxi trips in New York City, they found that the cost of service provided by a fleet of shared automated electric vehicles (SAEVs) would be $0.29-$0.61 The minimum fleet size falls to 6,470 vehicles at battery ranges of 70 miles and greater.

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UPS, NYSERDA project to convert UPS diesel delivery trucks to electric; UES 225 kW switched reluctance motor

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If successful, the Bronx-based project is expected to bring a production version of the converted truck to the streets of New York City by Spring 2018. In addition to producing a new, cost-effective all-electric conversion kit, the project will deliver a blueprint for converting up to three UPS vehicles a day.

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GM’s Maven and Uber to pilot flexible car-sharing offer

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Insurance coverage is included in the cost of every lease for a weekly price of $179 plus taxes and fees. In nine months, Maven has grown to nine markets: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., with more on the way.

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Motiv Power Systems delivering 7 electric walk-in vans to USPS as part of CARB program; deployment in Central Valley

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Motiv’s electric step vans have a range of up to 90 miles with a top speed of 60 mph; battery packs are available in 106 kWh or 127 kWh configurations. The USPS has a long history of testing electric vehicles for city delivery; the first known test of an electric vehicle for mail collection was in Buffalo, New York on 2 July 1899.

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This lamppost EV charger just went commercial in the US

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Last year, Voltpost participated in the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Studio program, a collaboration between the NYC DOT and Newlab. Voltpost can install a lamppost charger inexpensively in one to two hours without construction, trenching, or extensive permitting processes.