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LondonEnergy puts Volvo FM Electric semi trucks to work in waste management

Baua Electric

The waste management and resource experts at LondonEnergy have taken delivery of a Volvo FM Electric 6×2 tractor unit, and they’re putting it to work immediately. “We LondonEnergy’s new electric semi truck will be tasked with collecting unrecyclable waste from the company’s transfer station, in Islington, UK.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

On Europcar’s French website it lists its electric fleet. Buzz on the Avis fleet. Europcar provided a Shell Recharge card: you create an account, link your payment method and bingo! All of this wastes time. Best of all, I’d rented a Hyundai Kona Electric : an EV I like very much. No thanks. I spot a VW ID.

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Electric vehicles battery swapping types, advantages & disadvantages 

Electric Vehicles India

It is the best alternative to recharge your battery without wasting time waiting for the EV to charge. At present, battery swapping is considered a feasible solution for commercial EV fleets, especially for the electric two-wheelers and electric three-wheelers segments. Electric vehicles battery swapping.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. 5 ] Increasing numbers of drivers can get PEV charging at their workplace. [

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DOE seeking comment on draft $50M solicitation for new projects over 11 areas of interest to improve vehicle performance and decrease fuel consumption

Green Car Congress

High Temperature DC Bus Capacitor Cost Reduction & Performance Improvements. By supporting improved scientific comprehension in the area of kinetics and diffusion behavior, this AOI will help to identify the development paths towards novel magnesium alloys and greater impact on weight reduction in the US fleet. 40 to +140.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

Charged EVs

EV ARCs can be deployed with Level 1, Level 2 or (using 4 or more units connected together) DC fast charging. Now they’re understanding it with a gusto all the way from the halls of power in Washington DC to corporate offices across the country. They’re charging their own fleet vehicles. I would never have thought of that.

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2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE 300 SUV review: This five-door five-seat electric SUV is right in the zone … until you get to the price

EV Central

The similarity with the old fleet-fodder Aussie-built sedan comes when you sit in the driver’s seat of the new Benz. But there is a huge and wasteful gap between the upper section and the flat storage space below. The range claim between recharges is 446km on the WLTP cycle. For $2475 you can uprate to 22kW recharging.

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