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Volvo Trucks North America demonstrates pilot electric VNR models; Volvo LIGHTS

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Volvo Trucks North America offered a first look at its Class 8 battery-electric project trucks during an exclusive event at TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California. Volvo LIGHTS project partner TEC Equipment will serve as a fully certified maintenance hub for the Volvo VNR Electric project trucks in the South Coast Air Basin.

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Pace purchases 20 Proterra ZX5 electric buses and EV fleet charging infrastructure

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Pace is the transportation backbone of Chicago’s suburbs and one of the largest public bus service operators in North America, serving an area nearly the size of the state of Connecticut. Designed and manufactured in the United States, Proterra’s electric transit buses are equipped with the company’s own battery technology systems.

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Volvo Trucks deploys first pilot all-electric VNR Truck at TEC Equipment in Southern California

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The first pilot Volvo VNR Electric truck will operate at the Volvo Trucks North America TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California. The TEC Fontana dealership has two 50 kW chargers inside its truck maintenance bays, as well as a 150 kW charger located outside to enable fleet customers to fast charge at the dealership.

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Ballard-powered fuel-cell electric vehicles rack up 30M km; enough to circle the globe 750 times

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This includes in excess of 570 Fuel-Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) and 2,000 commercial trucks currently deployed in Asia, Europe and North America. Some of the FCEBs that have been operating for more than 8 years in the field have now exceeded 35,000 hours of revenue service with no major fuel cell maintenance requirements.

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City of Milpitas Launches Comprehensive Smart City Energy & Water Savings Program with ENGIE North America

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This program is designed to improve citywide services, conserve and generate clean energy, and reduce operations and maintenance […]. The post City of Milpitas Launches Comprehensive Smart City Energy & Water Savings Program with ENGIE North America appeared first on EV Obsession.

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ITOCHU and InSpec ally to offer services to build rechargeable battery production plants in North America; Japanese battery manufacturing equipment

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In response, Japanese manufacturers of raw materials for batteries (positive-electrode materials, negative-electrode materials, separators and electrolytic solutions) and battery manufacturers have been accelerating their initiatives to relocate their manufacturing bases to North America.

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Mercedes-Benz and Bosch showcase automated valet parking with EQS at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel

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Kay Stepper, senior vice president of automated driving and driver assistance for Bosch in North America. Philipp Skogstad, President & CEO of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America. Upon return, the driver can let the EQS drive to a designated pick-up area by smartphone command.