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Fluid Truck orders 600 Lightning electric trucks and vans

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Lightning Systems, a provider of complete electrification solutions for urban commercial fleets, announced that Fluid Truck, a national truck rental platform, will incorporate 600 Lightning Electric vehicles into its fleet, with availability starting in Q4 2020. Fluid Truck enables businesses easily to rent and pick up vehicles from nearby locations 24/7, 365 days a year.

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Ownership-cost advantages of EVs even stronger for SUVs and pickups, study finds

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Electric cars offer lower ownership costs than internal-combustion vehicles that can "more than make up for an EV's higher purchase price, according to a new Consumer Reports study. The ownership-cost advantage is particularly strong against the SUVs and pickup trucks American buyers are increasingly flocking to over traditional sedans. When.

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Solid Power produces and delivers 10-layer 2Ah all solid-state lithium metal cells

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Solid Power announced the production and delivery of the company’s first-generation multi-layer, multi-ampere hour (Ah) all solid-state lithium metal cells. Solid Power’s sulfide-based all solid-state lithium metal batteries are manufactured using lithium-ion industry standard processes and automated equipment. Every cell that Solid Power produces is free of any liquid or gel.

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Amazon shows Rivian electric delivery vans it will use starting in 2021

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Amazon on Thursday revealed the Rivian electric delivery van it plans to start using in 2021. The e-commerce and logistics giant announced last year that it had ordered 100,000 electric vans from electric-truck hopeful Rivian. Amazon, which is also a Rivian investor, plans to have 10,000 of these vans in service by 2022, and all 100,000 on the.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Consumer Reports: most popular electric vehicles cost less to own than the best-selling gas-powered vehicles in their class

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Owning a plug-in electric vehicle today will save consumers thousands of dollars compared to owning a gas-powered vehicle, according to a new analysis by Consumer Reports comparing electrics to CR’s top-rated vehicles, as well as the best-selling, most efficient, and best-performing gasoline-powered vehicles on the market. The analysis found lifetime ownership costs for the most popular EVs on the market under $50,000 are typically $6,000 to $10,000 less than the best gas-powered vehicles in the

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2021 Toyota RAV4: 40-mpg Hybrid becomes the norm, as lineup expands

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Toyota has announced the addition of yet another trim level to its RAV4 Hybrid lineup for the 2021 model year. The RAV4 Hybrid XLE Premium starts at $33,675, after the $1,175 destination charge, and it sits between the XLE and XSE and in the most popular portion of the lineup. All the RAV4 Hybrid versions achieve an EPA-rated 40 mpg combined, 41.

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Audi e-tron GT previewed ahead of big reveal

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One of the stars of the 2018 LA Auto Show, the Audi e-tron GT has been hotly anticipated since. A low, wide, four-door saloon, it is almost typical Audi in the way it looks, but its electric heart promises near-silent performance which could well challenge the likes of the Porsche Taycan and Tesla Model S Performance.

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Analysis finds annual running cost of EVs less than ICE; but with purchase price factored in, it flips

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Self Financial, a fintech company, has compared the running costs of electric and non-electric vehicles in each state. Across the US the average annual cost of running an electric vehicle is $2,721.96, while gasoline vehicles cost an average of $3,355.90 per year to run—a difference of $633.94 annually. However, these annual costs don’t take into account the purchase cost of the vehicle itself and are purely the ‘running’ costs annually.

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Amazon’s Rivian electric trucks, 2021 RAV4 Hybrid, EV ownership costs: Today’s Car News

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Amazon shows the electric truck that’s delivering to neighborhoods around the U.S. Ownership-cost advantages for EVs are greater for SUVs and pickups. And Toyota broadens the RAV4 Hybrid lineup to help make hybrids the norm. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The retail and logistics giant Amazon has revealed the look of the.

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Wärtsilä to supply a major LNG/bioLNG production plant for CO2-neutral transport fuels

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The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded a major contract to supply and construct a plant for production of CO 2 -neutral liquid transport fuels. The plant will liquefy gas from the natural gas grid to produce carbon-neutral LNG. It will have a capacity of approximately 100,000 tons per year and located in Cologne, Germany. The order with Wärtsilä was placed in September 2020.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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BMW’s 2021 luxury sedan, the 745e PHEV, comes with 16 pure-electric miles

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The BMW 7 Series is a full-size luxury sedan which has been produced by the German automaker since 1977. The Rear-Wheel Drive “saloon” car is BMW’s flagship and is only available in a sedan body style, which includes long wheelbase and limousine models. In the past, BMW often introduced exterior design themes and new technologies into its 7 series first, before passing them down to the other models in the lineup.

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U-Haul buys 1M gallons of renewable propane for autogas locations in SoCal

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U-Haul has purchased its first million gallons of renewable propane, which is available to customers at U-Haul autogas facilities across Southern California. U-Haul, the largest retailer of propane in the US, teamed with national distributor Suburban Propane Partners, L.P., to supply the fuel. Suburban Propane also recently invested in renewable DME provider Oberon Fuels. ( Earlier post.).

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US DOE launches two consortia to advance fuel cell truck and electrolyzer R&D

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Million Mile Fuel Cell Truck (M 2 FCT) and the H2NEW consortia to advance fuel cell truck and hydrogen production R&D. Today’s announcement builds upon DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office’s (EERE’s) intention to invest up to $100 million over five years, subject to appropriations, to reduce the cost of fuel cells for trucks and of electrolyzers for hydrogen production.

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Zero-Emission Truck (ZET) Coalition calls for government to prioritize investments benefiting ZETs

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The National Zero-Emission Truck (ZET) Coalition, including some four dozen organizations representing the US’ major heavy truck makers, innovators, suppliers and key stakeholders, sent a letter to Congressional leadership calling on any stimulus or recovery legislative package to prioritize investments that benefit U.S. ZET production and competitiveness.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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