Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2020

From reduced emissions, quieter operation and fuel economy improvements (as compared to diesel-powered buses), the H 40/50 EP Series provides reduced brake maintenance costs and fast, smooth acceleration. More than 10,000 state- and city-owned vehicles operating in New York are powered by Allison.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

New York City Transit (NYCT), part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”), has awarded New Flyer with a contract for 15 low floor sixty-foot Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, heavy-duty transit buses (or a total of 30 equivalent units or “EUs”).

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EV Obssesion

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The bill puts school transportation in the nation’s largest city on the path to clean air and lower carbon emissions FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2021 NEW YORK CITY — The New York City Council passed a bill Thursday evening mandating that the city’s school bus fleet be fully […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2014

MIT, in partnership with Audi and GE, has launched HubCab —a transportation tracking tool aimed at reducing commuting congestion, decreasing vehicle emissions and lowering the cost of mobility infrastructure. HubCab tracks more than 150 million taxi rides in New York City over the course of a year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Verizon announced that Verizon has replaced 234 of its existing gasoline-powered vans with hybrid-electric vans for use in New York City. The 234 new Verizon vans feature technology installed by XL Hybrids, Inc.,

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EV Obssesion

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The post Electric Vehicles Provide Lower Carbon Emissions Through Additional Channels, New York City makes Record-Breaking New Investments in Clean Energy & Electric Vehicles appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. However, urban environmental design often neglects life cycle GHG emissions.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 29, 2021

Revel launches all-electric rideshare services in New York City. An Electric mobility company Revel has announced that it is launching an all-electric, all-employee rideshare service in New York City. It will launch its services in late May in Manhattan, New York.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2023

This collaboration aims to electrify and decarbonize vocational fleets safely, making significant progress towards electrification growth and net-zero emissions goals. It can help eliminate 40-50% of CO 2 emissions in these sectors while lowering the total cost of ownership, Skeleton says.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

Allison Transmission’s eGen Flex, its next generation electric hybrid propulsion solution ( earlier post ), will be put into revenue service at New York City Transit (NYCT) in May. As the largest public transportation agency in North America, the New York City Transit Authority currently operates more than 5,700 buses.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Mayor Bloomberg announces the addition of 70 new electric vehicles. New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2010

TMS) announced that New York City will join the company’s US Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) demonstration program. Toyota and New York City have partnered together on a variety of environmental initiatives. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

XL recently completed a successful pilot deployment of school buses with Careful Bus Company in New York City outfitted with the XL hybrid system. The XLH system uses regenerative braking during deceleration and electric assist during acceleration to increase fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2019

New York City Clean Air Taxi rules are successful in cutting emissions and reducing air pollution, [link] to a new study by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Drexel University. exhaust emissions declined by 82% and 49%, respectively. Tabb, Gina S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering have found that with an emissions-based incentive towards electrification, ridesourcing companies such as Uber and Lyft would electrify more and cut their emissions by amounts ranging from 10% in New York to 22% in Los Angeles. Source: Bruchon et al. 0c05141.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 6, 2021

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will purchase seven Mack LR Electric garbage trucks, Mack announced at the recent WasteExpo 2021 trade show. However, it's only a small step toward eliminating carbon emissions from DSNY's 6,000-vehicle fleet.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

That is a tiny amount of power for a utility grid with the capacity to reliably serve millions of homes and businesses in Westchester County and New York City. There are approximately 1,000 school buses operating in Westchester and 8,000 in New York City that could make a significant difference if converted to electric.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2017

The test is the first step in the city’s evaluation of both DME trucks and DME fuel as a potential long-term strategy to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 and to achieve the city’s goal of sending zero waste to landfill by 2030. Currently, one-third of all waste on the curb in New York is organic.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Now, new analysis by researchers at Duke University and the University of Leeds finds that reducing fossil fuel emissions steadily over coming years will prevent millions of premature deaths and help avoid the worst of climate change without causing the large spike in short-term warming that some studies have predicted.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 1, 2022

Electric vehicles and the Ford Mustang Mach-E SUV take center stage as New York City kicks decarbonization effort into high gear.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2018

The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), acting through the New York City Transit Authority (NYCT), will launch its electric bus test and evaluation program of five Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses. The program will begin January 2018.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Ideanomics and Global Environmental Products (GEP) announced today that it has developed a series of zero-emissions, electric vehicle street sweepers that will soon come to New York City, cities in California, Helena, Montana, and Washington D.C. Hybrid were supplied to GEP.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

New York City hit a massive milestone as the city announced it has already met its 2025 goal of 4,000 electric vehicles in its fleet. As of September 2022, NYC had replaced around 4,050 gas-powered models with zero-emission electric vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2010

As New York City works aggressively to reduce its carbon footprint and cut exhaust emissions, it has encouraged large fleets to switch to hybrids. From utility ConEd to the fleets of yellow cabs, more and more hybrids are showing up on city streets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Micromobility (defined as shared bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters) could deliver substantial benefits to consumers and businesses around the world, including efficient and cost-effective travel, reduced traffic congestion, decreased emissions and a boost to the local economy. New York City Vehicle Trips by Census Block.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2021

These zero-emission electric vehicles will replace the existing gas-powered vehicles that are used to pick up, transport and drop off Helbiz electric scooters and bikes across each city. The new vehicles are capable of achieving 61 MPGe, compared to 13 MPG for gasoline-powered vans.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

Walmart signed an agreement to reserve 5,000 of BrightDrop’s EV600 and smaller EV410 electric delivery vans to support the retail giant’s growing last mile delivery network and goal of operating a zero-emissions logistics fleet by 2040. BrightDrop’s electric vans may begin hitting the road for Walmart deliveries as early as 2023.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2009

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will be testing in daily operation three different types of hybrid refuse collection trucks and a hybrid rack truck. The trucks were unveiled at the Parks & Recreation Department’s 21 st Annual Vehicle & Equipment Show in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Pioneering methods to accelerate electric fleet adoption, AMPLY Power will demonstrate and document its Charging-as-a-Service approach for an all-electric school bus fleet in New York City. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks make up 23% of emissions on US roadways. —Alicia Barton, President and CEO of NYSERDA.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

SW/TCH Maritime (SW/TCH), an impact investment platform building the first fleet of zero-emissions maritime vessels in the US, announced its investment to construct and own the ‘Water Go Round’ e-ferry in collaboration with Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine ( GGZEM ), a provider of turn-key hydrogen fuel cell power systems for ships.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) will, for the first time, use renewable diesel, a low-emissions, 99% petroleum-free fuel, to power more than 1,000 City government vehicles, including in large vehicles such as sanitation trucks.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 18, 2023

Mayor Adams, TLC Announce new Rules to Require City's Rideshare Vehicles to be Zero-Emission, Wheelchair Accessible by 2030

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

A new study published in the journal Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board estimates total automobile air emission costs in 86 US metropolitan areas to be US$145 million/day, with Los Angeles, California, and New York City (each US$23 million per day) having the highest totals.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2013

A study of motor vehicle emissions by researchers at UC Berkeley found that running CO and evaporative and tailpipe NMHC emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles in three major US urban centers (NY, LA and Houston) have decreased by almost an order of magnitude over the last twenty years, despite increases in fuel use.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

Combining the refuse industry-leading design of the Mack LR model with a fully electric Mack drivetrain, the demonstration model will begin real-world testing in 2020 in the demanding operations of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY).

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