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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Public transit buses are also steadily electrifying, led by California, New York City and the Washington, DC area as well as cities like Pittsburgh and Phoenix. Timelines for electrification of heavy duty vehicles tend to range from 2030 outwards and cover only percentages of new trucks purchased.

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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The standard FedEx trucks used in the retrofit program were 2000 or 2001 models with 300,000 to 500,000 miles driven. FedEx Corp. The hybrid conversions were produced in Charlotte, N.C.

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Mack LR Electric Class 8 refuse truck now in serial production

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Mack recently announced that the LR Electric comes standard with the Mack Ultra Service Agreement, offering customers a tailored uptime package designed specifically to meet the unique needs of battery-electric vehicles. DSNY recently announced their plan to purchase seven LR Electric models that will operate in the city’s five boroughs.

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AMPLY Power offers EV fleets guaranteed uptime and zero charging challenges

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Vic Shao: For new EV fleet operators, charging as a service can be a difficult concept to wrap their heads around without some sort of comparison to parallel industries, so when I talk about charging as a service, I typically draw an analogy to solar PPAs [power purchase agreements]. Three big challenges for large EV fleets .

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ABB charges into the future with Formula E

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Charged attended the New York City E-Prix in July, and spoke with several execs from EV infrastructure powerhouse ABB. They work with our hardware primarily, and they have software as well that addresses the needs of the vehicles, and also of the building—energy management behind the meter, on the customer side.

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Proterra beefs up its battery expertise: Q&A CTO Dustin Grace

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Builders of heavy-duty EVs tend to use the term energy storage system , or ESS, which may consist of more than one battery pack.]. Charged : Some of the testing you do—temperature and vibration, and stuff like that—is pretty standard in the industry, but you’ve also developed some of your own proprietary tests.

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