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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) showcased the utility’s first extended-range electric truck with manufacturer VIA Motors at three Bay Area National Plug-In Day events—in SanFrancisco, San Rafael and Cupertino—on Sunday. PG&E offered ride-alongs in its VTrux from VIA.
The County of Alameda recently entered into a partnership with ElectraDrive for a pilot conversion of one of its fleet Dodge Dakotas to extended-range electric drive. The vehicle is expected to enter road-testing around the middle of 2010. Products are targeted at pickups, vans, SUVs and large sedans.
Launching in SanFrancisco in the summer of 2016 and in Los Angeles by the fall, Express Drive’s California members will have access to vehicles from the largest electric vehicle fleet in ridesharing, including the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and the extended-range electric 2016 Chevrolet Volt. and Baltimore.
For the others, it is partnering with organizations like the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to focus on electric power generation, delivery and use, and working with communities, such as SanFrancisco, to ensure the development of integrated policies that will streamline adoption for consumers.
General Motors is working with communities such as SanFrancisco to develop a plan of action to establish the supporting technical and policy infrastructure required for broad commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles such as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt. GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show. Local Universities.
Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets. Diamond Bar, CA Manufacturing: Galesburg, MI and Elizabethtown, KY; Deployment: 50 different utilities and fleets. Demonstrate a fleet of 378 trucks and shuttle buses. gross vehicle weight) with a 100 mile range. City College of SanFrancisco. SanFrancisco, CA.
These include the Cadillac CT6 Plug-In, the Buick Velite 5 extended-range electric vehicle and the Baojun E100 electric vehicle—all of which have been introduced in China within the past 12 months. In the meantime, GM is developing advanced driver assist systems that will form the foundation for self-driving vehicles.
The industry needs to continue to overcome the obstacles of extendedrange, price and impact on the grid if we’re going to be able to deliver a better experience than what consumers currently get. These fleet customers include the Israel operations for multi-national companies including Cisco, FedEx and IBM, among others.
grade, unprecedented in this test by an electric bus, making it an option to serve metropolitan areas with challenging topography in West Coast cities, including SanFrancisco and Seattle. The bus is powered either by an advanced Lithium Titanate fast-charge energy storage pack or an NMC extendedrange energy storage system.
If you have an electric vehicle, vacations may include more planning, but the extendedranges available from many new EVs and an expanding charging infrastructure are making trips like these easier to take. The post 5 Top Destinations for a Spring Break EV Road Trip first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. Plan ahead.
At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extendedrange vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win!
All we really need in addition to fleets of new paradigm vehicles are additional solar and wind generation sources. High-volume manufacturing of long electric range PHEVs is a good start. This change in vehicles and fuel would provide our sought-for zero net CO 2 fueling or energy system. These PHEV Volts have a 35 mile (56 km) AER.
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