Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emission drivetrains, delivered the first two units on an initial order of six Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350HD wheel-chair accessible passenger vans to Freebee, an operator of on-demand public transportation in the South Florida region. All Lightning products are available today.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 8, 2025

As electric trucks become increasingly prevalent on Florida roads, understanding the nuances of the state’s legal framework is crucial for operators and fleet managers. Florida’s modified comparative negligence law is particularly significant in the event of accidents.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Beep , a Florida-based autonomous Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, will deploy the first autonomous shuttles at Yellowstone National Park with the National Parks Service (NPS) in May 2021. Project partners will also look at potential system locations, routes, stops, fleet requirements, business models, ridership and costs.

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Electrek

APRIL 9, 2024

The city of Hallandale Beach, Florida is in the news this week after becoming the only municipality in the state with a fully electric transit bus fleet.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Parker Hannifin Corporation, in partnership with Autocar, delivered hydraulic hybrid refuse vehicles to three South Florida municipalities ( earlier post ): City of Miami, the City of Hialeah, and Miami-Dade County. Click to enlarge. The new Autocar E3 refuse vehicles feature Parker’s RunWise hydraulic hybrid drive system. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2011

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that the total inventory of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) in fleets in the US in 2009 was about 826,318, up about 7% from 2008. Estimated number of alternative fuel vehicles in fleets, 2009. Florida (4%). Source: EIA. Click to enlarge. Texas (11%). Arizona (5%).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Duke Energy and FPL Group will begin this transition in the coming years with the goal that 100% of all new fleet vehicles will be plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by 2020. million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the country.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2012

one of the largest US-based, publicly-traded water utilities, is going to transition portions of its larger vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). Aqua America serves almost 3 million residents in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, Florida, Virginia, and Georgia. Aqua America, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2023

will make a demonstration run on the West Coast in preparation for a cross-country demonstration run from San Diego, California, to Jacksonville, Florida in August. The truck will showcase how fleets today can reduce their energy usage and carbon emissions, without losing focus on the cost of their operations. Shell Starship 3.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

Voyage, a startup in the autonomous taxi space, entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Renovo, a mobility technology company, to license Renovo’s AWare OS for use across its global fleet of automated vehicles. Renovo built AWare specifically for fleet operators such as Voyage.

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Green Fleet Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Patterns reveal different recovery times for North Carolina and Florida after Hurricanes Helene and Milton. An analysis by Geotab explores how data from commercial vehicles is used to understand the impact of hurricanes on specific geographies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

Some key points from Zeroing in on ESBs : California, Maryland, and Florida lead the country in ESB deployment. CALSTART has launched an ongoing Electric School Bus Working Group to share up-to-date information and peer learnings and interaction opportunities across school districts nationwide.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

UNFI, the leading independent national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and related products in the United States, plans to adopt hydrogen fuel cell technology to power the lift truck fleet at its Sarasota, Florida distribution center.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2012

DHL Express has added 100 more pickup and delivery vans fueled by propane autogas to its fleet. The new alternative fuel vehicles join other propane vehicles already operating for DHL Express in Ohio, Tennessee and Louisiana.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. infrastructure, collaborate with colleges on first responder training, promote workplace EV charging, and work with fleets to implement. Projects include: AWARD TABLE. Project lead.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 23, 2025

Besides, 3,000 EV owners in Florida decided that a bit of chump change was enough motivation to rush into an off-peak. Okay, so $7.50 per month credit on your electricity bill to reward off-peak EV charging is peanuts, but it would pay for a dozen eggs at today’s inflated prices. continued] The post A $7.50

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

has signed multiple fueling agreements with United States Postal Service (USPS) contract-carriers in Florida, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas, increasing the total number of USPS carriers fueling with Clean Energy now to 15. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Signing new deals with Clean Energy is C.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 11, 2009

Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner. Josh Hafenbrack posts this informative entry covering the status of Hasner’s Florida State electric car tax break on the SunSentinel.com. Florida State Representative (and House Majority Leader) Adam Hasner (R) has just introduced the bill HB 879 - Financial Incentives for Electric Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

with its principal location in Coral Gables, Florida, is a global producer, marketer and distributor of fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables. CARB recently adopted a new At-Berth Regulation to seek additional emissions reductions by including smaller fleets and additional vessel types such as roll-on/roll-off vehicle carriers and tankers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2009

The US Postal Service (USPS) will conduct a one-for-one replacement of 6,500 vehicles with 1,000 E-85 ethanol-capable and 900 gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles to its delivery fleet, part of a vehicle purchase by the US General Services Administration (GSA). Using 35 delivery vehicles in Florida that run on propane fuel.

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Teslarati

JULY 7, 2021

A bit less than four weeks after departing Central Florida’s Port Canaveral, SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) has completed a more than 5000-mile (~8000 km) journey to Port of Long Beach, California. Expect some offshore sea trials in the Gulf before they tow the new droneship all the way to Florida.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2022

In addition, the two companies will explore a business model for the operation of Lilium’s network in Florida as well as other regions in the US and Europe. The Lilium Jet will allow NetJets to advance its sustainability efforts by offering its customer base regional transportation alternatives.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2011

EPA’s Emerging Technologies Program provides an opportunity to foster the development of advanced technologies to reduce emissions from the fleet of heavy-duty diesel engines by providing funding to develop and evaluate these technologies in the field.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is adding approximately 5,000 additional gas/electric hybrids to its nationwide fleet and designating nearly 80 rental locations across the country as “hybrid branches.” The new hybrids will be available in 24 major markets across the country, including the 10 busiest airports for business travelers in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2016

announced that its fleet of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) has surpassed 100 million miles of operations, making it the first commercial fleet outsourcing provider to reach this milestone. Michigan-based beverage container recycling company UBCR has operated its Ryder NGV fleet for more than 7 million miles since 2011.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

Ryder System announced that Postal Fleet Services has signed a full-service agreement for 20 compressed natural gas (CNG) heavy-duty vehicles supporting mail delivery operations in Orlando, Fla., Postal Fleet Services has relied on Ryder for fleet leasing and maintenance solutions for more than 10 years. Lafayette, La.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Parker Hannifin Corporation announced that its fleet of Autocar E3 refuse trucks equipped with Parker’s hydraulic hybrid RunWise Advanced Series Hybrid Drive System ( earlier post ) is approaching one million miles of operation. —Shane Terblanche, General Manager, Hybrid Drive Systems Division.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2022

IKEA US announced a collaboration with Electrify America and Electrify Commercial to bring ultra-fast public charging stations and delivery fleet electric vehicle (EV) charging to more than 25 IKEA retail locations throughout the US. The first locations are expected to open in late 2022 and be completed by the end of 2023.

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Teslarati

MARCH 26, 2024

Launching at 7:42 pm ET, 23 more V2 mini Starlinks joined the growing constellation after SpaceX lifted off from Florida. The post SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida appeared first on TESLARATI. First stage ignition and liftoff of Falcon 9! Questions or comments?

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A group of Volkswagen and Audi dealerships in Florida have filed a lawsuit against Scout Motors over its direct-to-consumer sales model. It likewise proposes that the automaker isnt technically licensed to sell in Florida. Meanwhile, manufacturers have long been able to sell directly to commercial or government fleets.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The streets of Pompano Beach, Florida will be cleaner and quieter than ever starting this week, thanks to a new, all-electric Mack LR waste truck that was delivered last week!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

A white paper by AMPLY Power, a company providing fleet charging as a service, finds that 25 of America’s largest metropolitan areas could save an average of 37% on fuel costs by electrifying their bus and light-duty vehicle fleets. AMPLY developed an interactive map to compare gas and electric fleet fueling costs. —i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 11, 2009

Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner. Josh Hafenbrack posts this informative entry covering the status of Hasner’s Florida State electric car tax break on the SunSentinel.com. Florida State Representative (and House Majority Leader) Adam Hasner (R) has just introduced the bill HB 879 - Financial Incentives for Electric Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The expansion will include on-site fueling stations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. UPS began using LNG tractors in its delivery fleet in 2002. By 2017, our goal is to reach one billion miles driven by our alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. Phoenix, Ariz.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

CNG conversions can provide stability against fluctuating fuel prices as well as lower vehicle operating costs for fleet administrators. Nearly 20 states—including Oklahoma, Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida—offer or soon will provide tax incentives or rebates for CNG-converted vehicles. CNG sells for an average of $2.10

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2012

has delivered the first pilot version of its plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) F-150 pickup truck to Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), in association with Dow Kokam, the lithium-ion battery system supplier for the PHEV F-150. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. Earlier post.).

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