Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2020

Lightning Systems, a developer and manufacturer of zero-emission commercial electric vehicles, has launched Lightning Energy, a new division that offers charging technologies and services to commercial and government fleets. Many fleets that plan to purchase vehicles don’t have the charging infrastructure in place to use them.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Ford Pro and Xcel energy will collaborate to deploy 30,000 EV charging ports for commercial customers by 2030, and the best part is that qualifying business customers can get most upfront costs of this infrastructure offset by Xcel Energy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2023

Infrastructure work sometimes starts early to cover lead times, so the program offers customers charging options to allow both to occur in tandem so the charging infrastructure is installed and ready when the trucks are delivered. Volvo Trucks recently added InCharge Energy to both the Turnkey Solutions and Vendor Direct Shipping programs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The US Army’s Project Manager Transportation Systems (PM TS), part of Program Executive Office for Combat Support & Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS), has partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to prototype a hybrid conversion kit for tactical vehicles. This results in significant fuel consumption while the vehicle idles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2022

In early 2023, the battery-electric Class 8 trucks will be deployed in QCD’s Southern California fleet operations delivering products to restaurants and coffee shops throughout Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. The remaining trucks of the order will be deployed throughout 2022 and early 2023.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

XL Fleet announced that Farmbro Inc., an Ontario-based upfitting solutions service provider specializing in commercial and work vehicles, expects to double its sales volume from approximately 1,000 XL unit installations in 2020 to more than 2,000 in 2021 to meet the increasing demand for fleet electrification in Canada.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

General Motors and BrightDrop, a new business created and wholly owned by GM focused on electric commercial delivery and logistics, announced the Ultium Charge 360 fleet charging service, a comprehensive approach designed to help make the switch to electric seamless for fleet customers by connecting them with services, features and resources.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Apex Clean Energy has ordered 19 electrified Ford F-series pickup trucks from XL Fleet, including ten plug-in hybrid electric and nine hybrid electric systems for pickups in its service fleet, for delivery in the second quarter of 2021.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The logistics service provider Dachser is planning to add 50 units of Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul ( earlier post ), presented at this year’s IAA Transportation, to its European fleet. Dachser intends to use the eActros LongHaul configured as a 6x2 swap body vehicle with a storage height of 1,120 mm.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2022

The cost of electrifying commercial fleets can be a significant barrier. To help medium- and heavy-duty fleet owners through this, Southern California Edison (SCE) recently launched a Grant Assistance Program is free to commercial customers with EV fleets of 50 vehicles or fewer within SCE’s service territory.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2023

a leader in the global market for seaborne transportation and storage of chemicals and other specialty bulk liquids, will install the innovative eSAIL system on a chemical tanker, making it the first tanker vessel to harness this technology. This part is very similar to a deck crane. Hudong vessel with bound4blue suction sails.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

The introduction of BrightDrop’s electric vans into the FedEx fleet in Canada is an important step in the company’s goal to transform its entire parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet to all-electric, zero-tailpipe emissions vehicles by 2040. Supported payload is 1,460 lbs, and cargo volume is 615 ft 3. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The ZEV Pledge asks governments at all levels, as well as individual departments, agencies and public sector bodies, to pledge to convert their entire owned or leased fleets, where feasible, to zero-emission vehicles. Nine national, regional, state and city-level governments signed up to Climate Group’s newly launched initiative ZEV Pledge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2022

Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (INO) has ordered a full fleet of Epiroc battery-electric equipment for use at the Onaping Depth Project in Ontario, Canada. Traditionally, mining machines are diesel-powered, though more and more mining companies are adding battery-electric machines to their fleets. Simba drill rig.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2023

Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited is acquiring six Volvo VNR Electric trucks, as part of a pilot program to service its customer delivery routes throughout the Greater Montreal Area. Coke Canada Bottling is taking action on fuel efficiencies in their fleet through electrification and the usage of alternative fuel sources.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

USDA owns and operates one of the largest civilian fleets in the Federal Government and this move to a fleet that can use E85 or biodiesel will increase efficiencies and performance. Background on USDA Fleet. This will occur over time during the normal fleet renewal process. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has taken delivery of its first heavy-duty battery-electric vehicle, marking a step in the airport’s transition to a fully electric fleet. This also is the first zero-emission Class 8 tractor in the City of Los Angeles municipal fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2023

million in the Service4Charger GmbH, a Berlin-based provider for the planning, installation, operation and maintenance of EV charging infrastructure. million in the Service4Charger GmbH, a Berlin-based provider for the planning, installation, operation and maintenance of EV charging infrastructure. bp ventures has invested €7.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

ChargePoint Holdings, a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging network operating in North America and Europe, has acquired ViriCiti, a leading provider of electrification solutions for eBus and commercial fleets. The ViriCiti team, customer accounts and technology will become part of ChargePoint’s operations.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 4, 2024

Siemens AG is gradually transitioning to an all-electric fleet starting with 1,000 Volkswagen ID.4 “Fleets of companies and public authorities provide significant leverage for the market ramp-up of e-mobility. Therefore, the electrification of vehicle fleets is also of central importance to us at Volkswagen Financial Services.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Amidst the buzz surrounding Tesla’s electric vehicles, a less flashy but equally important part of the company’s business continues to gain momentum. With installation charges, the battery is priced at $1,908,590 for the four-hour variant and $2,123,590 for the two-hour variant. MW of power and 3.9 MWh of energy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The two companies announced earlier this year that Werner Enterprises plans to validate and integrate Cummins’ 15-liter natural gas and Cummins’ X15H hydrogen engines, both part of Cummins’ fuel-agnostic platform, into their fleet. Earlier post.). X15H under development.

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Blink Charging

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Here’s what you need to know about planning, or “roadmapping,” an EV supply equipment installation at your airport. This is why it’s smart to install the chargers you currently require, but also make parking stalls “EV charger ready” so future installations are pre-wired and ready for chargers when you need them.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 26, 2024

When considering electric vehicles for a commercial or government fleet, fleet owners and managers must always ask, “How much will this cost?” Fleet managers try to prolong the working lives of their vehicles with regular maintenance and efficient usage. Here’s what you need to know about maintaining your EV fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

National postal companies Swiss Post and Austrian Post have committed to electrify their delivery fleets by 2030. The company already operates the largest electric vehicle fleet in the country and will switch more than 9,000 vehicles to electric as part of EV100. Austrian Post is the largest logistics business in Austria.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Representing a significant milestone in the largest job in its history, Jumbo has completed the transportation element of its Transport & Installation contract for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. In the meantime, Jumbo is ready for the installation of 80 transition pieces. The plant will feature 80 Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

bp took its first major step into electrification in the US with the acquisition of AMPLY Power, an electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management provider for fleets that operate trucks, transit and school buses, vans and light-duty vehicles. for customers, including individual drivers and fleet operators.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2024

million grant from the state that will help it replace diesel fleets with zero-emissions electric vehicles and round out its infrastructure. Additionally, it will install four DC fast electric vehicle chargers and one Level 2 EV charging plug at three locations across the University Park campus located in State College, PA.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 27, 2023

In the case of Poland, the electric delivery vehicle market is becoming a big part of the story, as […] Sometimes tiny electric cars stimulate rapid EV growth, sometimes it’s big SUVs and trucks electrifying, sometimes it’s something else.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

A fleet of plug-in electric vehicles sits ready to roll at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California. (US The Air Force unveiled the Department of Defense’s first non-tactical vehicle fleet composed entirely of plug-in electric vehicles at Los Angeles Air Force Base today. US Air Force photo by Sarah Corrice/RELEASED.)

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Charged EVs

MAY 6, 2024

And then we have relationships with a lot of electrical contractors that serve both residential and commercial public use settings—they’re doing installs in commercial buildings, garages, parking lots, hospitality and healthcare. There are also installers that are buying hardware from various manufacturers.

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Baua Electric

MAY 5, 2024

A record number of public electric vehicle charging stations were installed in the UK this quarter, as charging companies struggle to keep up with the growing number of plugin cars on British roads. This is thanks, in part, to local governments gradually taking advantage of central government grants to put more EV chargers in the ground. “I

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2022

SoCalGas) is working with Ford Motor Company on a demonstration project to reduce commercial fleet emissions by developing a F-550 Super Duty Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Truck. This collaboration is part of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) SuperTruck 3 program, which aims to reduce emissions significantly in medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2023

The NEMA 3R outdoor-rated enclosure allows flexible installation either indoors or outdoors. Blink offers a range of fleet products and services to bring sustainable practices and green initiatives to fleet facilities and create a reliable and ready fleet system. Earlier post.)

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Drive Electric

JUNE 22, 2021

Do you look after a fleet of vehicles? Whether that business runs no electric vehicles, has a mix of powertrains, or runs a 100% EV fleet. We want to know your views and opinions as the UK moves towards decarbonised fleets. We want to know your views and opinions as the UK moves towards decarbonised fleets.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

To date, eight AGVs are operating outside the production workshops at the Martorell plant to automate the transport of parts. The new vehicles join the 200 AGVs that are delivering parts inside the assembly workshops at the Martorell and Barcelona factories. The fleet of outdoor AGVs enables a reduction of 1.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Leading commercial vehicle manufacturers Volvo Group, Daimler Truck, and the TRATON Group have signed a binding agreement to create a joint venture (JV) to install and to operate a high-performance public charging network for battery-electric, heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe.

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