Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed federal emissions standards spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond. The light-duty vehicle category includes passenger cars and light trucks consistent with previous EPA criteria pollutant and GHG rules.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

Waymo will now work exclusively with FCA as its preferred partner for the development and testing of class 1-3 light commercial vehicles for goods movement for commercial delivery customers, including Waymo Via. FCA and Waymo have expanded their autonomous driving technology partnership; FCA became Waymo’s first OEM partner in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The first Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck pre-production units have begun leaving the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center; the all-electric F-150 Lightning goes on sale next spring. The investment and 450 added jobs will help increase production capacity to 80,000 trucks a year. Ford has invested $7.7

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

BrightDrop, GM’s new business focused on electric last-mile deliveries ( earlier post ), has completed the first production builds of the EV600, a key milestone to deliver its first electric light commercial vehicle (eLCV) to FedEx Express in time for the holiday season. BrightDrop EV410.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

StreetScooter GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post and market leader for electric light commercial vehicles (eLCV), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery Holding Group (Chery) establishing a joint venture between the two companies. Total investment could be up to €500 million.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

GoFor, a North American delivery company committed to carbon-negative last mile services, and ODIN Automotive announced a preferred partnership to deploy ODIN’s electric delivery vehicle ecosystem in the US and Canada starting in Q2 of 2022. ODIN acquired StreetScooter production rights from DHL in January. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

BrightDrop, the GM technology company decarbonizing last-mile delivery, announced it is adding Walmart to its growing roster of customers, and expanding its relationship with FedEx. The BrightDrop EV600 is an all-electric light commercial vehicle purpose-built for the delivery of goods and services. Photo courtesy of FedEx.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

New research from IHS Markit shows that the average age of light vehicles in operation (VIO) in the US has risen to 12.1 The increase in average age will further drive vehicle maintenance opportunities from an increasingly aged vehicle fleet. million according to current forecasts, which can be expected to mute average age growth.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

General Motors has launched a new business, BrightDrop , which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. Peak charge rate of up to 170 miles of EV range per hour via 120kW DC fast charging. BrightDrop EV600.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

They are the product of Amazon’s partnership with Rivian, which the companies announced in 2019 when Amazon co-founded, and became the first signatory of The Climate Pledge—a commitment to reach net-zero carbon across its operations by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It has a range of up to 250 miles per charge while towing a 60,000-pound trailer. SCE’s testing of the eCascadia is a major step down the path of achieving our company’s recently announced fleet electrification goals. SCE is the first utility in the nation to receive and test the eCascadia. Photo credit: Elisa Ferrari.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2021

In its report of first quarter 2021 financial results and outlook, Lordstown Motors, a startup developing electric light duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market ( earlier post ), said that the expected production of its Endurance full-size electric pickup in 2021 will be limited—at best 50% of prior expectations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The FUSO eCanter is the world’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty truck and will be delivered to customers starting this year in the US, Europe and Japan. Larger scale production is intended to start in 2019. will be operating 25 units of the eCanter in their fleet. kWh each. Seven-Eleven Co.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rulemaking for model year 2023-2026 light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards, and outlined its plans to initiate a subsequent rulemaking to set standards for MY 2027 and beyond, to speed the transition of the light-duty vehicle fleet toward a zero emissions future.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 21, 2022

When will the same happen for commercial fleets? How long until we see electric fleets taking over the supply chain? Where Are EV Fleets Now? Last mile delivery is set to go electric big time. While you may not see many electric long-haul trucks on the road, fleet electrification is well underway.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), part of the Daimler Trucks family, plans to start the series production of fuel-cell trucks by the late 2020s. At the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show in October, MFTBC unveiled the Vision F-CELL, a light-duty fuel-cell concept truck. The modular high-voltage battery provides from 13.8

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2019

StreetScooter has presented the next generation of its successful all-electric light commercial vehicles (eLCVs): the WORK and WORK L. StreetScooter is a well-known early bird in the electric light commercial vehicle sector. The results speak for themselves: optimal operational equipment for environmentally conscious fleet customers.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 10, 2024

In the complex logistical ballet of modern commerce, fleet vehicles serve as the lifeblood of countless enterprises, ranging from the acrobatics of urban delivery services to the steadfast endurance of long-haul transport. What are the daily demands of your fleet operation?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

The standard model of the eActros is planned to roll off the production line in Wörth am Rhein (Germany) from autumn 2021. The findings from the "eActros innovation fleet" which started in 2018 and the close exchanges with customers have been incorporated into the development of the series-production model.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2018

Mason, the US’ second-largest privately owned office products dealer, has taken delivery of Workhorse E-GEN electric, range-extended step vans. The company has expanded its fleet with the Workhorse electric vehicles to support its national business product delivery operations. Ryder System, Inc. announced that W.B. In 2017, W.B.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2017

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has started production of the all‑electric light-duty truck Fuso eCanter in Tramagal, Portugal. The Fuso eCanter is produced in line with the conventional Canter light-duty truck at the Tramagal plant. will be operating 25 units of the new eCanter in their fleet within this year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

In an expected ruling, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy finalized her decision to maintain the current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model years 2022-2025 cars and light trucks. The projected fleet average CO 2 target represents a 2-cycle GHG emissions compliance level equivalent to 51.4

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2018

In 2020, battery-electric vehicles will be a cheaper vehicle option than fuel cell electric vehicles for the majority of the light duty fleet (79-97%), according to a new study by a team at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO). —Morrison et al. Morrison et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The partnership will enable the companies to cooperate on the production of electric vans. The target is to build an all-new electric-only production facility leveraging an existing Mercedes?Benz The companies envision production-optimized vehicle designs for efficient manufacturing on common assembly lines.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2022

The battery-electric freight trucks will be deployed in NFI’s Ontario, California fleet throughout 2022 and 2023, in support of its goal of operating the first 100% zero-emission freight logistics fleet in the nation. —Bill Bliem, senior vice president of fleet services at NFI. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

Subject to ratification of a tentative 2021 agreement reached with Unifor and confirmation of government support, General Motors plans to bring production of its recently announced BrightDrop electric light commercial vehicle, the EV600 ( earlier post ), to its CAMI manufacturing plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. billion (C$1.3

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2017

At the Brussels Motorshow in Belgium, Renault Pro+ introduced two new electric light commercial vehicles—New Kangoo Z.E. now delivers a range of 270 km (168 miles) NEDC compared with 170 km for Kangoo Z.E. 106 miles). —Ashwani Gupta - Global Head of Light Commercial Vehicle Business. and Master Z.E.—to

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2018

Freightliner plans to deliver an Electric Innovation Fleet of 30 vehicles to customers later this year for further testing under real-world operating conditions. The batteries provide 550 kWh usable capacity, a range of up to 250 miles (402 km) and have the ability to charge up to 80% (providing a range of 200 miles) in about 90 minutes.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 12, 2023

The first set of proposed standards are called the “ Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium Duty Vehicles ,” and are effectively a tougher version of preexisting emissions limits. Meanwhile, medium-duty vehicles are expected to target 275 grams per mile of CO2 within the same time frame.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL), the world’s largest mail and logistics company, and ZF, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, have partnered together to deploy a test fleet of autonomous delivery trucks, starting in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2017

has received Letters of Intent from fleets totaling 2,150 of the Workhorse W-15 range-extended electric pickup trucks. Subject to development, regulatory approval and financing, once production commences, Workhorse expects the W-15 to have a $52,500 MSRP. Workhorse Group Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed leaving the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for light-duty vehicle model years 2022-2025 in place, based on its technical analysis that shows automakers are well positioned to meet the targets. l/100 km), if achieved exclusively through fuel economy improvements.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

At the same time, total miles traveled per year by cars, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and light trucks will increase about 60%, reaching about 14 trillion in 2040. As personal mobility increases, average new-car fuel economy (including SUVs and light trucks) will improve as well, rising from about 30 miles per gallon (7.83

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2017

EDI) Awarded Bus Fleet Order for the City of Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. The company is supplying its drivetrain technology to Yaxing Motor Coach for integration into a fleet of city buses to be delivered in March of this year. Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. regenerative braking capabilities. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2022

. “We continue to expand and diversify our fleet of electric vehicles and to offer new options for customers seeking more sustainable choices when it comes to transportation.” The 750 units will be the first light-duty electric trucks to be made available in Penske’s rental and leasing fleets.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2013

million miles from ground deliveries. UPS also set a new alternative fuel goal of one billion cumulative miles (from a baseline of the year 2000) driven by alternative fuel/advanced technology vehicles by 2017, said David Abney, UPS Chief Operating Officer—more than double the previous goal of 400 million miles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2012

The California state fleet has reduced its petroleum consumption by 13% compared to a 2003 baseline, according to a state progress report. In 2003, the state fleet consumed 38,559,715 gallons of petroleum-based fuel (gasoline and diesel), according to the report. 281,619 gallons gasoline equivalent (gge) of CNG and propane (7%).

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