Fleet, Los Angeles, Seattle and Transportation

Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

In 2014, it received silver level certification for the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) sustainability commitment. The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions.

Oregon

Oregon San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles

I-5 electric truck charging sites mapped out by electric utilities; West Coast Clean Transit Corridor

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Clean fuel policies in West Coast states continue to drive transportation electrification in the near term and additional state, federal and private programs that provide funding for electrification could further accelerate electric truck adoption.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Oregon Charging

Mayors of 12 major cities pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025; major areas to be zero-emission by 2030

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030. Reduce the number of polluting vehicles on city streets.

Emissions

Emissions Aspen Los Angeles Climate Change

BMW i Ventures makes strategic investment in electric bus company Proterra; part of $55M round

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

Proterra will utilize the $55 million to increase production at its manufacturing facilities in South Carolina and Los Angeles, while also bolstering research and development efforts at the company's headquarters in Silicon Valley.

BMW

BMW San Jose South Carolina Los Angeles

IC Bus takes electric chargeE school bus on the road; partnership with Volkswagen Truck & Bus

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2018

The 2018 national tour begins with its first stop at the California Association of School Transportation (CASTO) State Board of Directors 50 th Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif. IC Bus, a subsidiary of Navistar, is taking its electric school bus, chargE ( earlier post ), on the road for the first time.

San Diego

San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles Sacramento

Proterra racks up 33 more orders for electric buses through FTA Low-No awards

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will receive $2,585,075 from FTA and use the funds to purchase 25 Proterra Catalyst buses and five overhead chargers. This award will increase KCM’s battery-electric fleet to 11 Catalyst vehicles.

Philadelphia

Philadelphia Los Angeles Seattle Grant

Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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AUGUST 26, 2013

Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). Another three are on the West Coast and in Hawaii: Seattle (4), Portland (5), and Honolulu (6). Los Angeles. —Erik Gottfried, Nissan director of EV Sales and Marketing. New York City.

2013

2013 Nissan Market San Francisco

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities will receive funding to purchase battery electric buses, associated charging infrastructure and a back-up generator to maintain bus service in a disaster situation. Napa Valley Transportation Authority.

Purchase

Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet

Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. But take a look at the variety of program available. as well as 600 universities throughout the country.

Cars

Cars Fleet Los Angeles Houston

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle.

Grid

Grid Power Powered Vehicles

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Selected projects, by size of award, are: State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program. The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant

COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We will support efforts to achieve the road transport breakthrough announced by world leaders, which aims to make zero emission vehicles the new normal by making them accessible, affordable and sustainable in all regions by 2030. … The declaration is not legally binding and is focused on a global level. —COP 26 Declaration.

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic El Salvador Emissions Cape Verde

Summer Update

Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

The Plug-In Partners campaign has now surpassed 6,000 fleet orders. Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids. As fleet orders increase, city governments around the country also continue to join the coalition.

Kansas City

Kansas City Minnesota Oklahoma Austin

Campaign Begins

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

We have driven our fleet of over 200 electric vehicles almost 12 million miles and have had no major problems with the batteries,” notes Edward Kjaer, Manager of Southern California Edison’s Electric Transportation Department.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride EPRI Plug-in Austin

Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

On the positive side, the current regulatory situation has resulted in a high likelihood of enthusiastic participation by the container fleets, especially those that have vessel traffic to/from California ports. He gathered data from two US Department of Transportation Maritime Administration facilities and the ports of Long Beach, Calif.;

Fuel

Fuel Hawaii Hydrogen Honolulu

Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

EnergyCS, March 2005 Greg Hanssen, Pete Nortman and team Los Angeles County, CA info@energycs.com 3. EnergyCS/Clean-Tech, May 2005 EnergyCS Los Angeles County, CA info@energycs.com 4. South Coast Air Quality Management District, March 2006 EnergyCS Los Angeles County, CA LMirisola@aqmd.gov 8.

Prius

Prius Conversion Plug-in Plug

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plans "large demonstration fleet" late 2009. Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) The problems of changing to a plug-in fleet are not all technical.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and MIT suggests it will be easier for cities to reduce CO 2 emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation. In transportation, cities can’t make up for the loss of a national strategy. a rapid electrification of the automobile fleet.

Transportation

Transportation Cleveland CO2 Phoenix

EV Driven

Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

I-5 electric truck charging sites mapped out by electric utilities; West Coast Clean Transit Corridor

Mayors of 12 major cities pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025; major areas to be zero-emission by 2030

BMW i Ventures makes strategic investment in electric bus company Proterra; part of $55M round

IC Bus takes electric chargeE school bus on the road; partnership with Volkswagen Truck & Bus

Proterra racks up 33 more orders for electric buses through FTA Low-No awards

Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

Summer Update

Campaign Begins

Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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