Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Engineers from Colorado-based Lightning Systems are using artificial neural networks to predict accurately the fuel economy and tailpipe emissions of fleet vehicles. Using artificial neural networks, we are able to accurately predict fuel consumption and emissions of commercial and government fleets.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2022

This includes the completion of a fleet of Design Verification prototypes for engineering development and testing, as well as a fleet of Product Verification vehicles that will be evaluated by customers in London and Paris in mid-2022. It will also fund the continued development of the recently confirmed 7.5-

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2019

The products range from fleet management solutions to predictive maintenance applications and process automation based on the ZF Cloud. At CES 2019, ZF is presenting its initial application options for the expanded platform. Smart transmissions through predictive maintenance.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

GEMINA’s goal is to reduce fixed operations and maintenance (O&M) costs from ~13 $/MWh in the current fleet to ~2 $/MWh in the advanced fleet. GEMINA projects include: GE Research: AI-Enabled Predictive Maintenance Digital Twins for Advanced Nuclear Reactors - $5,412,810. —ARPA-E Director Lane Genatowski.

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

PairFleet is a scalable system that can serve fleets of any size, and can be set up in a few days. Build your own microgrid in a few days: Q&A with Paired Power CEO Tom McCalmont As fleet operators know (or soon find out), deploying EV charging infrastructure involves much more than buying some chargers and running some conduit.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

Since the introduction of General Motors’ fleet telematics solution, OnStar Vehicle Insights, fleet managers have received nearly 3.5 This means that fleet customers can utilize OnStar Vehicle Insights across their whole fleet, regardless of vehicle make or model year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

Under the terms of the licensing agreement, AutoPort has been granted non-exclusive rights in the area of commercial fleet vehicles. This has great appeal to them because we are extending the useful life of a fully depreciated asset and making it into a maintenance-free revenue-producing vehicle on the grid. —Dick Johnson.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2021

As of June 2021, Moscow’s fleet of electric buses has reached 600 vehicles and will expand to 1,000 by the end of the year—more than in any other European city. In late 2020, Drive Electro also presented Russia’s first electric truck, known as the ‘Moskva’. Up to US$5.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2012

The RFD6 Re-Power Kit was engineered by VSE to take advantage of the existing maintenance infrastructure and personnel technical levels resident in the US Postal Service Vehicle Maintenance Facilities (VMFs). Postal Service fuel costs, maintenance costs, and carbon footprint for vehicles requiring powertrain replacement.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2019

The regulation applies to public and private fleets, including parking facilities, rental car agencies and hotels. ARB also projects a beneficial economic impact for shuttle fleets owners of an estimated $30 million in reduced fuel and maintenance costs. Zero-emission shuttles are already operating throughout California.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

This flexibility allows fleets to choose their battery vendors as well as vehicle range and power. Motiv CEO Jim Castelaz is presenting the full set of findings at HTUF 2012 today. Data presented at this session at HTUF 2012 was acquired by the Motiv ePCS, using Motiv’s Android-based Remote Telemetry System (RTS).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

A new study quantifying emissions from a fleet of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and port fuel injection (PFI) engines finds that the measured decrease in CO 2 emissions from GDIs is much greater than the potential climate forcing associated with higher black carbon emissions from GDI engines. —Saliba et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

The real-time data about slippery patches on the road are used to warn vehicles nearby, at the same time as it contributes to making winter road maintenance more efficient. The application in the vehicle will be designed to adapt the driver warning to match the severity level based on the vehicle speed and the present road conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2010

NREL started a 12-month in-use technology evaluation comparing in-use fuel economy and maintenance costs of gHEVs and comparative diesel parcel delivery trucks in April 2009. NREL collected and analyzed data for in-use fuel economy and fuel costs, maintenance costs, total operating costs, and vehicle uptime.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2017

However, because Foothill Transit operates its BEB and CNG bus fleets differently, the efficiency results presented are not an apples-to-apples comparison. The overall bus miles between roadcalls (MBRC) for the electric fleet decreased from more than 9,000 during the period of the first report to just over 6,000.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

The collaboration will aim to supply systems to local authorities and other fleet operators across Germany initially, and will also address projects in the UK and North America. Proton Power and Smith will present the first prototype at the Hannover Fair in April 2010.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The circular economy model implemented in Flins will be based on a set of complementary and convergent loops, aimed at encouraging the use of a vehicle instead of its ownership; extending its life through maintenance; and reusing it or reusing its components for other uses, when other solutions are no longer possible. and ZOE.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2012

Advancing upon Parker’s RunWise heavy-duty system presently available for refuse applications ( earlier post ), this medium-duty version incorporates an infinitely variable transmission in its design. Power from Parker’s hydraulic pump/motors and accumulators is seamlessly blended with engine power depending on driver demand.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2013

Recent testing commissioned by GE Transportation and overseen by Ricardo found that GE’s Class 70 PowerHaul diesel-electric freight locomotive would save 18% of fuel in comparison with the Class 66 currently representing the majority of the UK’s locomotive fleet. The Class 66 is used for 87% of rail freight movements in the UK. Background.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

A Foss Maritime Company’ Green Assist hybrid tug ( earlier post ) has joined the Foss fleet for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, California. Along with less pollution, the Hybrid Tug offers improved fuel economy and lower maintenance costs. Foss Hybrid Harbor Tug

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2012

Foss, which owns and operates one of the largest tug and barge fleets on the US West Coast, partnered with AKA, a Canadian system integrator and marine engineering company, in developing this technology. System schematic. Click to enlarge. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

This release powers Aurora’s next-generation truck fleet and its recently unveiled Toyota Sienna test fleet. is the first product release that is powering Aurora’s trucking fleet and its ride-hailing Toyota Sienna fleet. New commercial route with enhanced mapping for daily maintenance. The Aurora Driver 2.0

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2018

MAN is among the first manufacturers to present all-electric solutions for the entire scope of city logistics applications between 3 and 26 tonnes. At IAA 2018, MAN is presenting further services for optimizing vehicle analysis and maintenance management. Top: MAN eTGM. Bottom: MAN eTGE.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2012

The areas of application are diverse: courier, express and package service providers (KEP, in German: Kurier-, Express- und Paketdienstleister); plant transportation in large corporations; service vehicles for plant maintenance, customer service, and assembly and internal transport within companies. 11 seconds.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2014

A study by European researchers has found that two-stroke (2S) scooters, although constituting a small fraction of the fleet, can dominate urban vehicular pollution through organic aerosol and aromatic emission factors up to thousands of times higher than from other vehicle classes.

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Teslarati

JULY 17, 2024

Fleet management platform Standard Fleet and Tesla police vehicle maker UP.FIT have joined forces to create a system that streamlines EV management for all-electric police fleets. David Hodge , Founder and CEO of Standard Fleet, shared a comment about the collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

Electric school bus fleets with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities are cost-effective with today’s technology, and could save schools money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving public health, according to a new study by a team at the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

Nissan and La Ciudad del Taxi have announced the world’s largest 100% electric taxi fleet deal that will see 110 Nissan LEAF 30 kWh vehicles providing taxi services in Madrid. The electric taxi market in Europe is growing quickly as taxi operators switch on the benefits of zero emission mobility. million) in support.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2011

According to the document, Volga Bus will organize the production of CNG buses, the service infrastructure, and the system of professional training and retraining of maintenance staff. The Russian fleet of natural gas vehicles currently amounts to some 86,000 units, according to Gazprom.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

How can you convert your fleet to electric trucks? Here, the company’s fleet size and budget matter the most. Some state regulations, like the Advanced Clean Fleet Rule in California, may dictate the pace of your transition. Some highways have stations for them, but there aren’t many at present. How long are your routes?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For hyperloop systems connected directly to the grid, the fluctuating power dynamics could present serious challenges for grid integration. These savings were calculated using the average fleet efficiency projected to 2030. passengers/vehicle) factors.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), announced the publication of an independent study that finds ClearFlame’s technology could help fleet owners and other heavy-duty truck operators lower total costs while meeting sustainability goals sooner than currently available alternatives.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

Staff will not present a draft program proposal at the workshop; instead, the majority of the workshop time will be used to allow participants to present their ideas to reduce in-use heavy-duty vehicle emissions. The workshop will be held at the Cal/EPA Headquarters Building in. Sacramento, California. Background.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In order to improve fleet management, the Urbino 24 electric MetroStyle will be equipped with eSConnect, a comprehensive diagnostics instrument, to enhance operational efficiency and facilitate maintenance. The 24-meter vehicle was presented to the public for the first time at Busworld Europe 2019 in Brussels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2021

As the Approved Model List for these STCs expands over the next several quarters, the scope of the aircraft and engines on the AML will provide the functional equivalent of a fleet-wide certification for spark ignition piston powered aircraft and engines to operate on G100UL avgas. Next Steps.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

During the IAA Transport Show in Germany today, the Semi’s Head of Engineering, Dan Priestley, unloaded tons of new details on the vehicle, including plans to leverage several different variants of the electric truck, how its efficiency stacks up, and various Easter eggs that the company has discovered through its fleet operation thus far.

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