article thumbnail

Phoenix Motorcars deploys electric cargo truck to service family-owned business in Sacramento

Green Car Congress

Phoenix Motorcars, a manufacturer of medium-duty all-electric buses and trucks, has delivered its first ZEUS 500 Electric Cargo Truck to C&V Contractors, a family-owned contracting business based out of Sacramento, California. —Kristian Damkier, Assoc. Air Quality Engineer at Sac Metro Air District.

article thumbnail

Twin Rivers (CA) Unified School District receives 10 additional LionC electric school buses

Green Car Congress

The Lion Electric Company (Lion), a manufacturer of purpose-built all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, has delivered 10 battery-electric LionC school buses to the Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento, California. To support these buses, more than $4.5 million has been funded to support the charging infrastructure.

article thumbnail

Alsco Uniforms North America launches fleet electrification program with Motiv Power Systems

Green Car Congress

These zero-emission step vans are built on Motiv’s EPIC F-59 Ford eQVM-approved chassis and will serve routes in Sacramento and Los Angeles, with dozens more planned for next year. These all-electric step vans will reduce operation and maintenance costs by up to 85%, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership over the life of the vehicle.

article thumbnail

Motiv Power Systems delivers nine electric box trucks to Community Resource Project

Green Car Congress

The electric trucks will be deployed in greater Sacramento to provide home energy audits, weatherization and HVAC services to low-income residents in an area where air quality is some of the worst in the country. CRP chose Motiv based on the company’s Sacramento presence and its track record of pre- and post-sales customer support.

article thumbnail

Palermo school buses go electric with funding and 50% lower electricity rate from AMPLY Power

Green Car Congress

Adding another school district fleet electrification program to its growing list of customers, AMPLY Power has been selected to manage the charging of electric school buses for the Palermo Union Elementary School District in Northern California. The hardware for the project includes six 16.2 —Vic Shao, founder and CEO of AMPLY Power.

Power 327
article thumbnail

Clean Energy signs deals for more than 20M gallons of renewable natural gas in past 45 days

Green Car Congress

Alpha Lion, which carries mail for the US Postal Service between the Northwest United States and Southern California, is adding 16 new natural gas trucks to its fleet through Clean Energy’s Zero Now program and is expected to use more than 700,000 gallons of Redeem annually. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. The station will fuel an expected 1.1

Clean 316
article thumbnail

Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

Green Car Congress

Clean Energy’s 2019 Redeem totals were bolstered by a seven-year contract with UPS for 170 million gallons to fuel their large fleet of natural gas heavy-duty trucks around the country, the largest purchase of RNG ever in the US. The contract also includes continued operation and maintenance for the length of the agreement.

Clean 284