Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Volvo LIGHTS partners, led by CALSTART and joined by ChargePoint and other industry organizations, filed a motion in July that sought to clarify the CPUC’s position. The project, taking place in Southern California, is demonstrating a range of strategies to provide flexible and cost-effective charging options to commercial fleet operators.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

Autonomy, the nation’s largest electric vehicle subscription company, placed an order for 23,000 electric vehicles with 17 global automakers to expand and diversify its subscription fleet beyond Tesla. The fleet order is valued at $1.2 The 23,000-unit order represents 1.2% —Scott Painter, founder and CEO of Autonomy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 Volvo Trucks will deliver the EPA-funded VNR Electric trucks to Southern California fleet operators starting in 2021 through the third quarter of 2022, allowing for at least a full year of operations by the end of the project period in 2023.

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2022

Volvo Trucks North America announced today that it received its largest global order of Class 8 electric semi-trucks with Maersk-owned Performance Team. The Maersk entity added 110 units to its order, making a commitment to purchase 126 Volvo VNR all-electric trucks after an initial order in Q3 2021 for 16 VNR electric semis.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Converting Fleets to EVs and Adding Roadside Assistance. EVs make a lot of sense for commercial fleets with reduced fuel and maintenance costs and batteries that can be sized to a specific route to eliminate range anxiety. Using a Fleet Management Company. Fleet management can help with electrification.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Tide Buss has placed an order for 25 Volvo 7900 Electric buses for the city of Trondheim, Norway—the company’s largest order yet for its fully electric buses. The electric buses from Volvo will run on four routes in Trondheim, covering distances of between 12 and 15 km each, with operations due to start in August 2019.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2021

Volvo Group’s subsidiary Renault Trucks is pursuing its investment in electric mobility. degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels, Renault Trucks is committed to gradually electrifying its fleet to become carbon-neutral within 30 years. To help meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to less than 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

The growing affordability of EVs has been one of the biggest drivers for fleet electrification efforts. As trucking rentals and third-party logistics companies have started electrifying their fleets, OEMs have also been actively rolling out new EV and ZEV models to accommodate the market demand.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. The automatic seamlessly went through the gears (a big thanks to Volvo for not having paddle shifters). kW), it takes five hours for a full charge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

Volvo Car Group, the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) are joining forces in a pilot project in which road friction information from individual cars is shared within a cloud-based system. The information is also sent to the road administrator. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Volvo Cars, the Swedish Transport Administration and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration are collaborating on a development and demonstration project to enable cars to share information through a cloud-based network about conditions that relate to road friction (such as icy patches). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 ABB automated electric bus fast-chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium with public transport authority and operator TEC. Volvo’s 7900 Electric Hybrid ( earlier post ) features an all-electric range of approximately seven kilometers (4.35

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The EUI is currently in development for trucks from the four major OEMs in the US—Freightliner, Navistar International, PACCAR, and Volvo—representing the vast majority of the Class-8 trucks on the road nationwide. Embark has tested ZF technology for four years and this collaboration will take the relationship to the next level.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

has entered into an investment agreement with Peloton Technology, a developer of platooning systems for large truck transportation fleets. Volvo Group Venture Capital, a subsidiary of the Volvo Group, has also invested in Peloton. DENSO International America, Inc. Earlier post.) The deal was finalized late last month.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America announced the commercial introduction and sales start of its zero tailpipe emission, battery-electric vehicle to the North American market. The Class 8 Volvo VNR Electric truck model has a scheduled production start of early 2021. Two tractor configurations – 4x2 with a 66,000-lb.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Remember, Polestar, owned by Volvo, began in 1995 as the Volvo performance tuner, so Polestar engineers are accustomed to using Swedish winters to test handling and performance. Before that, Polestar was founded in 1995 to performance-tune Volvos. Don’t sleep on Polestar.

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Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Compared to fuel trucks, electric trucks can reduce operating costs by 14% to 52%, and maintenance costs can be reduced by about 40%. Fleet operators can, therefore, not only save on high operating costs but also contribute to environmental protection. The benefits of electric trucks. The cost of electric trucks.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A new 38 port electric truck charging depot and maintenance hub is coming online to service Southern California’s ports and logistics centers, along with 50 new electric trucks from Volvo and Daimler. It’s the first of its kind – that we know of anyway – that functions solely as an electric truck charging hub and maintenance facility.

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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

MHDs are typically managed at fleets, although fleet sizes can range from 10 to 1,000 to 10,000 to 100,000 vehicles. The current state of fleet electrification: progress and opportunities Buses are on the move The move to electrify the U.S. Although this equals just over 1% of the total fleet, it is a significant milestone.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 30, 2023

Nissan sold its truck subsidiary to Volvo in 2007, Volkswagen renamed its truck and bus unit Traton in 2018 and listed it on the Frankfurt and Stockholm stock exchanges the following year. But this has become especially true for commercial vehicles which need to keep costs and complexity down to help with fleet sales.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Volvo Technology of America, LLC. Artificial Intelligence-Engine for Optimizing Integrated Service in Mixed Fleet Transit Operations. AOI 13: Alternative Fuel Proof-of-Concept in New Communities and Fleets. Medium-duty eTruck: Pilot Electrified Fleets in Urban and Regional Applications. Gas Technology Institute.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

BEV fans will also cite high maintenance and repair costs that supposedly come along with ICE vehicles. Modern PHEVs and BEVs are subject to maintenance and repairs at any time. Some PHEVs Clean Fleet Report has tested. Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 PHEV. first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate The First Volvo Compact SUV Coupe EV The 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge was the first electric-only and the smallest SUV from Volvo, falling in-line with the EX90 and XC40 Recharge. There are no design gimmicks and nothing radical going on, which is true Volvo DNA.

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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 Systems is the parent company of Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH, an independent fuel cell system developer, based in Germany.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Clean Fleet Report spent a week exploring Southern California in a front-wheel drive XT4 Premium Luxury. Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. Zero-to-60 times of right around 7.3 Your numbers may differ.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Competing in the premium midsize SUV category, the 2021 Cadillac XT5 is right in the middle of stiff competition, including models from Acura, Audi, BMW, Genesis, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tesla and Volvo. Clean Fleet Report tested a XT5 Premium Luxury with the 3.6L liter V6 engine.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 7, 2022

Clean Fleet Report would not be surprised if Genesis has even more SUVs on the drawing board, with most of them being hybrids, plug-in hybrids or EVs. Clean Fleet Report drove the GV70 with the twin-turbo 3.5-liter Clean Fleet Report’s GV70 was painted in an elegant Saville Silver. Clean Fleet Report’s 2022 Genesis GV70 AWD 3.5T

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

However, California is lagging behind when it comes to ensuring its charging infrastructure keeps up with the growth of its electric vehicle fleet, the report finds. Volkswagen, Daimler, Volvo and Nissan have announced plans to electrify their fleets over the next 10 years. —Adam Fowler, economist at Beacon Economics.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2023

Look for a full Road Test review soon on Clean Fleet Report. In our short time driving the Prius Prime, we were not able to get a representative fuel economy average, so check back with Clean Fleet Report when we put the Prius Prime through its paces for a full week and can report on real world efficiency.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Clean Fleet Report gladly took the keys to a 2022 ES 300h F Sport, which is the first time the F Sport treatment has been offered on the ES 300h. Clean Fleet Report drove the Lexus ES 300h F Sport that comes highly equipped as-is, but when a few packages and options were added (totaling $5,735), it was as fully featured as any car can be.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

This study finds that fuel consumption for new tractor-trailers could be lowered by 20 percent starting in 2012 and as much as 50 percent beginning in 2017, while providing net savings for the owner based on lifetime fuel savings paying for the incremental vehicle, operation, and maintenance costs.

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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. At the turn of the 20th century, utilities promoted the use of electric truck fleets to soak up excess electricity. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Volvo Construction Equipment and Mack Trucks , both Volvo Group companies, recently delivered an electric excavator and an electric refuse truck to Boca Raton, Florida-based Coastal Waste & Recycling, which has 25 locations in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and operates more than 700 vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Clean Fleet Report drove the 2021 Buick Envision Avenir FWD. Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. Clean Fleet Report’s Envision Avenir FWD, with $3,910 in options and the $1,195 destination charge, had a MSRP of $45,305.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Canada-based Nova Bus, a member of the Volvo Group, recently was awarded a contract for 15 LFSe+, Nova Bus’ long range electric buses, by TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s transportation network. Powered by an integrated modular system, the electric motor significantly decreases maintenance costs and emits no greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Broadly, Navigant expects expansion in both the higher end of the market (thereby putting competitive pressure on Tesla Motors), as Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes, Saab, and Volvo introduce their first plug-in cars. More mainstream models will come from Kia, Mahindra, Škoda, and Volkswagen. PEV makers pursue revenue beyond vehicle sales.

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Electra Vehicles

JULY 21, 2021

Commercial fleet operating companies lead the electrification movement, pushing for innovative electric vehicle technology and solutions across geographic markets that passenger vehicles have yet to embrace. What is it about fleet companies and the current market landscape that drives this trend in the EV industry?

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