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Groupe Renault launching large-scale V2G trials with fleet of 15 Zoe EVs

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The pilot schemes will begin in the Netherlands and Portugal. A fleet of fifteen Zoe vehicles with V2G charging will be introduced in Europe over the course of 2019 to develop future offerings in reversible charging and to lay the groundwork for the future standards.

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Mitsubishi Fuso to deliver 20 eCanter trucks to Australia Post

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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation will deliver 20 units of the all-electric eCanter truck to the Australia Post fleet. The organization has the largest electric fleet in the country, with more than 3,000 electric delivery vehicles. hours to fully recharge. kWh) lithium-ion battery packs.

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Two Fuso eCanter electric trucks delivering mail in Dublin; 150 delivered globally

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With the handover in Dublin, the FUSO eCanter is now running in ten European cities in Germany, the UK, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Denmark and Ireland. So far, the global FUSO eCanter fleet has achieved 1.6 With quick-charging stations, the vehicle only takes approximately one and a half hours to fully recharge.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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Fleet insights, US. The data is gathered by devices plugged into the HP fleet vehicles. A fleet of Ford Focus Electric vehicles and Ford Fiestas with EcoBoost powertrains is located across London. Car Swap is an experiment using Ford-owned fleet vehicles. Rapid Recharge & Share, Dearborn. Car Swap, Dearborn.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Fleets don’t want to go electric at scale until they’ve done years-long pilots, but the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation will artificially constrict that timeframe. Now nominally retired and living in Portugal, he remains active in the infrastructure space as a consultant, and closely follows the development of the EV charging ecosystem.

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FUSO eCanter electric truck delivering gas bottles in London?s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)

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Calor’s vehicle typically covers around 50 kilometers a day, and its batteries are replenished overnight at a recharging point in the depot. 16 FUSO eCanter from Daimler Trucks’ small series-production in Tramagal, Portugal, have been delivered to customers in the United Kingdom so far.

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MIT study measures which kinds of infrastructure improvements could get more electric cars on the road

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Greatly increasing the penetration of electric cars into the personal vehicle fleet is a central feature of climate mitigation policies at local, state, and federal levels, says corresponding author MIT associate professor of energy studies Jessika Trancik. Ramakrishnan, S., Needell, Z.A.

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