Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2020

Additionally the vehicles will feature thermal preconditioning during battery recharge. On 29 August 2019, Hochbahn issued a Europe-wide framework tender for battery-electric buses, with plans to purchase up to 530 buses between 2021 and 2025. An important criterion for the vehicles is range.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2014

According to a report from Frost and Sullivan (Kumar, 2013), fleet managers adopted more than half of EVs sold globally up to 2013. Thereafter fleet managers adopted or indicated an intent to adopt a larger number of EVs because of the benefits that they offer. Sierzchula (2014) Click to enlarge. — William Sierzchula.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2019

New Flyer of America announced that a test demonstration with a New Flyer 40', heavy-duty fuel-cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) achieved 350-miles (563 km) of zero-emission range. These results exceeded the 300-mile range performance target by 17% without refueling.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

has received a purchase order valued at $12 million from Wrightbus, for lithium iron magnesium phosphate batteries to be delivered through 2015. Wrightbus, which has had a relationship with Valence since 2007, selected Valence as the battery supplier of choice for Wrightbus’ range of hybrid vehicles. Valence Technology, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Janus Electric has developed a system to convert diesel powered prime mover fleets to electric power, including on-road applications and specialist vehicles for primary industries such as mining. The objectives of the collaboration are to increase vehicle range between battery exchanges and to reduce the total weight of each battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

This marks the first time that all-electric transit buses will be purchased and placed into Metro revenue service. Metro’s Advanced Transit Vehicle Consortium (ATVC), a partnership with LA City, LA County and South Coast Air Quality Management District, will initially purchase five low-floor, 40-foot all-electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Alongside the Urbino 15 LE electric bus, this low-entry electric bus is yet another option in Solaris’s electric range that meets the requirements for both vehicle classes I and II. The batteries can be recharged conventionally using a plug-in connection. This allows it to recharge vehicles of various heights.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Alongside the Urbino 15 LE electric bus, this low-entry electric bus is yet another option in Solaris’s electric range that meets the requirements for both vehicle classes I and II. The batteries can be recharged conventionally using a plug-in connection. This allows it to recharge vehicles of various heights.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2011

On the heels of announcing it had purchased the first fully electric small delivery vehicles, Canada Post added the first all-electric step vans in Canada to its fleet. Canada Post has the largest delivery fleet in Canada—more than 7,300 vehicles traveling more than 79 million kilometers (49 million miles) a year.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators. New partners for fleets—and lots of them. Driving style also matters.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2019

Four Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses will be included in the Norgesbuss operator fleet from Oslo. The four new buses will be equipped with 145 kWh Solaris High Power batteries, which will recharged via both the plug-in connector and the fast charging pantograph. One of the newly ordered buses is also the Solaris Urbino 8.9

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Los Angeles Unified School District ordered 180 electric school buses, adding to the 26 Blue Bird electric school buses it already has in its fleet. Blue Bird will add 30 Vision and 150 All American (pictured above) electric buses to Los Angeles’ school bus fleet. The V2G capability will also help balance the grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2015

This system can be recharged on-route in less than ten minutes at a 500kW charge rate. The XR Extended Range product, using NMC Li-ion cells, allows longer distances between charge events. Proterra’s configurable EV platform, battery and charging options make its buses well suited for a wide range of transit and campus routes.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

MYTH 2: EV drivers suffer from range anxiety. Range anxiety has been replaced by “charge anxiety,” the concern about finding an available charger when it’s needed. Problems can range from failure to reset for the next customer to broken parts to issues with payments. Plus, there’s more to TCO than purchase price.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) covers a broad spectrum of the Fuel Cell Technology Office (FCTO) portfolio with areas of interest ranging from research and development (R&D) to demonstration and deployment projects. to ensure that consumers purchasing the fuel are accurately charged.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Selected forecasts of US PEV sales with barriers to fleet penetration from limited residential charging infrastructure. Only approximately 22% vehicles currently have access to a dedicated home parking space within reach of an outlet sufficient to recharge a small plug-in vehicle battery pack overnight. Traut et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

FedEx is targeting battery electric technology for vehicles in its fleet covering less than 5,000 miles per year. Hybrids have their “sweet spot” in the 15,000-25,000 mile/hear range. is expanding its alternative-energy vehicle fleet with the first all-electric FedEx parcel delivery trucks in the United States. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The plan also includes investments for charging stations to support ZEV bus fleets and ride hail services, as well as residential and autonomous vehicle charging. In finding that Electrify America’s Cycle 2 California ZEV Investment Plan meets or exceeds all requirements of the 2.0L The company also will invest in rural Level 2 charging.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2014

As part of the report, the authors assessed the potential market uptake of a range of low carbon technologies, including the resulting emission savings. batteries); the requirement for specialist maintenance, in some cases; and constrained range of passenger capacities, for some types of LCEB. Existing incentives.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

A study by Jonn Axsen and Ken Kurani from the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis, estimates electricity and gasoline use under three recharging scenarios. the electric range capability—of the PHEV. Drivers are assumed to immediately plug-in and recharge whenever they are parked within 25 ft of an electrical outlet.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The team had expected that electric truck costs would always be higher, especially since the purchase price of the electric truck studied was higher than that of the diesel truck. The total cost of ownership (TCO) for electric and diesel trucks comprised purchase cost, maintenance cost, fuel or electricity cost, EVSE cost, and battery cost.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2012

One of the biggest barriers to electric vehicle uptake by private individuals is that of cost, particularly high upfront purchase costs. The practicality of recharging conflicts with the way car club and car rental cars are used. The limited range of electric vehicles will make them unsuitable for most long journeys.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2010

Based on the Ford Transit chassis, the Smith Edison minibus has a top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a range of up to 80 miles (129 km). A full recharge takes 6-8 hours, or 3-4 hours with Smith’s new fast charging technology. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fleets.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2011

Detroit Edison (DTE) President and Chief Operating Officer, Steven Kurmas, presented two out of four recently-purchased Ford Transit Connect Electric vehicles ( earlier post ) at DTE Energy headquarters in downtown Detroit. The vehicles were purchased from Suburban Ford of Sterling Heights, Mich.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

It’s of course way too early to tell what the acceptance is going to be and I think anybody who would try to give you projection in terms of 10 years, x percent of our fleet is going to be electric, I think they’d all be just throwing darts. “ We do need a national energy policy. Market Drivers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

The 14 elements of the plan are: ADEME (the French Environment and Energy Management Agency) will launch in early 2010 a new call for projects on infrastructure costs, to support plug-in demonstrators and trials combining infrastructure, applications and target territories, and to validate the functioning of the ecosystem of rechargeable vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Volvo XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric vehicle, will carry an MSRP of $53,990 when it arrives in US showrooms later this year. The purchase of an XC40 Recharge may qualify for a federal tax credit of up to $7,500. State and local incentives could add further benefits. National Charging Network.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

EVs: They Are Everywhere As we mentioned earlier EVs have a wide range of applications because EVs are much more flexible in case of design and configuration which gasoline vehicles cannot match. The main type of battery used is Lithium-ion and when the charge is depleted the batteries can be recharged again.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

This latest order is Foothill’s largest order to date, bringing the all-electric fleet to about 30—nearly 10% of the transit agency’s total. Foothill Transit will also become the first customer for Proterra’s new extended-range vehicle, the Proterra Catalyst XR. Electric (Battery) Fleets Heavy-duty' Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I know I don’t, but when it comes to the second biggest purchase of our lives – a new car, or even more expensively, a new EV – you’d think we’d be able to make the effort. On the plus side, Lund is super confident that we will see EVs with a range between charges of 1000km-plus, and soon, so that will help.) Balmo said. “A

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

However, an electric vehicle may ultimately prove to be less expensive, even given the higher initial purchase cost, as every kilometer driven electrically costs less than driving on gasoline or diesel fuel. If the vehicle is used often, costs can be reduced considerably and the high purchasing price is compensated.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

The purchase order is an extension of the existing agreement between Axion and ePower. With the current average mpg for these trucks being in the range of 6, each additional mpg is a huge percentage improvement that translates into proportional fuel dollar savings and emissions reductions. Axion Power International, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

Over this period Ballard has worked with 13 bus manufacturers to develop a variety of fuel cell bus configurations that have been deployed in a wide range of climatic conditions and operated under a host of demanding duty cycles. Kevin Colbow, Ballard’s Vice President – Technology and Product Development.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2023

A new midsize EV SUV Contender Clean Fleet Report was both intrigued and curious about an all-new car from an all new company from a country that is not known for building cars. VF 8 City The 2023 VF 8 Eco and Plus City Edition, the first models being sold in North America, offer this power and range. VinFast offers charging options.

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

EV charging and charging infrastructure software falls into three general categories: Vehicle-based software – EVs, like computers and smart appliances, rely on software to manage battery lifecycles and inform drivers about remaining charge, driving range, location of charging stations en route , etc.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What Are EV Range Anxiety and Range Confidence? EV range anxiety is the fear of running out of power and getting stranded. Range confidence is the opposite. Increasing EV charging infrastructure at home, work, and on the go creates range confidence. What Is EV Range Anxiety? The EV market is here and now.

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