Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

GNA modeled the impact of electrification on those fleets under a series of scenarios including managed charging and deployment of on-site solar and storage. However, despite those long-term savings, charging infrastructure investments required for Class 8 fleets are significant and can vary dramatically.

Fleet 268

Fleet Charging Grid Energy Storage 268

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Boost Fleet Efficiency with Efficient & Reliable Fleet Management Solutions A Guide to Evaluating Your Different Options This article may contain affiliate links. In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, optimizing fleet operations is essential for organizations across various industries.

Fleet 77

Fleet Maintenance Insight Fuel 77

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2012

The Electrification Coalition ( earlier post ) and FleetAnswers have formed a partnership to provide online resources on plug-in electric vehicle deployment to US commercial fleet operators. Resources will include information on best practices in vehicle deployment and case studies from early-adopter companies.

Fleet 225

Fleet Commercial United States Plug-in 225

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

New data suggests that electric vehicles may not be an easy future substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet, as EVs currently travel less than half as much as the US fleet average. Second, the marginal utility of eVMT may be lower than that of travel in conventional vehicles. —Burlig et al. Fiona Burlig, James B.

Fleet 334

Fleet Davis Gasoline-Electric Chicago 334

Green Fleet Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Holman's suite of fleet electrification services includes a range of charge management resources and supporting programs that help customers navigate the complexities of transitioning a fleet to electric vehicles at scale.

Fleet 59

Fleet Charging Range Electric Vehicles 59

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Orders from fleets are being accepted immediately. The 128 kWh batterypack supports a range of more than 100 miles, depending on equipment configuration, payload, route, weather, and driver. The 128 kWh batterypack supports a range of more than 100 miles, depending on equipment configuration, payload, route, weather, and driver.

Ford 522

Ford Lithium Ion Fleet Maintenance 522

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Nikola Corporation has received a California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order that is a requirement for Nikola’s Tre hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to be eligible for CARB’s Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) program.

Scrappage 435

Scrappage Tax Credit Purchase California 435

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

a provider of automotive lidar hardware and software technology, and Volvo Cars released a curated dataset called Cirrus containing unique long range lidar data from Volvo Cars’ test and data collection fleet. Cirrus has been annotated for eight object categories across the entire 250-meter lidar effective range.

Volvo 259

Volvo Range Cars Personal 259

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2012

Pioneer Natural Resources, an oil and gas exploration and production company, is adding 225 bi-fuel, Westport WiNG natural gas powered Ford F250 Super Duty trucks to its fleet. Earlier post.)

Louisville 225

Louisville Fleet Gas Fuel 225

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Key Tools for Fleet Management Software & Hardware for Communication, Tracking, Analytics & Compliance This post may contain affiliate links. In today’s fast-paced world, efficient fleet management is more crucial than ever. Let’s get started.

Fleet 68

Fleet Maintenance Insight Transportation 68

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have analyzed the cost, energy, and environmental implications of a fleet of self-driving electric vehicles operating in Manhattan. Required fleet size by battery range and charging network.

Taxi 199

Taxi Fleet New York City Miles 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2019

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emissions drivetrains for commercial fleets, has had its longer-range, higher-speed, Generation 2 model of its Lightning Electric system for the Ford Transit ( earlier post ) named in an Executive Order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Ford 220

Ford Range Batteries Battery 220

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

GtCO 2 (28% of the projected 2015–2050 light-duty vehicle fleet emissions). 2015–2050 US light-duty fleet cumulative CO 2 emissions versus CO 2 budget under prospective future developments. The high end of this range exceeds total US CO 2 emissions in 2017 (5.2 C global warming. Milovanoff et al.

Climate Change 243

Climate Change Fleet Climate Vehicles 243

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

London-based EV tire manufacturer ENSO said it is in discussions with multiple international car makers and has begun trials with major fleet operators. Multiple EV manufacturers have expressed interest in fitting ENSO’s range-extending, emissions-reducing tires.

London 221

London Taxi Supplies Global 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2020

With these new buses, Twin Rivers is now operating the largest zero-emission school bus fleet in North America, with 40 all-electric school buses in its fleet. The buses each have a range of 125 miles and will eliminate on average 230 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year. To support these buses, more than $4.5

Sacramento 468

Sacramento North America Fleet California 468

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

Canada-based Loop Energy’s heavy-duty fuel cell range extender ( earlier post ) will power two new zero-emission hybrid-electric Class 8 drayage trucks that will operate for a one-year period as part of a FAST TRACK Fuel Cell Truck Project in southern California. —Ben Nyland, President and CEO of Loop Energy.

Peterbilt 284

Peterbilt Emissions Range Fuel 284

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

While most people picture semi-trucks carrying heavy loads over long highways, data collected by the US Census Bureau suggests that nearly 80% of heavy-duty trucks operate primarily within a 200-mile range. Ideally, fleets could perform all charging at their depots, where it is convenient, inexpensive, and fully controllable.

Charging 397

Charging Fleet Grid Electric 397

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. This new battery technology and other upgrades give them the range, power and features at the price they need to scale up their electric fleets.

Batteries 448

Batteries Battery Fuel Electric 448

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

With automotive battery capacity currently scarce, expensive and suffering supply problems, the deployment of this limited resource is critical to maximizing CO 2 reduction, Emissions Analytics says. One of our biggest challenges is fleet turnover, with vehicles staying on the road typically for up to 12 years. —Nick Molden.

Emissions 294

Emissions Hybrid CO2 Gasoline-Electric 294

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Penske has been expanding its battery electric fleet for the past several years. —Paul Rosa, senior vice president of procurement and fleet planning at Penske Truck Leasing. ROUSH CleanTech’s battery electric vehicles have a maximum speed of 65 mph and a 100-mile range.

Electric Vehicles 396

Electric Vehicles Market Los Angeles Vehicles 396

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.

Miles 236

Miles Emissions Fuel Range 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2023

Nikola recently announced that it has received a California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero-Emission Powertrain Executive Order that is a requirement for the Nikola Tre FCEV to be eligible for CARB’s Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) program.

Hydrogen 218

Hydrogen Electric Vehicles Fuel Tax Credit 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This is the first time an electric school bus has been leveraged as an energy resource by the regional utility National Grid in New England and among the first instances in the United States that an electric school bus has supported the electric grid in this way.

Massachusetts 468

Massachusetts Grid Highlander Power 468

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Range Energy makes electrified semi-trailers for the heavy-duty freight market. Now the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has increased the point-of-sale incentive value for Range’s 53-foot electric trailer, the RA, from $80,000 to up to $120,000 per unit, through the Clean Off-Road Equipment (CORE) Voucher Project.

Range 52

Range Charging Cleaner California 52

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). For FCEVs, after adding the basic components of the powertrain—i.e.,

Fleet 261

Fleet Miles Light Cost Of 261

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

A pair of researchers at the University of Michigan have used “big data” mining techniques to evaluate the impact of adopting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the Beijing taxi fleet on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on the characterized individual travel patterns. —Cai and Xu.

Taxi 218

Taxi Plug-in Fleet PHEV 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

The City of Carlsbad is now fueling its city fleet with Propel Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable). The move immediately improves local air quality and reduces the city’s fleet greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% at no additional fuel cost or modifications to their fleet.

Renewable 150

Renewable Fleet Diesel Alternative Fuels 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The California Air Resources Board approved a $663-million low-carbon transportation plan to increase the use of clean cars, heavy-duty trucks, buses and freight equipment.

Clean 225

Clean Cleaning California Climate Change 225

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2021

The team analyzed part-level data of material use for seven current year models, ranging from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV) to plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), all provided by Ford. The researchers devised a metric of vulnerability, referred to as exposure, which captures economic importance and susceptibility to price changes.

MIT 388

MIT PHEV Vehicles Insight 388

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The vehicle makes its first appearance as Ford prepares 20 PHEV Transits for the 12-month fleet customer trial in London that begins in late 2017. liter gasoline engine as a range extender. The PHEV approach provides city-based commercial vehicle operators with a range of benefits. million (US$6.1-million)

Plug-in 191

Plug-in Ford Hybrid Range 191

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.

Commercial 150

Commercial Market Isuzu Fleet 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

They have 86 kWh of battery capacity with a range of 120 miles. Fully owned by the City of Porterville, the new vans were partially funded with special funding from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). —Tim Reeser.

All-Electric 538

All-Electric Electric Electrical California 538

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2022

The battery-electric freight trucks will be deployed in NFI’s Ontario, California fleet throughout 2022 and 2023, in support of its goal of operating the first 100% zero-emission freight logistics fleet in the nation. —Bill Bliem, senior vice president of fleet services at NFI. Earlier post.) emission heavy?duty

Volvo 273

Volvo Industrial Industry Los Angeles 273

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2019

Lightning Systems, a developer of zero emission drivetrains for commercial fleets, has received an Executive Order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the Lightning Electric Ford F-59 platform, commonly used in food truck and delivery van applications. The platform is offered in 80-mile and 110-mile range versions.

California 230

California Ford Lithium Ion Fleet 230

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

has partnered with The Mobility House to deploy smart charging strategy and management solutions for the district’s zero-emission fleet project, which is now operational and scheduled to transport students to schools throughout the district. Stockton Unified School District in Stockton, Calif.,

Charging 397

Charging Maintenance Fleet Grid 397

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The California Air Resources Board approved a $2.6-billion Supported projects range from incentives for cleaner trucks and buses, and mobility options such as bike- and car-sharing, to consumer rebates for clean cars. billion investment plan to support the transition to zero-emission transportation.

Clean 326

Clean Cleaning Cleaner Cars 326

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

As the state adds more variable renewable energy to the grid, these resources—electric vehicles, distributed energy resources and community choice aggregators—represent a challenge to the traditional energy management system but also provide opportunities for us to manage a more efficient and cleaner grid.

Grid 186

Grid California Energy Renewable 186