Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

XL Fleet and Pivotal Investment Corporation II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have recently entered into a definitive merger agreement. XL has strong demand momentum with a $220-million 12-month sales pipeline and forecasted revenue of more than $21 million in 2020 and $75 million in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2022

The California Air Resources Board will launch a new pilot program that aims to help small trucking fleets make the transition to zero-emission technologies. The Innovative Small e-Fleet pilot will focus on privately owned and nonprofit trucking fleets with 20 or fewer trucks and less than $15 million in annual revenue.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2024

Ford is instituting big discounts on the Mustang Mach-E for fleet customers, as well as a new program that allows dealers to use inventory as rental cars. A discount of $7,500 for state and local government customers, as well as certain customers, is available on all new 2024 Mach-E orders received through Apr. 30, reports CarsDirect.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2021

Siemens USA has set a goal to transition to a fully carbon-neutral fleet in the US by 2030. Siemens’ US fleet coomprises more than 10,000 vehicles, from sedans and service vans to light- and heavy-duty trucks. Educating fleet drivers on eco-driving techniques, such as zero idling.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

This could prove very problematic for the industry in a year that was supposed to mark the big shift to EVs to reduce fleet CO2 emissions in line with new tighter EU CO 2 targets. —Mike Vousden, Automotive Analyst at GlobalData. —Mike Vousden.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility’s fleet of XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks has collectively exceeded 1 million kilometers of driving in 11 months of service in Switzerland. During that time, the fleet has reduced CO 2 emissions by more than an estimated 630 tons, compared to diesel-powered vehicles.

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Green Fleet Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

Three sales and service fleets share how telematics helps them attack costs around maintenance, downtime, and vehicle idle time, as well as create a data-informed plan to begin electrification.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

General Motors and BrightDrop, a new business created and wholly owned by GM focused on electric commercial delivery and logistics, announced the Ultium Charge 360 fleet charging service, a comprehensive approach designed to help make the switch to electric seamless for fleet customers by connecting them with services, features and resources.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The BMW Group presented the first BMW iX5 Hydrogen vehicles in a pilot fleet that will go into service this year. The fleet of less than 100 vehicles will then be employed internationally for demonstration and trial purposes for various target groups.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2024

Hertz announced on Thursday in a regulatory filing with the SEC that it has made a “strategic decision” to slash its electric vehicle fleet by 20,000 vehicles. In the filing , Hertz said the figure is roughly one-third of its global EV fleet. Hertz has health with a major decrease in the value of its EV fleet, it said.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) International Energy Outlook 2021 , released earlier this month, the EIA forecast that the global light-duty vehicle (LDV) fleet will grow from 1.31 of the global LDV fleet in 2020 to 31% in 2050, reaching 672 million vehicles. billion vehicles in 2020 to 2.21

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2022

Seven German companies in logistics, manufacturing and retail will put 27 Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks into fleet service with funding for eco-friendly commercial vehicles from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV). HHMG also plans to actively participate in the second funding program.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2022

These are the first light-duty electric trucks to be made available in Penske’s rental and leasing fleet, as previously announced. Product lines include full-service truck leasing, contract maintenance, commercial and consumer truck rentals, used truck sales, transportation and warehousing management and supply chain management solutions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

a provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, reported Q1 2021 revenue of $4.6M and sales of 31 zero-emission commercial vehicles, across five specialty vehicle applications for its wholly-owned subsidiary Lightning Systems. Backlog at quarter end of $169 million and sales pipeline of $807 million respectively.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

XL Fleet announced that Farmbro Inc., an Ontario-based upfitting solutions service provider specializing in commercial and work vehicles, expects to double its sales volume from approximately 1,000 XL unit installations in 2020 to more than 2,000 in 2021 to meet the increasing demand for fleet electrification in Canada.

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Green Fleet Magazine

APRIL 18, 2024

Check out some of the latest personnel moves from across the commercial fleet industry, including a new chief experience officer for one company, and a new senior VP of sales from another.

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Green Fleet Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

Year-to-date sales in commercial, rental, and government fleet sectors are scraping 600,000 vehicles sold.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

The California Center for Jobs & The Economy has released an updated report ( earlier post ) on the progress of ZEV sales in the state during the first half of 2020, drawing on sales data from the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). Sales nationally were down 23.5%. Cumulative PEV Sales at 15.3% in H1 2020.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2024

Share In Sweden — Fleet Update appeared first on CleanTechnica. February’s market saw plugin EVs take 51.8% share in Sweden, down YoY from 54.0%. Plugin volumes were down YoY for. continued] The post EVs Take 51.8%

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 11, 2024

Hertz found that out the hard way, as it aggressively invested in new EVs for its rental fleet a couple of years ago, only to begin selling them off in 2024. While that splashy announcement likely netted the company new customers, it now has hundreds of EVs on sale as it moves to scale back its fleet.

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Teslarati

MARCH 25, 2024

CATL’s Chairman (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) teased Tesla batteries for the robotaxt fleet. Elon Musk has shared his concerns about high interest rates affecting car sales. The post CATL teases Tesla batteries for robotaxi fleet appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

USDA owns and operates one of the largest civilian fleets in the Federal Government and this move to a fleet that can use E85 or biodiesel will increase efficiencies and performance. Background on USDA Fleet. This will occur over time during the normal fleet renewal process. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The logistics service provider Dachser is planning to add 50 units of Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul ( earlier post ), presented at this year’s IAA Transportation, to its European fleet. —Stina Fagerman, Head of Marketing, Sales and Services at Mercedes-Benz Trucks.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2024

Whether it’s the Altima or Rogue, Nissan has long relied heavily on fleet sales, and the company’s most recent sales numbers show that the habit hasn’t died yet. A whopping 44 percent of its February 2024 sales, or around 40,000 vehicles, went to fleets , so get ready to be a temporary Nissan driver the next time you rent a car.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

signed a framework agreement with the Flemish government-owned public transport enterprise De Lijn for the sale of a first batch of 65 E-WAY full electric city buses and further batches up to a total of 500 vehicles. All together they will come to represent the largest fleet of IVECO BUS articulated electric buses in operation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Merchants Fleet, the nation’s fastest-growing fleet management company, plans to further electrify its portfolio with BrightDrop, the new business backed by General Motors, offering electric first-to-last-mile products and software services. Merchants Fleet expects BrightDrop EV600s to enter its clients’ fleets starting in early 2023.

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Teslarati

APRIL 9, 2024

Tesla China’s domestic sales saw a notable month-over-month rise in March 2024, with the electric vehicle maker selling 62,398 vehicles in the local market. Details of Tesla China’s March sales were released recently by the CPCA. The post Tesla China’s domestic sales doubled in March 2024: CPCA appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott signed a bill on Monday that ensures the city’s fleet of government vehicles will be all-electric by 2030. Baltimore follows in the footsteps of the State of Maryland as a whole, as Governor Wes Moore committed to a goal of having 100 percent of the state’s new vehicle sales be electric by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2023

Lightning eMotors signed a contract with Macnab EV Sales Corp. to deliver 126 vehicles to the Canadian commercial vehicle distributor by the end of 2023. Deliveries of Lightning’s ZEV3 vans to Macnab have already begun. The full order of 126 vehicles includes ZEV3 cargo and passenger van configurations and ZEV4 shuttle buses.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 7, 2023

When Tesla China’s weekly insurance registrations were posted for the week of November 27 to December 3 , some EV watchers estimated that domestic sales of the upgraded Model 3 seemed to be at the same level as they were before. The post Tesla Model 3 Highland RHD export fleet spotted in Shanghai’s South Port appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 5, 2024

It was the 19th month of consecutive growth, which has primarily been driven by fleets investing in the latest vehicles. Indeed, […] The post UK: EV-sales up 29.1% The UK new car market has recorded its best February performance for two decades as registrations rose 14.0%

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InsideEVs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Signs say Tesla is set to report massive Q3 deliveries, and now it's reportedly filling fleet orders to push sales even higher.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It’s time for another update about progress of the Norway’s fleet transition to EV powertrains. continued] The post End Of The Oil Age Preview: Norway’s Fleet Transition To EV appeared first on CleanTechnica. As of the end of.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Fleet managers live and die by total cost of ownership calculations and are struggling to wrap their heads around the risks and opportunities that come with electrifying their fleets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Passenger electric vehicle sales are set to jump more than 80% in 2021 to 5.6 In the first half of 2021, sales of passenger electric vehicles (including battery electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles) were 140% higher than the same period in 2019, reaching 7% of global passenger vehicle sales. million units, up from 3.1

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

Ford is instituting big discounts on the Mustang Mach-E for fleet customers, as well as a new program that allows dealers to use inventory as rental cars. The discount, which matches the amount of the federal EV tax credit the Mach-E no longer qualifies for, is reportedly aimed at spurring sales. 30, reports CarsDirect.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2023

TeraWatt Infrastructure hosted a groundbreaking event in Inglewood, California for a new charging site for light-duty fleets in the LA area. Last year, the state approved the Advanced Clean Cars II rule, which mandates that all sales of new light-duty passenger vehicles in California must be zero emission by 2035.

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