Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The first customer vehicles are now rolling off the assembly line for the Hamburg Holstein transport company (VHH). The fully electric Lion’s City E as an articulated bus will follow around six months later and should go into series production in the first half of 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2022

The Corporation will transform its fleet to non-emitting transportation, with commitments to reach a 50% electric fleet by 2030 and 100% by 2040. Canada Post is looking to purchase a limited quantity of electric vehicles for the purpose of carrying out a pilot involving field trials of vehicles in an operational setting.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

The national companies have joined the global electric vehicles initiative EV100 which aims to make electric transport the new normal by 2030. The company already operates the largest electric vehicle fleet in the country and will switch more than 9,000 vehicles to electric as part of EV100.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2023

This strategic investment highlights the company’s commitment to decarbonizing global logistics and to becoming a net-zero company by 2040 across all business areas and all modes of transport. Volvo’s FH Electric offers battery capacities from 180 - 540 kWh (2-6 battery packs), supporting a range of up to 300 km (4x2 tractor trailer).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2023

Volvo Trucks is delivering 20 fully electric heavy trucks to the logistics company DFDS in Gothenburg, Sweden. The delivery is part of a total order for 125 electric trucks that DFDS has placed with Volvo. Some of the new electric fleet will be used to transport goods to and from the Volvo Trucks assembly plant in Gothenburg.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Tesco is launching the UK’s first commercially used fully electric heavy-duty freight articulated (tractor-trailer as opposed to rigid) trucks. Up to 48 cages of goods, made up of predominantly non-chilled food and clothing, will be transported per load.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The three buses, manufactured by Blue Bird Corporation, started transporting students this school year. Blue Bird’s electric school buses produce zero emissions, and have fewer parts when compared with a diesel bus. Blue Bird now has more than 300 electric school bus units already delivered or on order.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2018

In June, Daimler Trucks presented two new fully electric trucks from its US-subsidiary Freightliner. Penske Truck Leasing Corporation is a leading global transportation services provider operating more than 270.000 vehicles and serving customers from more than 1.000 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

DHL intends to intensify its transition to heavy electric trucks by deploying a total of 44 new electric Volvo trucks on routes in Europe. The intended order includes 40 electric trucks of the model Volvo FE and Volvo FL, to be used for package deliveries in urban transports.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2020

The Irizar ie tram is an electric, bus with the appearance of a tram that combines the large capacity, ease of access and internal configuration of a tram with the flexibility of a city bus. The buses are 12 meters long and have a range of 220 km (137 miles).

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The Driven EV News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Trucking company using tippers to transport soil and waste from construction sites intends to be fully electric within three years. The post The trucking company that will go fully electric within three years appeared first on The Driven. Here's why.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has taken delivery of its first heavy-duty battery-electric vehicle, marking a step in the airport’s transition to a fully electric fleet.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2018

DAF Trucks delivered its first fully electric truck to Dutch supermarket chain, Jumbo. The CF Electric was developed in a joint venture between DAF and VDL ( earlier post ), and will be used by Jumbo to supply its supermarkets in the south of the Netherlands.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2021

HEAG mobilo, a transport operator in Darmstadt, Germany, is planning to replace almost its entire bus fleet with vehicles that are 100% electrically driven in the next four years. As a step toward that goal, 24 fully-electric Mercedes-Benz city buses have officially begun operations.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2019

Transport for London (TfL) has ordered 20 hydrogen double-decker buses as part of its drive to make London’s transport zero-emission. As part of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy, TfL is committed to using only the cleanest buses in its fleet. Greening transport in the capital will require using a range of clean power sources.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

With the launch in Fishers, we’ll be adding a new public transportation service in a community that primarily relies on personal vehicle ownership. This is an amazing opportunity to partner with Fishers to challenge the status quo of transit and engage a wider audience in the future of transportation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The contract to provide the hydrogen-powered FLIRT H2 train was awarded to Stadler by San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA), with the option of additional trains in the future. The train is expected to be in service in 2024 and will seat more than 100 passengers. Stadler has sold 2,000 units in 21 countries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2021

Denmark leads the way when it comes to putting zero-emission urban buses on the streets in Europe, with 78% of new vehicles being electric, according to the latest data from green NGO Transport & Environment. In 2019, less than 10% of their newly-registered urban buses were electric or hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

School bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation unveiled a Class 5-6 electric vehicle platform at the 2022 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo. The company is building on its nearly century-long expertise of school bus manufacturing to expand its zero-emission transportation solutions to the commercial vehicle market.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2022

Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and sustainable individual mobility concepts. In the first phase of its commercial use, V.MO In the first phase of its commercial use, V.MO

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2023

This will offer customers numerous other possible use cases in fully electric transport. In addition to the tractor unit, Mercedes-Benz Trucks will also produce rigid variants of the eActros LongHaul right at market launch.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2020

In addition, the preconditions are good for the use of electric vans in the CEP industry: routes can be planned well in advance, are manageable in length and distance and normally there are larger areas near distribution centers of the logistics service providers, which are suitable for the commissioning of corresponding charging infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Corvus Energy has been selected by Holland Ship Electric to supply lithium-ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries being built by Holland Shipyards Group, a total system integrator of electric systems for the global marine market, for Amsterdam’s municipal public transport provider, GVB.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2022

Moller - Maersk (Maersk) will add 300 electric trucks to its North American network, making it the largest heavy-duty electric truck deployment to date. The trucks will be delivered between 2023 - 2025 for use by Maersk’s North American warehousing, distribution and transportation business called Performance Team – A Maersk Company.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

In Wiesbaden, certified and sustainable green electricity is generally used to charge the battery-driven buses. The Wiesbaden-based mobility service provider ESWE Verkehr operates local public transport in the capital of Hesse with more than 290 buses. They run on 43 routes, carrying more than 61 million passengers a year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2019

More than 100 electric school buses, powered by a Cummins fully electric drivetrain, have been ordered to date from Blue Bird Corporation, a school bus manufacturer highly focused on alternative fuel technologies. Blue Bird electric buses are already operating in California, North Dakota and Washington.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

By the end of 2023, Bucher Municipal expects to deliver up to 80 fully electric sewer cleaner trucks to cities in Europe. The introduction of more zero emission zones in cities around the world is generating demand for fully electric trucks. Rigid versions will be released for sale in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Volvo Trucks unveiled a completely new, fully electric rear axle at the IAA Transport show in Hannover, Germany. The new e-axle integrates the electric motors and the transmission into the rear axle, thereby freeing up space for more batteries. They can currently cover a wide range of transport assignments.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Volvo Cars is integrating and testing wireless charging technology in a live city environment together with selected partners, evaluating its potential for future electric cars. Last year, Volvo Cars took part in launching the Gothenburg Green City Zone initiative, which aims to achieve emission-free transport by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

billion) in its Torslanda manufacturing plant in Sweden in coming years, in preparation for the production of the next generation of fully electric cars. These include the introduction of mega casting of aluminum body parts, a new battery assembly plant and fully refurbished paint and final assembly shops. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2021

formerly Grande West Transportation Group), a supplier of electric, CNG, gasoline and diesel vehicles, released specifications for the new VMC 1200, a fully electric Class 3 medium-duty commercial truck. The vehicle is capable of fully charging from a level 3 EV fast charger in 2.5 Canada-based Vicinity Motor Corp.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Nearly 500 of these will be added to the SUE Mosgortrans bus fleet and hit the streets of Moscow in 2023 while the rest of the electric buses will be received in 2024. The main advantage of the upgraded electric buses is the availability of fully electric heating systems. Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 9, 2025

continued] The post Volkswagen Sold 383,100 Fully Electric Vehicles in 2024 appeared first on CleanTechnica. The company noted that it has delivered around 500,000 units of the ID.3 3 since it was released, a big event I recall Steve Hanley attended.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2021

De Lijn, the public transport operator (PTO) in the Flemish part of Belgium, is ordering 44 new articulated plug-in e-hybrid buses; further, the operator confirmed the upgrade of 280 if its current hybrid buses into e-hybrids. —Lydia Peeters. —De Lijn’s Director-General Ann Schoubs.

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MARCH 12, 2025

A couple of weeks ago, the Compton Unified School District and Durham School Services announced the unveiling of a new fleet of 25 electric school buses. Some of the best sustainable transportation stories are the ones about diesel and gas buses being replaced by fully electric ones. Diesel and gas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The first fully-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro city buses were handed over on 18 November 2019 to ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (ESWE Verkehr) in Wiesbaden. Each delivery of one of our fully-electric eCitaro buses is a further step towards sustainable and emission-free public transport.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Volvo Trucks will deliver fully electric heavy-duty trucks to Amazon in Germany by year end. The 20 Volvo FH Electric are expected to drive more than one million road kilometers annually. Heavy goods vehicles and other commercial vehicles make up around 36% of Germany’s domestic transport emissions, according to Germany’s BMUV.

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