article thumbnail

Forth and Mobility Development partner to launch national EV carsharing program; affordable model for underserved communities

Green Car Congress

Forth and Mobility Development Group are creating a national partnership to launch the Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP), which will establish electric vehicle (EV) carsharing based at affordable housing sites in at least five states over the next two years.

article thumbnail

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Green Car Congress

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. Natural gas. This brief study analyzes, for each individual state, the changes from 2018 to 2020 in the use of coal (one of the two most polluting energy sources) to generate electricity. Geothermal.

Coal 334
article thumbnail

Analysis finds annual running cost of EVs less than ICE; but with purchase price factored in, it flips

Green Car Congress

Self Financial, a fintech company, has compared the running costs of electric and non-electric vehicles in each state. Across the US the average annual cost of running an electric vehicle is $2,721.96, while gasoline vehicles cost an average of $3,355.90 per year to run—a difference of $633.94

Purchase 321
article thumbnail

New EV Models Extinguish Range Anxiety

Electric Auto Association

The average driving distance per journey for electric vehicles is getting longer. New research from Wejo, a data services company, suggests that EVs and gas cars will be neck and neck when it comes to average driving distances within the next 18 months. EV adoption in 2023 is trending upwards — pure battery electric vehicles.

Range 79
article thumbnail

President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

Green Car Congress

9 Universities and Labs: Colorado School of Mines; Michigan State University; Michigan Tech University; The Ohio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Michigan; University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee; Wayne State University. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics. UTRC; Wolf Robotics.

article thumbnail

SAE World Congress technical track on advances in fuel cell vehicle applications

Green Car Congress

During the PFL 720 sessions at last year’s Congress, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai. Earlier post.). As was the case last year, the 2016 PFL 720 / PFL 799 combination is chaired by Jesse Schneider of BMW.

Congress 150
article thumbnail

EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

Green Car Congress

South Coast Air Quality Management District is replacing 11 on-road drayage trucks (model year 1991-1995), nine school buses with compressed natural gas (CNG), and one school bus with a battery-electric vehicle. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Ventures, Inc., Puerto Rico.