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Debunking EV Range Anxiety: Do EVs Meet Daily Driving Needs?

The Truth About Cars

On average, a household in the United States travels approximately 50 miles per day. Interestingly, about 85 percent of households travel less than 100 miles on a typical day, a distance well within the capabilities of current EV models.

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Two Volvo Trucks carriers, Producers Dairy order VNR electric trucks

Green Car Congress

The Volvo VNR Electric’s 264-kWh lithium-ion batteries have an operating range of up to 150 miles. Both fleets will recharge their Volvo VNR Electrics at their local facilities. The trucks will complete 10 to 12 roundtrips per day as they travel from their local warehouse facilities to NRV.

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Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

Green Car Congress

The zero-emission E-Transit was designed with insight from 30 million miles of customer telematics data showing that the average commercial van drives 74 miles per day. With a usable battery capacity of 67 kWh, the low-roof E-Transit cargo van has a targeted driving range of 126 miles.

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Zipcar introduces Honda Fit EV into UC Davis West Village fleet

Green Car Congress

The new Honda Fit EV at UC Davis is located at West Village Square right across the street from West Village’s other Zipcar, a Honda Insight, in front of “The Hub Market.” In the course of a year, the community is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes. Zipcar has had vehicles on campus at UC Davis since 2009.

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Electrify America announces $200M additional investment for ZEV infrastructure and education in California

Green Car Congress

Approximately 90% of Californians now live within 15 miles of an Electrify America ultra-fast charger, with 96% living within 25 miles. Electrify America conducted a detailed and quantitative evaluation to determine where to focus Green City investments that would meet the greatest needs and most positively impact the host community.

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China’s Nio and CATL team up to develop longer life batteries – ET Auto

Baua Electric

It has commercialised 150 kilowatt hour (kWh) semi-solid-state batteries for its EVs, manufactured by Beijing Welion New Energy, which have a range of up to 1,000 km (620 miles). The company, however, said it would still keep investing in developing core technologies such as batteries on its own.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. It had a 264 kWh battery pack powering the tractor’s twin motors with more than 4,000 lb-ft of torque and a range estimated at up to 150 miles. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.

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