The Truth About Cars

APRIL 2, 2025

Many automakers offer free routine maintenance for the first few years of a new cars life as a way to attract buyers and inspire peace of mind. Despite offering one of the industrys most robust warranties, Hyundai is doing away with its free maintenance program starting with the 2026 model year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Electric vehicles provide several advantages for Domino’s stores, including ample battery life with the potential to have days of deliveries, zero tailpipe emissions, advanced safety features and lower average maintenance costs than nonelectric vehicles—all without the financial impact of high gasoline prices.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 27, 2025

The study took into account the average annual costs for fuel or energy, maintenance, insurance, and fees and taxes, among other factors. On average, $2,246 is spent on fuel or energy costs; $1,633 is spent on maintenance costs; $1,763 is spent on car insurance; and $820 is spent on annual fees and taxes.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The project is also a partnership with Air Products, which designed and provided enabling equipment for the hydrogen fueling station and will provide maintenance and hydrogen fuel. Trillium was contracted for construction, operations and maintenance of the fueling station.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The 798 AC is also available with a high-altitude arrangement that prevents deration at altitude and offers simplified maintenance and repair. Features of the powertrain include: Drive Alternator: The brushless alternator delivers long life and requires less maintenance.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2021

The battery packaging, developed by New Flyer, utilizes single waterproof enclosure design and offers weight reduction and simpler maintenance, decreasing the number of parts by 90%. The batteries are also better insulated, lending optimal temperature maintenance, prolonged battery life, and greater power efficiency.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 29, 2024

At least since September, Tesla has been swapping out Cybertruck battery packs for new ones when they are brought in for other maintenance issues. Tesla has been quietly replacing their battery packs, seemingly a lot of them. The first report we’re.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2023

In the event of a stack failure within a 10 MW block as well as scheduled maintenance or inspections, a defined part of the installation can be shut down while the rest of the electrolyzer continues to operate. The system is looked after by experts from H-TEC SYSTEMS using a comprehensive maintenance service program.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Annual Production Capacity is the quantity of biodiesel that a plant can produce in a calendar year, assuming normal downtime for maintenance. The data show a slight decrease in production capacity from 2,563 million gallons per year in 2019 to 2,514 million gallons per year in 2020—a drop of 2%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2020

NovaLT12 blends the robustness of frame technologies with the modular maintenance capabilities of aeroderivatives. Compared to other technologies in its class, the NovaLT provides lower consumption, wider operational flexibility, lower maintenance intervals, and emissions as low as single digit ppm.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2021

The lightweight streamlined design makes it inexpensive and highly efficient with minimal need for maintenance, compared to traditional engines. Unlike most conventional engines that are made of hundreds of parts, the Aquarius Engine has just twenty components and one moving part.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2021

They are newer to the road, so it was hard to know, for instance, their historic needs for maintenance over their operational life. The study finds, for example, that battery electric vehicles have maintenance costs 40% lower than ICE vehicles. Levelized cost of driving (LCOD) across powertrains for light-duty SUV, MY 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

To address Starship’s request related to tire health and maintenance, Goodyear developed a specially engineered airless tire designed to extend tire life and reduce maintenance activities for Starship’s delivery fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

Some utilities and contractors are incentivized to deploy electric equipment and vehicles in their fleets, providing even greater financial benefit and further lowering the total cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Based on data the district has provided, they are looking to save more than $4,000 a year on fuel savings and $2,000 a year on maintenance savings when compared with the diesel buses in their fleet. Blue Bird now has more than 300 electric school bus units already delivered or on order.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Pure Outboard from Pure Watercraft uses groundbreaking efficiency to benefit a boat’s performance while reducing environmental pollution, and features much lower operating cost and maintenance than traditional marine propulsion systems.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Reduced maintenance – electric drivelines have much fewer maintenance requirements compared to conventional solutions. Reduced vehicle stoppages and need for spare parts. Possibilities to benefit from green incentives.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2020

Some of the FCEBs that have been operating for more than 8 years in the field have now exceeded 35,000 hours of revenue service with no major fuel cell maintenance requirements. This includes in excess of 570 Fuel-Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) and 2,000 commercial trucks currently deployed in Asia, Europe and North America.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2020

For the customer, for example, it makes it possible to certify the repair and maintenance information on a vehicle when it is resold. For Groupe Renault, blockchain has to be used as a collaborative, multi-company digital tool within the automotive sector, thereby becoming a source of increased productivity and collective intelligence.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

They will also establish a maintenance program for the trucks, as part of Lion’s expanding network of Experience Centers. As part of the delivery, Lion will provide a one-time training to Amazon and the drivers who will operate the trucks upon delivery of the vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2021

Alice’s advanced electric motors have fewer moving parts to increase reliability and reduce maintenance costs. Alice will operate in all environments currently serviced by piston and turbine aircraft. Its operating software constantly monitors flight performance to ensure optimal efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

SVARZ will become one of the largest centers for the production and maintenance of electric vehicles in Russia, producing up to 700 electric buses annually. To prepare for mass production, 11 test electric buses have already been manufactured at SVARZ; 5 of them have passed a full run-in and a leak test in a special sprinkler chamber.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Owning gas cars means dealing with frequent oil changes and various maintenance issues, leading to time, cost, and reliability concerns versus EVs. This rant is going to list some things I’ve found to be annoying about the ~15 gas cars I owned until I went all electric in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Due to its reduced maintenance and repair costs, the train has low lifecycle costs. The DB maintenance depot in Ulm will be converted to handle the servicing of the hydrogen trains. A three-car variant has a range of up to 1,000 kilometers. The Mireo Plus H has a top speed of 160 kilometers an hour.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2020

InfiniTrac uses standard gear oil and is virtually maintenance-free. InfiniTrac can operate automatically without driver intervention, preemptively adapting to various off-road surfaces through a driver-selectable switch. When there is no difference in wheel speed, the system is inactive.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

The plan also details installation of solar PV canopies as well as switching to all-electric lawn mowers, grounds maintenance equipment and fleet maintenance vehicles. Make-ready infrastructure from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) also qualified the district to participate in PG&E’s business electric vehicle (BEV) rate.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

In addition to the company’s Proterra Transit and Proterra Powered business units, Proterra Energy offers a turn-key approach to delivering the complete energy ecosystem for heavy-duty electric fleets through charging infrastructure design, build, financing, operations, maintenance and energy optimization.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2020

Having the equipment contracted from a single supplier provides customer benefit also during operation of the vessels, since a single point of contact for maintenance, spare parts and support on the equipment is more convenient than dealing with a number of different companies. The two ferry designs are not identical.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

will provide maintenance and distribution support services for all of the vehicles. The vehicles are manufactured by FDG Electric Vehicles Limited in Hangzhou, China, and purchased through Chanje Energy Inc., the company’s subsidiary for global business. They will be delivered on a rolling basis over the next year. Ryder System, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

Modesto City Schools will benefit from significant cost saving opportunities by reducing or eliminating the fuel and maintenance costs tied to traditional diesel-powered vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2022

Orange EV is bringing to the rental market what we've long-since delivered to purchasers: a lower total cost, more reliable yard truck to replace diesels that continually plague operators with excessive maintenance, downtime, and expenses from costly diesel fuel, finicky emissions control systems, and more.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

During the development process, great priority was given to ease of retrofitting and maintenance. Retrofitting can be carried out within a few minutes, as can maintenance, for which the electronic unit can be easily removed. The electronic module can be retrofitted as soon as the number of electric vehicles assures adequate demand.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

This allows a direct motor to propeller connection, eliminating the need for a heavy maintenance-prone gearbox. The motor is designed to provide the required torque and power turning at only 1900 RPM, the same speed as the propeller. Replaceable motor mounting points. Advanced liquid cooling and thermal performance.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Both buses share an 86% parts commonality with their Double-Deck sisters; this delivers significant benefits to operators in terms of reducing complexity and costs for fleet maintenance.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2022

Through Autonomy’s subscription model, customers pay a monthly fee and start fee that covers the cost of the vehicle subscription plus routine maintenance costs, roadside assistance and soon auto insurance.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

The vehicle’s low carbon footprint is further enhanced by the system’s machine learning algorithm, which optimizes energy efficiency, emissions, performance and predictive maintenance schedules.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2021

Faradion’s patented zero-volt technology enables the Ultra Safe product to offer safer transportation and maintenance options for customers and users. AMTE Power has branded its sodium-ion product “Ultra Safe” due to its improved safety and enhanced thermal stability.

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