article thumbnail

Essential Tips for Successful Vehicle Fleet Management

Clean Fleet Report

From optimizing fuel efficiency to minimizing maintenance costs, fleet managers have to juggle multiple factors to ensure smooth operations and cost-effectiveness. By equipping vehicles with telematics devices, fleet managers gain valuable information such as vehicle location, fuel consumption, driver behavior and maintenance needs.

Fleet 75
article thumbnail

Electric Vehicles Could be your Solution to the Current Gas Prices

Blink Charging

How does the price of fuel and the price of recharging compare? It found the average price to recharge an EV is $0.15 Add on the lack of maintenance for an EV, and savings go up another $8,000. Tax credits and rebates are usually available on the purchase of an EV. How Expensive is Electric Vehicle Maintenance?

article thumbnail

Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive priced at $41,450 for US; 85-mile range

Green Car Congress

Customers may be eligible for federal tax credits (which run up to $7,500) or state/local tax credits. All B-Class Electric Drive vehicles will be covered by Battery Coverage Plus which includes 8-year, 100,000 mile battery coverage, coverage for defects, coverage for capacity, no cost annual maintenance, and Roadside Assistance.

Mercedes 291
article thumbnail

EV Charging Networks Aren't Making Money

The Truth About Cars

But they likewise cannot become as useful as combustion-engine vehicles without the ability to recharge quickly on the go — hence the nationwide push to build more dedicated charging points. Maintenance seems to be subpar in a lot of instances and charger downtime has become a real issue for most providers that aren’t Tesla.

article thumbnail

Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate The First Volvo Compact SUV Coupe EV The 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge was the first electric-only and the smallest SUV from Volvo, falling in-line with the EX90 and XC40 Recharge. The shift-by-wire single speed transmission drives all four wheels 0-60 miles per hour in about 4.3

article thumbnail

Workplace EV Charging: Business Benefits and Considerations for Success

Driivz

Incentives ease the burden of providing workplace EV charging Government agencies at the country, region, state, and municipality levels typically offer incentives ranging from grants to tax credits to help defray the cost of installing workplace EV charging infrastructure. Many utilities also offer incentive programs for workplace charging.

article thumbnail

5 Myths About EV Charging – Busted!

Driivz

Cars that have been charged at home – consider them “local battery storage on wheels” – can use V2X (vehicle-to-anything, in this case the building) to smooth out demand and get recharged later when demand is low again. And for at least the near term, only EVs have tax breaks and purchase incentives to further decrease TCO.