Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2018

BYD (Build Your Dreams) will deliver two 8R Class-8 battery-electric refuse trucks, fitted with New Way Viper Rear Loader refuse bodies, to Recology in Seattle, WA for use in residential solid waste pick up. These will be the first electric refuse trucks to operate in the entire Pacific Northwest region.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

The West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative , a study commissioned by a collaboration among nine electric utilities and two agencies representing more than two dozen municipal utilities, recommends adding electric vehicle charging for freight haulers and delivery trucks at 50-mile intervals along Interstate 5 and adjoining highways.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

However, for motorists whose daily vehicle miles traveled (DVMT) is significant, HEVs may be even a better choice than PHEV40s, particularly in areas that lack a public charging infrastructure. In other words, with low charging coverage, a PHEV40 is more costly than an HEV if one’s DVMT is large.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2014

Zipcar was the first car-sharing company in the United States to introduce electric vehicles, starting in Boston in 2002, and the first to offer hybrid vehicles through a partnership with Honda in Seattle in 2003. Honda’s 2014 Fit EV, based on the popular five-passenger Fit, is rated at a combined fuel economy of 118 MPGe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2018

The T680 has been running trials in the Seattle area and performing very well. According to Olsen, the hydrogen fuel-cell based Kenworth T680 will have an initial range of 150 miles (241 km), which makes it suited for short haul and port operations. The next step is real-world testing with Total Transportation Services Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Level 2 charging will provide for a charging speed up to 20-25 miles of driving range per hour, which would allow drivers to fully charge their electric vehicles at their home or workplace. The 2,800 Level 2 charging stations will be located at approximately 500 sites, all with more than one charging station.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2018

The range of the chargE can exceed 120 miles (193 km), while the powertrain can deliver up to 260 kW (about 349 peak horsepower).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

But when the particles form in the presence of pollutants, which is what likely happens in nature, the longer-lasting particles enable the long-range transport of the pollutants (bottom). Credit: ACS, Zelenyuk et al. Click to enlarge. Most PAHs are anthropogenic byproducts of energy production and use and of biomass burning.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 9, 2022

Via his YouTube channel Friday Adventure Club , a Seattle-based Amazon delivery driver posted his first impressions of the new Rivian EDV and praised its advantages over its ICE-powered counterparts. The driver loved the added storage capacity, the digital dash and center display, and the van’s keyless operation.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 11, 2022

In July 2022, Amazon announced that Rivian EDVs would be deployed in locations across the United States, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Rivian and Amazon worked closely together to design the EDV vehicle. Rivian EDV Features.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

Metro serves Seattle and the rest of King County. The 40-foot Catalyst buses have an estimated range of about 25 miles, with a quick charging time of just 10 minutes. Charging stations to support the initial orders of those buses will range from $5.5 based Proterra. million to $6.6

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Seattle; and Washington, DC. Range is targeted to be 100 miles (161 km) on a full charge. The system utilizes a liquid heating and cooling system to maximize battery life and driving range. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.;

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. Sites will be, on average, about 66 miles apart, with no more than 120 miles between stations, meaning many shorter range ZEVs available today will be able to use this network.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

Early aggregate data collected through vehicles tied to MyFord Mobile show nearly 60% of total PHEV miles driven every day are in electric mode, and that there is an improvement in this figure over the first 30 days of vehicle ownership. More daily total miles. 84% of one-way trips are of distances 20 miles or less. Short trips.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2015

Nearly six times more efficient than a diesel or CNG bus, the Catalyst is also ~15% more energy efficient per mile than its closest competitor’s electric bus on the same test (BYD, which averaged 1.988 kWh/mile), which translates to a lower lifetime energy consumption of 15%. While conventional diesel buses average 3.86

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. Seattle; and Washington, D.C. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Richmond, Va.;

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Plug in America

AUGUST 10, 2022

In larger metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Atlanta, or Seattle, where EVs are in high demand, prices are higher but have more inventory available than in suburban or rural areas. These vehicles won’t have the 250+ mile range of brand new EVs on the market, but they are affordable, reliable, and have inexpensive running costs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Chevrolet estimates quarter-mile times in the 9-second range. Testing is ongoing. in 1969, the first purpose-built Camaro drag-racing specialty car was designed to compete in the NHRA Stock Eliminator.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Rounding out the top ten were Newark, Seattle and Atlanta. THINK plans to begin selling the THINK City, which will have a top speed of more than 70 miles per hour and a range of more than 100 miles per full charge, in target US cities beginning this year. —Richard Canny. Chicago (tie). New York (tie). Sacramento.

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EV Match

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

There were also ideas about deploying city-owned EV charging infrastructure at park-and-rides and creative ways to make charging infrastructure available to high-mileage rideshare drivers, who often drive 30,000+ miles per year!

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Seattle; Portland, Ore.; More than 90% of the people who have contacted Nissan indicate that they drive less than 100 miles daily, which is the range of LEAF when fully charged. Metro areas with the strongest consumer responses are San Diego, Calif.; Tucson, Ariz.; 75% indicate that they are members of two-car households.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

Among the study’s conclusions were that, on balance, car2go changes VMT (vehicle miles travelled) by -6% to -16% per car2go household; GHG emissions change by -4% to -18% per car2go household. Members begin and end a trip at the same vehicle location and typically pay for use by the hour, mile, or both.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

Kia’s addition of six new DC fast chargers to Washington’s already-existing network of 414 DC chargers will increase fast-charger availability by 40% in the Seattle metro area and 15 percent statewide. As an added value, select Kia dealers will allow Soul EV owners to charge at no cost.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Self-driving cars has been a focus of Uber for the last half of the decade with the company racking up about 80,000 autonomous miles a week as it strives to bring driverless cars into the mix. ReachNow is starting to ramp up in Portland, Seattle, Brooklyn and other cities, but ultimately decided to join forces with Daimler’s Car2Go.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 6, 2006

Plug-in hybrid vehicles would combine today’s new gas-electric hybrid technology with larger batteries that could provide an all-electric operating range of 25 miles to 35 miles or more. The result is an 80+ mile-per-gallon vehicle—with even greater fuel economy possible using biofuels.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

One site in Seattle took 18 months. Amazon recently brought a group of journalists to a warehouse in Seattle for a first-hand look at one of its charging depots. At the Seattle warehouse, Amazon showed reporters a long row of more than 70 charging stations. We started by going where the power was available,” Goveia said.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2009

The city of Seattle will receive $1.4 Seattle will receive: Fifteen diesel/electric work trucks, which will save more than 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year and reduce carbon emissions by more than 112 tons annually. Earlier post.) The grant is specifically for alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. The City of Seneca and Oconee County will purchase 35' Proterra Catalyst zero-emission extended-range battery electric buses to the nation's first all-electric transit bus system.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) would combine today’s new gas-electric hybrid technology with larger batteries that could provide an all-electric operating range of 25 to 35 miles or more. The result is an 80+ mile-per-gallon vehicle — with even greater fuel economy possible utilizing bio-fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2014

the in-service performance of 10 medium-duty Smith Newton electric vehicles (EVs) and 10 comparable conventional diesel vehicles operated by Frito Lay North America in the Seattle, Washington, area. Range is from 40 to 100 miles on a single charge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

King County Metro, the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle, will soon begin testing long-range battery-powered buses that can travel more than 140 miles on a single charge, the latest milestone toward a zero-emission fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

This alliance will introduce the use of the HybriDrive parallel system ( earlier post ) into the North American RCV market and is part of BAE Systems’ broader strategic initiative to address a range of heavy-duty truck vocations that also will include construction, pick-up and delivery, and utility.

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EV Info

AUGUST 7, 2021

It will require 30 minutes or less to charge per flight hour and have a maximum range of up to 815 kilometers (440 nautical miles). .” Alice can be flown by a single pilot and will carry 1,200 kilograms of cargo. Alice will operate in all environments currently serviced by piston and turbine aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

A 350 kW charging system could charge a 200-mile range battery in less than 10 minutes. City of Seattle. DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge has grown to more than 350 partners since its launch in January 2013, and is on track to meet its goal to partner with 500 United States employers by 2018. Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

20 + pounds added) after some 17,000 HEV/PHEV miles on the tusch. Sidenote: For fundraising -- perhaps it can begin with pledges per mile, or EAA Sister Chapters, or State Capitals visited. of: 1-cent a mile from EAA Chapters; a dime an EAA Chapter from EAA Members; a buck a State. operating range). brainstorming] 4.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. The charging power gap used assumptions including the battery size, charging power and range efficiency (assumed 3.5 miles per kWh) for the expected future fleet of new EVs, including current EV units in operation.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 4, 2021

Subsequently, McNeil traveled to Seattle to purchase an already converted AMC Hornet 4-door sedan, and then towed the car back to Colorado. “I When folks would find out the car had a 40-mile range, that was the end of discussion. It wasn’t just range anxiety, it was range phobia.”

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