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NYC Testing Rexroth Hydraulic Hybrid Technology in Refuse Trucks

Green Car Congress

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has launched field tests of Bosch Rexroth ’s Hydrostatic Regenerative Braking (HRB) parallel hydraulic hybrid system to assess HRB’s viability for use as an alternative drive system for the department’s refuse trucks. The hydraulic hybrid refuse truck. Click to enlarge.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

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. The starting point was routes of 80 to 150 miles a day, but more factors came into play than sheer range. Onward and upward.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Each vehicle has a home location: a reserved parking space located on a street, driveway, or neighborhood parking lot in the member’s area, to which it must be returned at the end of the reservation. RelayRides changed its name to Turo in 2015 and has been described as an “Airbnb for real peoples’ cars.”

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The lowly refuse truck offers the perfect use case for electrification

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A few years ago, finding that EV tech had advanced, Mack decided to build an electric truck for a long-time customer, the New York City Department of Sanitation. As with any electric vehicle, the challenge has been range. In New York City, it really hasn’t been their routes.

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Is the Place to Go for Inventive Pastries and Fresh Bread

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They designed the tiling throughout with the New York City-based artist Shane Gabler, while a fresco depicting eels with earrings by the painter Claudio Bonuglia adorns a portion of the bar and lounge, which will open for evening service beginning this summer. Stratagems” is on view from May 3 through June 15, pacegallery.com.

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NYU-BMW i report explores future urban mobility; sustainability and resilience

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Demographic factors such as an overall urban population boom, the increase in urban single-person households and rapidly aging urban populations—the population age 65 and older in New York City, for example, is expected to increase more than 36% by 2030—will lead to significant changes in urban mobility.

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Why N.Y.C. Hotel Rooms Are So Expensive Right Now

Baua Electric

In late 2022, as thousands of migrants began to arrive in New York City, city officials scrambled to find places to house them. Dozens of hotels, from once-grand facilities to more modest establishments, closed to tourists and began exclusively sheltering migrants, striking multimillion-dollar deals with the city.