CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 30, 2021

Africa could be on the verge of another incredible leapfrog event. We have seen it before with the telecommunications and fintech industries. Once the underserved and unbanked population were introduced to the world of mobile phones, and subsequently mobile money, they quickly jumped in.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Lightning eMotors has announced a new model of its Class 3 Lightning Electric Transit Van. The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2022

The consortium brings together operators of the largest UK fleets of vans and trucks and predominant members of the hydrogen industry, including hydrogen producers, hydrogen state suppliers and vehicle manufacturers. First Hydrogen and Element Energy expect to release more details on the AHFC van program later this year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2021

HYVIA, the joint venture between Renault Group and Plug Power ( earlier post ), has unveiled the Renault Master Van H2-TECH prototype. A large van for transporting goods, with 12 m 3 of cargo volume and a range of up to 500 km, the van will be available in 2022. The Master Van is produced in France, at Renault’s Batilly plant.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2022

EV startup Canoo this week confirmed fleet-management company Zeeba has ordered at least 3,000 of its electric vans. Zeeba will lease those vehicles to small- and medium-sized businesses.

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InsideEVs

APRIL 19, 2022

Penske plans to take delivery of the first E-Transit vehicles in the next weeks for use as part of its rental and leasing fleet.

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Electrek

APRIL 3, 2023

Transport giant Ryder has ordered 4,000 of BrightDrop’s electric vans to add to its lease and rental fleet through 2025, and the first 200 are being ordered this year. more… The post Ryder just ordered 4,000 electric vans from GM’s BrightDrop appeared first on Electrek.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 5, 2023

Ryder System, a US commercial vehicle fleet management company, announced its plan to introduce 4,000 BrightDrop Zevo 600 and Zevo 400 electric vans to its lease and rental fleet through 2025, with the first 200 to be ordered this year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2022

billion in a new battery cell manufacturing plant, called ONE Circle, in Van Buren Township, Michigan. ONE Circle is being leased from Ashley Capital and is located at 42060 Ecorse Road in the Crossroads Distribution Center, in Van Buren Township, Michigan.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Amazon appears to be throwing in the towel for its ambitious electric cargo bike delivery in NYC, recently putting its large cargo e-bike depot up for lease after letting its fleet of e-bike vans sit idle on the roof.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

Merchants Fleet will become a key commercial customer of the all-new Ram ProMaster electric van (EV) that debuts later this year. The all-new Ram ProMaster EV will be the first fully electric van offered in North America from Stellantis and the Ram brand.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Effective immediately, Mercedes-Benz Bank, together with the insurance partner R+V/KRAVAG, is offering new insurance policies especially for electric vans. It is available to both private and business customers and can be purchased either independently when a vehicle is purchased or in combination with a leasing or financing agreement.

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Mercedes Electric Electrical Purchase 221

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Hyundai announced a new deal with Iveco Group to supply an all-electric van based on its global eLCV platform. The Iveco-badged electric van will be Hyundai’s first export to use its new EV platform. Hyundai will build the chassis, while Iveco will customize the electric vans, distributing them through its network.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2020

Lightning Systems designed the system to be installed in its Lightning Electric Transit 350HD cargo van, but the system can be installed in any vehicle or trailer that meets size and weight specifications. Rental and leasing options will be available. A new powertrain for motor coaches also was recently introduced.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

If you wanted to lease a small electric van during the last 10 years there’s only really been one choice – the Renault Kangoo – and now an all-new model will be available in Spring 2022. It also has a new name: the Renault Kangoo Van E-Tech electric. The 90kW electric motor produces 245Nm of torque.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Mercedes-Benz has launched the eSprinter van in the United States, as it is now available for order in the United States for the first time, starting at $71,866. Mercedes-Benz brought an electric van to the U.S. Right now, there are only a handful of electric vans on the market in the U.S., dealerships starting at $71,866.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Ford unveiled the 2022 E-Transit van, an all-electric version of the world’s best-selling cargo van. With a usable battery capacity of 67 kWh, E-Transit will deliver an estimated range of 126 miles in the low-roof cargo van variant.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

has received an approval from Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for an additional 23,000 acres of mineral leases in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This is something that Talon CEO Henri van Rooyen highlighted in a comment. “Our Talon Metals Corp. The combined 423,000 acres are located within 1.7

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Daimler plans a fundamental change in its structure, splitting into two independent pure-play companies: Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans, and Daimler Truck, which will be a spin-off the current Truck and Bus business. Daimler intends that a significant majority stake in Daimler Truck will be distributed to Daimler shareholders.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Other deliveries were made to Goodwill Industries of San Diego County, which is integrating an e18L RIZON dry van box truck into its fleet, and Diamond Environmental, which will use four e18L RIZON trucks to deliver and service portable restrooms.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2022

Three-quarters of reservation holders do not currently own or lease a Ford vehicle. F-150 Lightning is also converting many of them to first-time truck or electric vehicle buyers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2022

FTA’s Low or No Emission (Low-No) Grant Program makes funding available to help transit agencies buy or lease US-built low- or no-emission vehicles, including related equipment or facilities. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $5.5 For Fiscal Year 2022, approximately $1.17 billion was available for grants under this program.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 19, 2024

Although the $7,500 consumer tax credit for buying an electric car is becoming more restrictive for new vehicles adhering to specific manufacturing requirements , there’s a provision enabling consumers to still enjoy the credit when leasing an EV assembled outside of North America. How Does Obtaining a Tax Credit for a Leased EV Work?

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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2022

As of June 15, 2022, Ford will no longer offer the opportunity to purchase its three all-electric vehicles, the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit Van, for new leases. Ford informed dealers in a letter that it was discontinuing the end-of-lease purchase option for the E-Transit van, Mustang Mach-E, and F-150 Lightning.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2021

Of that total, 445,777 are owned; 194,293 are in the GSA fleet; and 4,977 are commercial leased. Passenger vehicles (low-speed EVs, sedans, vans and SUVs) account for 224,227 units (35%). Civilian agencies account for 245,950 units; the military for 173,429 units; and the postal service for 225,668 units.

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2020

The Peugeot e-Expert – a fully electric version of the popular Expert panel van – is now available to order.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2023

In California, for example, which currently has an adoption score of 45 (highest in the nation), state tax credits on the purchase or lease of a new EV is $2,000 for cars and $4,500 for trucks, SUVs and vans. Power finds a clear correlation between the states with biggest government incentives and consumer EV adoption rates.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 4, 2022

Electric Cars, Vans, and Aircraft VinFast and Pininfarina detail VF 8 and VF 9 designs VinFast signs memorandum of understanding with LeasePlan for customer leasing options in Europe Opel […]. Below are some hot EV news stories — and a few opinion pieces — from the past few days.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A mere two years removed from its initial entry into new markets of Europe, Build Your Dreams (BYD) is looking to expedite its expansion with the help of Arval – a major vehicle leasing company overseas. The MoU follows a partnership already signed between both parties to bring BYD lease options to Brazil.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

Many of the grant recipients have pledged to buy standardized buses and vans and avoid customization, which will result in faster delivery and lower costs. The Buses and Bus Facilities program provides federal funding for transit agencies to buy and rehabilitate buses and vans and build and modernize bus facilities.

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Teslarati

MAY 10, 2022

Oil and gas giant Shell has partnered with Penske Truck Leasing to launch a new joint initiative to support light-duty electric vehicle charging at Penske locations. Penske Truck Leasing and Shell will initially deploy a series of Level 2 electric truck charging stations with plug-and-charge capabilities in four U.S.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Canoo has received an order for over 5000 electric delivery vans from Zeeba, a fleet leasing provider. Canoo was on the edge of bankruptcy earlier this year as they struggled to get their electric van, the Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle, into production. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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EV Obssesion

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

5 GTX EV Awards, Prices in UK DriveElectric is set to expand its Electric Vehicle Leasing Offer on the back of investment from Sumitomo Corporation Citroën ë-Berlingo Van named What Car? Van of the Year Prices and specification announced for refreshed […]. The successful ID. 5 and the ID.5 The post ID.

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The Driven EV News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Californian EV start-up Canoo staves off bankruptcy with a supply agreement to provide up to 5,450 electric vehicles to fleet leasing provider Zeeba. The post Canoo lands agreement to supply 3,000 electric vans to Zeeba appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Quantron AG is a system provider of clean battery and hydrogen-powered e-mobility for commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and vans. Quantron AG also sells batteries and integrated customized electrification concepts to manufacturers of commercial vehicles, machinery and intralogistics vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2020

As a part of Lightning Systems, Lightning Energy offers a full range of purchased or leased charging stations and, optionally, full charging as a service (CaaS). Lightning Energy designs, installs, services, and manages charging solutions, providing fleets with turnkey options to support fleet electrification.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

FTA’s Low or No Emission (Low-No) Grant Program makes funding available to help transit agencies purchase or lease US-built low or no emission vehicles that use advanced technologies, including related equipment or facilities, for transit revenue operations. The IIJA provides $5.5 For Fiscal Year 2022, approximately $1.1

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