Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

trucking industry: Atlanta to Los Angeles. Today, operators are accompanying each truck in the pilot fleet on weekly hauls, ready to assist if necessary. Starting this week, Aurora Driver-powered trucks are hauling loads between Fort Worth and El Paso on behalf of Werner.

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Electrek

APRIL 19, 2023

Hertz is rolling out its EV fleets to cities across the US in a program called Hertz Electrifies, and it’s chosen Atlanta as its latest city. more… The post Hertz is bringing 4,000 rental EVs to Atlanta, including Teslas appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

million to the Center for Transportation and the Environment in Atlanta and $10.17 Develop and conduct in-service testing for a next generation Buy America compliant fuel cell bus in Chicago’s RTA fleet. Partners: CTE, Atlanta, GA; Proterra, Greenville, SC; Ballard Power Systems Inc., Amount: $1,545,148. Amount: $133,774.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Atlanta-based Southern Co., the US’s third-largest utility, will terminate around 55% of its coal fleet by 2030. more… The post The US’s third-largest utility will shut down 55% of its coal fleet by 2030 appeared first on Electrek. Southern Co. is working toward achieving net zero by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

(PCNA) has enrolled all cars at its two Experience Centers—sand its fleet in the monthly subscription pilot, Porsche Passport—sin Porsche Impact. Following its corporate fleets, PCNA will soon offer Porsche Impact to USA customers who want to reduce the CO 2 footprint of their internal-combustion engines.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

A white paper by AMPLY Power, a company providing fleet charging as a service, finds that 25 of America’s largest metropolitan areas could save an average of 37% on fuel costs by electrifying their bus and light-duty vehicle fleets. AMPLY developed an interactive map to compare gas and electric fleet fueling costs. —i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2015

The Hertz Corporation, which includes the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands, has expanded of its Green Traveler Collection car rental fleet to include the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid ( earlier post ) in select cities across the US. Hertz believes it has one of the most fuel-efficient rental fleets in the industry.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is adding approximately 5,000 additional gas/electric hybrids to its nationwide fleet and designating nearly 80 rental locations across the country as “hybrid branches.” The new hybrids will be available in 24 major markets across the country, including the 10 busiest airports for business travelers in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

HTI offers a portfolio of location-based services for consumers, manufacturers, fleets and dealers through two-way wireless connectivity. a wholly owned subsidiary of HTI located in San Diego, CA, offers remote vehicle diagnostics, an integrated GPS tracking and emissions monitoring system for wireless fleet vehicle management.

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Teslarati

MARCH 24, 2022

The Tesla Model Y has been added to Hertz’s fleet of rentable electric vehicles, joining its sibling vehicle, the Model 3. “Meet the newest addition to Hertz’s EV fleet, Model Y, and see why you should reserve one for your next adventure,” Hertz says on its site. markets as part of its phased national rollout.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

This release powers Aurora’s next-generation truck fleet and its recently unveiled Toyota Sienna test fleet. is the first product release that is powering Aurora’s trucking fleet and its ride-hailing Toyota Sienna fleet. These updates are shared across Aurora’s fleet of trucks and minivans. The Aurora Driver 2.0

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Atlanta, a “New Wave” EV market that has nabbed the Nº 3 spot due to a number of factors including congestion where LEAF performs well, state incentives and HOV and HOT access. In Atlanta, Nissan workplace outreach has resulted in more than 100 LEAF sales to Southern Company employees. Electric (Battery) Sales'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2012

Using $130 million, the company will open four factories in China while receiving a US$70-million engineering services contract to design a system specifically for the China fleet market. The JV will target the medium-duty bus and truck market in China with opportunities to export globally on multiple vehicle applications.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. infrastructure, collaborate with colleges on first responder training, promote workplace EV charging, and work with fleets to implement. Projects include: AWARD TABLE. Project lead.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

USPS is finally rolling out its much-anticipated Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs), and the first fleet of them to go into service in Atlanta, Georgia is earning rave reviews from delivery drivers according to an AP report.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2010

UPS has expanded its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles with the deployment of 200 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks in eight US cities. Before this latest deployment, UPS was operating 50 hybrid electrics in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix. Earlier post.). Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. —Carlton Rose, President, Global Fleet Maintenance and Engineering for UPS.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. DeKalb County’s DeKalb County/Metropolitan Atlanta Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicle Project. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The program will roll out in two phases and focus on cities that have a presence of existing and potential autogas fleets, autogas fuel availability as well as available staff and resources from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC). school buses, shuttle buses, medium and light duty trucks, etc.),

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Allison first announced the 9-speed model in 2017 at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta. This will provide fleet management and maintenance staff with the insight they need to improve vehicle uptime.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the bus for the project. This project includes a cost-benefit analysis of a large-scale conversion of a school bus fleet to hydraulic hybrid powertrains designed to recover lost braking energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

These projects include: Center for Transportation and the Environment ($3 million DOE investment): Based in Atlanta, Ga., Fleets Fuel Cells Hydrogen Hydrogen Storage' the Center for Transportation and the Environment will develop a fuel cell hybrid electric walk-in delivery van with a 150-mile (241 km) range per fueling. CommScope Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2012

MCT is teaming with Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Ga.) to use the coating technology on several engine types operated by Delta, with first fleet incorporation scheduled for this year. EERE especially sought “quick win” projects with a realistic path to commercialization in 3–5 years.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Heavy-duty truck fleet trials of Shell Nitrogen Enriched Diesel demonstrated a 4.8% Shell Nitrogen Enriched Diesel will only be available to commercial customers in the Atlanta, GA area. Gunk build-up can impair optimal fuel flow and can result in increased fuel consumption and associated CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2012

the Center for Transportation and the Environment in Atlanta, Ga.; US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $13.1 million in federal funding for 11 research and demonstration projects under FTA’s National Fuel Cell Bus Program. The funds are shared by Calstart in Pasadena, Calif.;

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Electrek

JANUARY 23, 2024

The US Postal Service showed off its first EV charging stations at an event in Atlanta yesterday, with hundreds of new sorting and delivery centers set to open around the country this year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Twelve of the 26 metropolitan areas have six or more city-level actions in place to promote electric vehicles: Ann Arbor, Indianapolis, Boulder, Fort Collins, Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, Seattle, Portland, San Jose, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

Atlanta, Ga. has selected BAE Systems’ HybriDrive to power its new fleet of Gillig Low Floor hybrid buses. and Everett, Wash., recently took delivery of the first New Flyer Xcelsior hybrids powered by BAE Systems and will be followed later this year by Washington, DC and Santa Rosa, Calif. and suburban Chicago by the end of 2011.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

The combined fleets are largely complementary, with limited overlap in their respective operating regions. Mirant owns or leases more than 10,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity; the fleet uses coal, natural gas and oil. The closing is also subject to the refinancing of a portion of each company’s existing debt.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2010

Air Products is a subcontractor on this project to the Center for Transportation & the Environment (CTE) in Atlanta, Ga. Air Products compression, storage and dispensing technology has been fueling a fleet of 40 forklifts since 2009. Plug Power’s technology is in 20 of the forklifts at the site.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

Florida-based truckload carrier Raven Transport is expanding its clean-burning natural gas fleet with 115 Peterbilt Model 579s, equipped with sleepers and powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) to haul goods for a leading consumer packaged goods company. The fleet will also fuel at Clean Energy’s existing Albany, Ga.; Birmingham, Ala.;

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

These capabilities provide utilities, cities, property and fleet owners with a dual solution to increase access to EV charging and upgrade electrical infrastructure needed to meet transportation electrification goals. Major cities like Atlanta and Seattle have passed “make ready” policies that require EV infrastructure (i.e.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2017

Michelin will acquire NexTraq , a US provider of commercial fleet telematics, in an all-cash transaction. Based in the Atlanta area, NexTraq is a subsidiary of FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc., NexTraq provides solutions for driver safety, fuel management and enhancing fleet productivity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2021

On the ground, Atlanta was the world’s busiest airport, handling more than 245,000 arriving flights during 2020, while the world’s busiest air route in both directions was within South Korea, between Seoul and the island of Jeju with 70,700 flights operated. Fleets in storage (but not the A320).

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Baua Electric

JUNE 21, 2023

has bought metro-Atlanta dealership Wade Ford, only a tiny over a day next including 14 dealerships in Virginia from Precedence Auto Workforce to its solid and proceeding an competitive acquisition technique that objectives achieving $50 billion in income through the top of 2025. Lithia Motors Inc. Lithia’s acquire of the Smyrna, Ga.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2017

At the APTA public transportation show in Atlanta, GILLIG LLC a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses, and Cummins Inc. announced a technical collaboration focused on integrating and optimizing new battery electric technology from Cummins that will soon power GILLIG electric transit buses. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2019

The Consortium’s founding members include: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART); Foothill Transit; Long Beach Transit (LBT); Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro); MetroLINK (Moline); Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA); Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)/Michigan’s mobility initiative, PlanetM; Minnesota (..)

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