Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2019

BYD achieved a first when its 60-foot battery-electric articulated transit bus completed durability road testing under the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) new Pass/Fail guidelines at the Model Bus Testing Program in Altoona, Pa. The K11M is equipped with a 652 kWh battery pack that provides 230 miles of range.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $45 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002760 ) to support the domestic development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles. Advanced batteries capable of safe, rapid charging are necessary to appeal to these Americans who are unable to charge cars at home for long periods of time.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

Starting this year, by the decision of the Mayor of Moscow, we will not buy diesel buses, except for transportation in a special mode. The city of Moscow, Russia is halting the purchase of diesel buses for its passenger transport fleet. Only electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The announcement underscores Merchants’ fleet electrification leadership position, as BrightDrop’s first and largest FMC customer, with the highest intent to buy electric vehicles to date. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2021

Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) is growing its battery-electric fleet with the purchase of 10 K11M 60-foot articulated buses and six K7M 30-foot buses. AVTA, which serves northern Los Angeles County and portions of southern Kern County, was the first transit agency in North America to make the decision to go 100% battery-electric.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In Las Vegas for SEMA, Ford revealed the all-electric F-100 Eluminator concept—a zero-tailpipe-emissions demonstration truck powered by the all-new Ford Performance Parts Eluminator electric crate motor that customers can now buy online.

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All-Electric Ford Concept Buy 397

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Volvo Buses and Stena Recycling subsidiary Batteryloop are collaborating on second-life applications for batteries from Volvo electric buses. After the batteries are removed from Volvo’s buses, they will be reused as energy storage units for a number of years, for example in buildings and charging stations. —Håkan Agnevall.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

Batteries are equipped with a temperature control system to prevent vehicles from overheating in summer and freezing in winter. In 2021, Moscow stopped buying diesel buses for the major surface public transport operator. Next year, Moscow plans to buy 600 more electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2019

The Fort Worth Transportation Authority (Trinity Metro) has awarded New Flyer a contract for four heavy-duty, thirty-five-foot Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Li-Bridge, a public-private alliance representing the US battery ecosystem, convened by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and managed by Argonne National Laboratory, released an action plan to accelerate the creation of a robust domestic manufacturing base and comprehensive supply chain for lithium-based batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2020

It is the first time that the customer has opted for battery vehicles. The power used by the vehicle will be stored in a set of Solaris High Energy batteries with a total capacity of 300 kWh, and it will be replenished using a classic plug-in system. Solaris Bus & Coach S.A.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

As a result, US transit agencies can confidently use FTA funding to buy the K8M. The electric bus is equipped with an up to 435kWh LFP battery and can be fully charged within 3 hours. All of BYD’s zero-emission buses exceed FTA Buy America requirements, incorporating more than 70% US content.

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InsideEVs

APRIL 7, 2025

Battery swapping was once a niche idea. But now that Nio has proven it works, bigger companies want in.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 7, 2025

million pure battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). continued] The post How Many Electric Cars Will The World Buy In 2025, 2027, 2030? Last year, the world bought 17.2 million plugin vehicles, and 10.8 Overall, 22% of new auto sales were plugin vehicle sales, more than one out of five, and 14% were BEV sales, almost one out of seven.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

The electric bendy bus has space for 135 passengers and a range of 90 kilometers; charging of the battery pack takes 20 minutes. In 2021, Moscow stopped buying diesel buses for the major surface public transport operator. After the test drive, the city plans to purchase such vehicles to service routes with high passenger traffic.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The NIO Group has chimed in Chinese New Year by performing an incredible 136,748 battery swaps over a 24-hour period, setting a new record for the brand. Set on February 3, the new six-figure record was set by NIO’s 3106 battery swap stations dotted throughout China, with the car-maker averaging an astonishing 5698 batteries-per-hour.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

JLR will buy back 2,760 2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric SUVs due to a fire risk that the automaker and safety regulators have determined has not been adequately addressed in previous recalls.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 21, 2024

One of the bigger concerns many consumers have had about buying electric cars is that the big batteries that power the cars will need to be replaced after a few years, at very high cost. continued] The post EV Battery Replacement Costs? Meh — Tesla Batteries Designed To Outlast Their Vehicles appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A GM electric car with Chinese EV batteries on US streets? GM is in talks to buy batteries from China’s CATL to be assembled at a new US plant. That could soon be a possibility.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In 2021 the company took orders, including letters of intent to buy, for more than 1,100 electric trucks worldwide. The international trucking industry is undergoing a transformation towards more sustainable transport as sales of heavy battery electric trucks are starting to pick up, with Europe in the lead.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2023

The first product from the alliance will measure real-world electric vehicle (EV) battery health. Power and Motorq will provide EV owners and potential buyers with an independent measurement of the health of that vehicle’s EV battery, compared with its stated health when new. EV shoppers have concerns about range and battery longevity.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

As with all Canoo vehicles, the LDV is built on a proprietary multi-purpose platform (MPP) architecture that integrates the motors, battery module and other critical driving components. Canoo’s fully electric Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) is a US-made commercial EV optimized for sustainable last mile delivery use cases.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

The combination of the high-end classic and high-tech electric vehicle will be available to buy for real. A 45 kWh lithium-ion battery is responsible for supplying the electric motor with power. They are transferred by eClassics into a battery system appropriate for the T1. As in the new ID.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

As nickel is used in the production of EV batteries, any sanctions placed on Russian nickel will cause EV manufacturing prices to increase further, threatening adoption and decarbonization. Geopolitical issues such as the Russia-Ukraine situation disturb the fine balance of battery metal supply chains.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

This year the Government of Moscow plans to buy 500 additional electric buses. Moscow stopped buying diesel buses for the surface public transport operator in 2021. Moscow, Russia, currently runs 1000 electric public electric buses on 66 bus routes, giving it the distinction of operating the largest e-bus fleet in Europe and America.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. It was time to buy our first car. I was nervous as this was the first time that I was buying a car, so the experience was new to me. How did it all start?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2021

The buses will feature battery configurations from 80 kWh to more than 160 kWh using industry-leading battery thermal management systems. All vehicles will be compliant with the Federal Transit Administration’s “Buy America” and the Federal Aviation Administration’s “Buy American” guidelines.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2020

The carrier has chosen Solaris High Power batteries with a total capacity of more than 120 kWh. The buses will be propelled by axles with two integrated traction motors with a power of 125 kW each. By day, the fast recharging of energy will be handled by means of a five-pole roof-mounted pantograph.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The long-range battery-electric buses can travel between 340 to 470 km on a single charge. Built on the proven Nova Bus LFS platform, the LFSe+ features a battery capacity of up to 564 kWh, with a range of between 211 and 292 miles (340 to 470 km) before needing a charge, depending on power demands and operating conditions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2022

UK-based Swindon Powertrain is offering a range of high energy density (HED) Li-ion battery packs alongside its range of compact electric powertrains to low-volume car and light commercial vehicle manufacturers and developers. To date, niche manufacturers have had to develop their own packs each time or source parts from used EVs.

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EV Central

APRIL 15, 2025

On-sale now, the 3825mm long, 1610mm wide and 1575mm high Inster Standard Range comes with a 71.1kW/147Nm e-motor driving the front wheels, fed by a 42kWh battery pack that provides a claimed 327km range. Charging rates for the battery packs are 10.5kW AC and up to 120kW DC. The Standard range has a claimed 11.7-second

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

BYD announced that its participation in a California-wide purchasing contract will also allow US transit agencies to leverage California’s purchase power to buy US-built zero-emission BYD battery-electric motor coaches, made by union employees in Lancaster, California. —Patrick Duan, Vice President of BYD North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

Lane Transit District (LTD) in Oregon has awarded New Flyer a contract for 11 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses, including seven ABB depot chargers to support electric bus infrastructure development. LTD has a longstanding commitment to sustainability.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

The Alliance members, which include Amazon, Best Buy, DHL, and Schindler Elevator, collectively own, lease or operate nearly 1.3 This entails producing vehicles that have sufficient battery capacity to get drivers where they need to go while meeting companies’ unique needs. million on-road vehicles in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A new total cost of ownership (TCO) study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that battery-electric and fuel-cell electric commercial trucks could be economically competitive with conventional diesel trucks by 2025 in some operating scenarios.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Toyota clearly had no love or expertise for pure Battery Electric Vehicles and was only interested in getting credit for a compliance car.

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General Motors Motors Motoring Motor 370

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2021

A class-leading 648 kWh of energy storage is provided by batteries that are integrated in the chassis and the rear of the vehicle for a low center of gravity and great stability. The Enviro500 EV CHARGE is Buy America-compliant, and Altoona testing is scheduled to start later this year.

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