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MARCH 14, 2018

Techrules, a China-based automotive R&D company which unveiled the final production design of its Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) Ren RS series-hybrid supercar at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show ( earlier post ), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CRRC Times Electric Co.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Toshiba Corporation is taking its SCiB rechargeable battery business from Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) to make it an independent business unit within Toshiba. SCiB rechargeable cells are categorized into two types: high power and high energy. Earlier post.).

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 12, 2024

Solid-state batteries are supposed to close the gap between the two and are allegedly approaching mass-market applications. As of now, solid-state batteries have been limited to small devices that are designed to run for exceptionally long periods of time. But the claims on the unit were pretty wild.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2023

Folded simply and intuitively, the Mercedes-AMG E-Scooter fits easily into the trunk of a car, while its low weight means that it can be carried conveniently on public transport. A 500 watt electric motor enables the matt black e-scooter to accelerate quickly to 20 km/h. Ah battery allows a range of up to 40 kilometers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), the public transport operator for the Barcelona metropolitan area has ordered 24 Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses, which will arrive by the end of 2022. They will be recharged both by means of a pantograph and plug-in technology. The buses will be powered by an electric central motor.

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AUGUST 29, 2020

Mercedes-Benz Vans and Amazon announced the largest order for Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles to date: more than 1,800 battery-electric eVito and eSprinter from Mercedes-Benz Vans will be delivered to Amazon starting this year to be used across Europe. The eVito is also ideal for locally emission-free transport on the last mile.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Solaris Bus & Coach has signed a contract with public transport operator Freiburger Verkehrs AG for the supply of 15 electric buses: five 12-meter Solaris Urbino 12 electric and ten 18-meter articulated Urbino 18 electric. The commissioned Urbino will be equipped with Solaris High Power batteries.

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Recharge Electric Electrical Installation 273

Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2019

Japan’s NEDO, Sharp Corporation, and Toyota Motor Corporation plan to begin public road trials of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries from late July 2019. With the goal of finding solutions to energy and environmental issues in the transport sector, the committee’s research focuses on solar power systems.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2015

The BMW Group and the SCHERM group have put a 40-ton electric truck for material transport into service on public roads in a one-year pilot. miles) eight times a day between the SCHERM group logistics center and the BMW Group plant in Munich, transporting different vehicle components such as shock absorbers, springs and steering systems.

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BMW Transportation Battery Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

(MHI) will supply two electric buses to serve in a transportation system being planned by the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The buses—full-size, low-floor models for the city’s regular route network—will operate on MHI’s high-performance “ MLIX ” lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 1, 2021

The company plans to do it with a mixture of all-electric vehicles, like the new XC40 Recharge, and plug-in hybrid versions of its SUVs and sedans. The XC90 Recharge is an example of the second group. A plug-in hybrid vehicle is especially good for local electric motoring with the freedom to burn gas on a longer trip.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The bill: Requires the Washington State Transportation Commission (Commission) to adopt regulations on or before 1 January 2025, mandating that all model year 2030 or later passenger and light-duty vehicles registered in Washington be electric vehicles, except for emergency services vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The vehicles, which will enter into service in about 18 months, will be recharged by day using fast pantograph chargers deployed in three locations in the city; at night they will be charged at the bus depot at Legionów street. will be fitted with Solaris High Power batteries adapted to fast, high power charging. Operator Miejski Zak?ad

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2013

Rendering of the battery-electric car ferry. Siemens, together with the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand, has developed a battery-electric car ferry, the miljøferge (environmental ferry) ZeroCat. The ship’s batteries will be recharged in the breaks between crossings, a procedure which only takes 10 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

LE electric buses will be handed over to the Public Transport Authority (Miejski Zarz?d The battery-electric buses will be propelled by a 160 kW central traction motor. Depending on customer needs, it will enable the concurrent recharging of two buses with a charging power of 40 kW or of a one bus with a charging power of 80 kW.

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Poland Electric Electrical Recharge 243

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2018

MAN, a member of the Volkswagen Group, is now selling a battery-electric van, the MAN eTGE. Cities increasingly find themselves faced with the challenge of reconciling a healthy climate and their inhabitants’ quality-of-life demands with the transport of goods and deliveries in central urban areas.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Washington State House Transportation Committee voted 17-12 to advance legislation calling for all model year 2030 or later passenger and light-duty vehicles sold in the state to be electric vehicles (EVs). Clean Cars 2030 (HB 1204) sets the first state-legislated 2030 phaseout target for automotive combustion engines in the country.

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Washington All-Electric Seattle Sale 301

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Transport operator Przedsi?biorstwo The electric buses for Katowice will be driven by a 160 kW central traction motor. The energy needed to propel the vehicles will be stored in a set of Solaris High Energy+ batteries, with a total capacity of 237 kWh. They will be recharged using a plug-in connector and an inverted pantograph.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 2, 2024

Japanese e-bike manufacturers are making a run towards battery-swapping as a convenient alternative to stopping and charging batteries. Yamaha is the latest company to spin-out a new battery-swapping venture, today announcing its new ENYRING.

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Batteries Battery Electric Electrical 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In case the relevant refueling infrastructure is set up and there is a demand for the new kind of eco-transport on the part of Moscow, we plan to provide for final assembly of hydrogen fuel cell buses at the Sokolniki Car Repair and Construction Plant in the capital of the country, where Kamaz electric buses are already assembled successfully.

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Hydrogen Russia Fuel Corporation 467

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

City transport operator Miejskie Zak?ady We are glad that we are one of the leaders in the implementation of environmentally friendly solutions for transport, according to our plans, in two years’ time, we will have a fleet of nearly 400 zero and low-emission buses. MZA ecological buses are a sign of hope for clean air in the capital.

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Supplies Poland Recharge Electric 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, announced that New Flyer’s 60-foot articulated heavy-duty transit bus has become the first and only sixty-foot battery-electric bus to complete the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Model Bus Testing Program at Altoona, Pennsylvania ( Altoona Testing).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Mobilize Limo is the result of the joint venture created by Renault Group and Jiangling Motors Group Co., Mobilize Limo will be marketed as a joint offer combining both the vehicle and services for all sorts of drivers including taxis, PHVs, and other private transport services (e.g., medical transport, community transport).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The public transport authority Zarz?d The new vehicles commissioned by public transport authority ZTM include 15 articulated Solaris Trollino 18 trolleybuses and 20 Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses. In 2021, that proportion will change radically, soaring to a 50% share of electric vehicles in the public transport fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

Further electric buses mean even more ecological public transport, cleaner air, and therefore better quality of life, and this is what we care about most. The main goal of the program is to support the development of the broadly defined electromobility policy and sustainable development of transport and mobility in Poznan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

The purpose of this project is to demonstrate load shifting by charging at night when demand is low, storing power produced from renewable sources in rechargeable batteries, and supplying such power back to the grid when factory facilities and offices face peak demand. Building and components. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

Yamato Transport Co., Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), and Hino Motors, Ltd. Hino) will begin trials using a small battery-electric truck (EV Truck) in Yamato delivery operations. By placing a compact electric motor under the cab and adopting front-wheel drive, the batteries could be placed under the bed.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2019

Solaris offers operators interested in transitioning to zero-emission transport a fully bespoke electric bus. Depending on the climate, the route and transport load of a line, or even the topography, electric Urbino buses may require a different specification.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2021

In his veto statement, Governor Inslee said: Section 6 of the bill [the Clean Cars package] ties a very important goal of electrifying our transportation sector to the implementation of a road usage charge program. Emergency services vehicles would be exempt.

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Washington All-Electric Sale Clean 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The bus is fully adapted to transport disabled persons. Students are able to recharge their electric devices using dual USB ports placed on the side walls of the bus. There are 41 seats on board the vehicle and all of them feature safety belts. An automatic hand sanitiser dispenser has also been mounted on board.

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Poland Electric Electrical Purchase 374

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

DEP provides for quiet and scale-free propulsion where electric motors provide high power to weight, efficiency, reliability, and compactness at different scales. In addition to a purely electric solution, we are working to integrate a clean hybrid propulsion system that enables our aircraft to fly continuously without recharging.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Flash Drive: 2024 Polestar 2 Single and Dual Motor A Major Update with More Power and Range Polestar recently invited the automotive media to get behind the wheel of its revised Polestar 2 single and dual motor sedan, what Polestar says is a “5-door electric performance fastback.” For brevity, we will stick with sedan.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

EV Mythbusting: EV Batteries Aren’t Actually Green Digging into the Heart of the Electric Car We’ve all heard the calls reporting the imminent danger we face from a changing climate. The battery is the heart of the modern electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2020

Hamburger Hochbahn—one of the biggest public transport carriers in Germany—has announced the list of potential suppliers of 530 electric buses to be delivered between 2021-2125. Daimler Buses will be providing the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro and the new eCitaro G articulated bus.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2018

The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), acting through the New York City Transit Authority (NYCT), will launch its electric bus test and evaluation program of five Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses. The program will begin January 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2020

Cracow, Poland public transport operator Miejskie Przedsi?biorstwo The electric buses supplied to Cracow by Solaris will be propelled by electric axes with integrated electric motors. Energy will be stored in high density Solaris High Energy+ batteries. biorstwo Komunikacyjne S.A.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2019

The transport operator ACTV SPA Venezia has ordered 30 Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses and the infrastructure for battery charging. Solaris will also deliver nine fast pantograph battery chargers, six fixed plug-in battery chargers and a mobile plug-in charger. Earlier post.).

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