Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Initial members of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network are : Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Delhi, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Sydney. The four vehicle manufacturers are BYD, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), Nissan and Renault.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Chicago and Denver (tied). In Chicago, charging infrastructure growth has been more recent and now is robust. Illinois provides a $4,000 state tax incentive for purchases and reduced registration fees. Driving habits in Chicago also are heavy with suburban to urban commuting patterns. New York City.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

Amazon announced its first purchase—rather than a lease—of eleven Boeing 767-300 aircraft. The purchases include seven aircraft from Delta and four aircraft from WestJet; the aircraft will join the Amazon network by 2022. —Sarah Rhoads, Vice President of Amazon Global Air.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

FedEx is targeting battery electric technology for vehicles in its fleet covering less than 5,000 miles per year. is expanding its alternative-energy vehicle fleet with the first all-electric FedEx parcel delivery trucks in the United States. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fleets. Click to enlarge. FedEx Corp.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The use of RNG is a very important part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025. The RNG will be used to fuel UPS’s LNG-powered trucks in Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. The Kinetrex Energy contract will supply UPS with up to 52.5 Louis and Toledo.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 24, 2006

T hrough the leadership of Mayor Richard Daley , the City of Chicago has joined Plug In Partners with a big bang by committing to purchase 850 plug in hybrid vehicles. Recently, Chicago's greening was highlighted in Time. Chicago is also going to start a green roof program. But Johnston, Mayor Richard M. Minnesota Dept.

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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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

The City of Bogota, Colombia, has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in Bogota’s center-city taxi fleet. The first taxis are expected to be operational in the city in the next few months. On 29 December 2011, the City of Bogota enacted Decree No. 677 to support the project over a three-year period.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

AT&T has deployed its 4,000 th alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV) in its US corporate fleet. The vehicles are part of AT&T’s planned 10-year initiative to invest up to $565 million to replace approximately 15,000 fleet vehicles with alternative fuel models through 2018. AT&T’s fleet nationwide currently numbers more than 71,500 vehicles.

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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. City of Chicago, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Heavy-duty electric truck builder Orange EV announced that fleets in California can purchase a new T-Series pure electric terminal truck for less than the cost of a new Tier 4 diesel truck. More than 60% of Orange EV’s fleets have re-ordered. It doesn’t get easier. —Mike Saxton, Orange EV chief commercial officer.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

Rail Management Services ( RMS ), an intermodal lift-on/lift-off contractor with a hostling fleet of 700+ trucks, has placed a follow-on order for nine additional T-Series battery-electric terminal trucks from Orange EV. We put the Orange EV truck in Chicago at one of our toughest ramps. Frankly, I was surprised. tons NO x , 1.6

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

Rapidly declining battery costs, low-cost electricity, and federal purchase incentives mean these vehicles will be cheaper to own and operate than diesel trucks before the end of this decade. million zero-emission trucks and buses are projected to be on the roads by 2030, including 130,000 combination tractor-trailers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The agency issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking innovative ideas from commercial vendors that could help the federal government incorporate car sharing government-wide and reduce the federal fleet over time. GSA manages more than 200,000 vehicles, one of the largest non-tactical federal fleets in the US government.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

AmeriPride Services, a leading textile rental services and supply company in North America, announced plans to replace 20% of the fleet at its Vernon branch with electric delivery trucks equipped with Motiv Power Systems All-Electric Powertrains. Motiv has delivered the first of ten zero-emission step vans.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2012

The system is suited for electric bike and scooter commercial fleet owners, tour companies, and vehicle sharing programs. Bat’Lib also enables the development of a variety of new business models for renting or leasing batteries and charging services separately from the vehicle purchase.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Orange EV, a manufacturer of battery-electric heavy-duty trucks, announced that fleets in the state of New York can now save up to $150,000 per T-Series pure electric terminal truck (the 160 kWh model; the 80 kWh model is approved for a $123,960 voucher). After delivering purchased trucks, Orange EV redeems the voucher incentive.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Orange’s T-Series is the only terminal truck solution that qualifies for financial incentives through Drive Clean Chicago (DCC). Through the Drive Clean Chicago program, CMAQ funds are paid directly to Orange EV to reduce customer purchase price. Eligible vehicles must operate 75% of the time in the Chicago 6-county area.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

FTA’s Low-No Program supports transit agencies in purchasing or leasing low- or no-emission buses and other transit vehicles that use technologies such as battery electric and fuel-cell power to provide cleaner, more efficient transit service in communities across the country. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). Broome County (NY).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2014

Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order from New Flyer Industries for the delivery of Ballard’s first next-generation FCvelocity-HD7 fuel cell power module to a North American bus manufacturer. Earlier post.) Delivery of the power module to New Flyer Industries is planned for later this year. million miles) in revenue service.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Statewide Paratransit Bus Hybrid Program: Purchase 31 paratransit hybrid buses to replace 31 gas and diesel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

By decoupling the batteries from the sale of its buses, Proterra enables transit customers to purchase the electric bus and lease the batteries over the 12-year lifetime of the bus. Currently four customers are taking advantage of leasing buses, including Jones Lang LaSalle in Chicago and Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 31, 2016

After over a year of testing, Chicago is ready to commit to all-electric buses. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) took delivery of two electric buses in 2014, and found them satisfactory. So the city now plans to purchase 20 to 30 all-electric buses over the next few years, as part of an overall modernization of its fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

One of the two new hybrid police vehicles will be built in Chicago, and both will be upfitted with their police gear at Ford’s dedicated police vehicle modification center in Chicago. These include EV fleet management, route planning and telematics solutions. Two new, pursuit-rated hybrid police vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

UPS plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. In 2016, UPS used more than 61 million gallons of natural gas in its ground fleet, which included 4.6

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Illinois utility ComEd kicked off the Chicago Drives Electric event with a $90 million bang, featuring a new Point of Purchase initiative to deliver instant discounts to qualifying business and public sector customers who make the switch to electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

Although anyone can download and use the tool, AFLEET was designed for managers that purchase and maintain a fleet of vehicles. The 2016 AFLEET Tool and user guide are available online.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The deal marks the first time ever that the hardware was ever purchased for an independent EV charging network. The fast-chargers from Tesla will have an output of 250 kW, and based on appearance from bp’s press release, will be the new V4 Superchargers that have started being installed across the United States.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The 2025 Chicago Auto Show opened this week, and Ive been struggling a bit with how to approach this story about the decline and fall of what was once the American auto industrys premier commercial vehicle show but one thing was absolutely clear: the Nissan LEAF is the best new car deal in Chicago. Its down to a single hall now.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

Additionally, the campaign has gained more than 8,000 “soft” fleet orders for these vehicles when they are available. The Austin Independent School District has agreed to purchase one of the buses. based nonprofit corporation. Additional information about the campaign is available at www.pluginpartners.org.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

billion vehicles in the global fleet,” said Rivian Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe. ” Rivian showroom to open in luxury Chicago neighborhood Once complete, the Starfire coal mine will be the BrightNight Starfire Renewable Energy Center. The EV automaker has already signed a power purchase agreement with BrightNight.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Ford commercial truck customers can score a sweet deal on a new Ford F-150 Lightning Pro, thanks to a new $7,500 Fleet Order Discount offer – but that’s just the beginning: there are even more Lightning incentives out there for fleet buyers ! But wait, there’s more ComEd press conference at Chicago Drives Electric; image by the author.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 10, 2022

The program will assess the E-Transit’s effectiveness as a delivery van while also being an introductory part of FedEx’s plan to have zero tailpipe emission vehicles across its fleet by 2040. Wal-Mart purchased 4,500 Canoo all-electric deliver vans that will make last-mile deliveries.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. For some Americans it gives a chance to drive and experience a different car, maybe an electric car they might be thinking of purchasing.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

The Plug-In Partners campaign has now surpassed 6,000 fleet orders. Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids. As fleet orders increase, city governments around the country also continue to join the coalition.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. Heavy-duty hydrogen projects, such as freight fleet or shuttle programs, in this or future plans. miles per kWh) for the expected future fleet of new EVs, including current EV units in operation.

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