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Nissan Canada commits 500 Nissan LEAFs for sale to Toronto Atmospheric Fund FleetWise EV300 Partners

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Nissan has committed the availability of 500 Nissan LEAFs for sale to TAF partners with initial deliveries beginning in the second half of 2011. As a fleet manager I need to ensure that I have the right vehicle to fulfill our day-to-day travel requirements, while at the same time keeping operation costs on budget.

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ElectraMeccanica to begin customer deliveries of three-wheeled SOLO EV

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The company will officially begin delivering keys to customers at a special launch event scheduled for 4 October in Los Angeles with a select group of early reservation holders along with the company’s first fleet owners. The company earlier introduced a new fleet and commercial version of the SOLO Cargo EV.

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Study finds testing the technology the strongest initial motivation for fleet managers adopting EVs

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According to a report from Frost and Sullivan (Kumar, 2013), fleet managers adopted more than half of EVs sold globally up to 2013. Thereafter fleet managers adopted or indicated an intent to adopt a larger number of EVs because of the benefits that they offer. Sierzchula (2014) Click to enlarge. — William Sierzchula.

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Optimal Electric Vehicles secures initial order for 200 EV chassis; partnership with Olathe Ford

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Optimal Electric Vehicles and Olathe Ford, one of the nation’s largest Ford Commercial Vehicle Centers (CVCs), announced a new partnership in the sales and distribution of Optimal-EV’s E1 series battery-electric cutaway chassis platform. The E1 features an all-electric drive system designed to enable more than 125 miles of driving range.

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Hertz adds smart fortwo EVs to rental fleet, partners with Starwood Hotels on Hertz Global EV program

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The smart fortwo electric drive joins EVs from the other manufacturers as part of Hertz Global EV’s fleet. smart USA is strategically deploying a fleet of 2011 smart fortwo electric drive vehicles across the United States. Series production begins in 2012 for sale through smart USA’s dealer network.

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BMW puts 70 hydrogen tugger trains into operation in Leipzig

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These include an operator concept, the standardization of interfaces, a plug & play solution for fleet conversion, the validation of service life and the proof of efficiency in fleet operation. The consortium is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and its program company, NOW GmbH.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

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Even though it was only introduced in the second half of the year, it ranked in the top of the sales charts in many countries almost right away. —Klaus Zellmer, the board member responsible for Sales of Volkswagen Passenger Cars. We really hit the bullseye with the ID.3. in Germany in the BEV market and 23% in the Netherlands.

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