Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2009

The Freightliner Business Class M2e, equipped with a hybrid electric drivetrain system, was developed for Pennington Gas Service, which specializes in delivering propane gas primarily to customers in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. This is a key purchasing criterion in a sector with a high level of stop-and-go operations.

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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. Hybrids have their “sweet spot” in the 15,000-25,000 mile/hear range.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

will deliver to FedEx the first full-production eStar —Navistar’s all-electric commercial truck. Sales of the eStar all-electric vehicle are conducted through a wholly owned Navistar affiliate. million federal stimulus grant to build electric trucks. Shane Terblanche, general manager, electric vehicles, Navistar.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Efficiency improvements could save class 8 fleet truck owners more than $120,000 per tractor-trailer over eight years and owner-operators more than $80,000 per tractor over 10 to 15 years, assuming an average $3.50 per gallon fuel price. per gallon fuel price. Overall investment costs in 2020 total $4.7 per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

million US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to demonstrate a pre-production Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) hybrid 4,300 hp line-haul locomotive. In several weeks, OptiFuel will start taking orders, in 49 of the US states, for a new line of affordable 800 hp to 3,200 hp, 100% natural gas freight and transit locomotives. g/bhp-hr.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the sustainable energy NGO Energy Vision released two case studies assessing the results of projects that were among the first to produce Renewable Compressed Natural Gas (R-CNG) vehicle fuel by using anaerobic digesters to capture the biogases from decomposing organic waste.

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Teslarati

JULY 20, 2021

The New York City Police Department has landed a Tesla Model 3 as its newest automotive fleet addition. It was added to the NYPD’s fleet of highway patrol cars last month. The NYPD acquired the Dual Motor, Long Range All-Wheel-Drive variant of the Model 3 for its fleet. “The NYPD continually assesses new technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Chrysler is also seeking to reduce electrical loads through application of higher efficiency fans and fuel pumps. Thermal management technologies not only help reduce fuel consumption, but are an important factor in extending battery range for hybrid electric and all-electric vehicle models. Transmissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

million to seven projects to develop medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans across 23 states. Gas Technology Institute: Houston to Los Angeles (H2LA)–I-10 Hydrogen Corridor Project. National Grid: Northeast Electric Highways Study.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

The question of electricity costs vs. health and environmental cost is important to ask everywhere, Michalek said. Electric vehicle charging may affect these trends. Finally, the additional electricity demand from charging vehicles will affect the operations of the power system and potentially affect the costs of electricity.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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Puerto Rico EPA Clean Cleaning 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. Electric vehicle coalition.

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Get Electric Vehicle

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Is it time to explore EVs for your fleet, is there enough signals suggesting EVs are the preferred means of transportation in the not-too-distant future? Automakers are continuing to ramp up the production of electric vehicles worldwide. So it is pretty clear that the future of personnel transportation would be electric.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2023

At the 2023 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 in Indianapolis, Indiana, all 33 cars will be running on Shell 100-percent renewable biofuel, using carbon neutral motor oil, and rolling on Firestone Firehawk tires made with recycled plastics. The CNG (compressed natural gas) storage held about 80,000 cubic feet of renewable natural gas.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030. The Hyundai Motor Group has made a $10 billion investment to build and sell electric vehicles in North America; the first is the 2023 Electrified GV70 built at the new manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

All four trims come with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with paddle shifters, but Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity (and treat) to drive the Civic Sport Touring with the 6-speed manual (6MT) that is also an option on the Sport model. Opt for the EX or Sport Touring models and the turbocharged 1.5-liter mpg combined.

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EV Connect

JUNE 5, 2023

Much has been made of the potential for electric vehicles (EVs) to save consumers money at the pump. A 2020 Consumer Reports study , for instance, noted that EV drivers spend 60% less on average to fuel their cars than drivers of similar gas-powered vehicles. Consider a company with a 100-vehicle fleet, for example.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 8, 2023

Clean Fleet Report was not in the Crosstrek long enough to report a fuel economy number, so come back after we have had the Crosstrek for a full week to see what it does in the real world (the 2024 Crosstrek will be in Subaru dealers in the fall of 2023). You will be planning the next weekend trip even before the one you are on is finished.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 4, 2024

American-Built All-Electric Luxury SUV New electric luxury The elegant 2024 Genesis Electrified GV70 is the second all-electric SUV in the Genesis line-up joining the sporty GV60. The GV70 stands out its ultra-fast charging speed makes it a differentiator from other compact electric SUVs. [Ed.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 2, 2023

New for 2024 the dual-pinion electric power steering, first used on the sporty Subaru WRX, delivers a quicker response and a more natural feel of the road than previous models. Make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all new stories and vehicle reviews. Story by John Faulkner.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The commencement of ClearFlame’s first pilot fleet trial with Beck’s, highlighting strong interest from commercial fleets. The first retail sale of E98 ethanol fuel, with CIE (Central Indiana Ethanol), CountryMark, and Co-Alliance Cooperative Inc. Ethanol is already distributed through fuel terminals nationwide.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. It was concerned that the market for electric car-derived vans would become increasingly competitive. Earlier post.). Ford and Azure. Oak Park, Mich.-based

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

in the first quarter of 2024, fueled by the Biden administration’s $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, according to the report, which found that this growth spurt means there is now one fast charger for every 15 U.S. gas stations. The number of public fast-chargers increased 7.6%

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Yet he has a fan base inside the world of electric cars. He’s been critical of legacy automakers pivoting to EVs—including sharp criticism of GM’s plan to go all-electric , with claims that going all-EV is “not going to work.” should design federal policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.”

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