Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2019

New research released by NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry confirms that fleets across the country are increasingly relying on biodiesel for their existing and new diesel vehicles. Survey participants named biodiesel as their top alternative fuel choice at 16%.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Through this agreement, Hyundai aims to foster an EV ecosystem by alleviating the initial cost burden of EV purchases and by providing innovative services that enable eco-friendly reuse of batteries. As a result, KST Mobility is able to have lower initial investment for EV purchases.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

“As a leader in the energy industry, we want to incorporate innovations that will improve the efficiency and sustainability of our operations.”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2020

King County Metro (Metro)—the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle—has agreed to purchase 40 sixty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer, with plans to order an additional 80 battery-electric buses in the coming year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has taken delivery of 23 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEV), marking the company’s first purchase of hydrogen-powered vehicles. View footage of the Toyota Mirai HFCEVs [link] Each vehicle in our light duty over-the-road fleet is driven an average of 10,000 miles per year.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The electrification of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and fleet vehicles, is gaining significant momentum globally. According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2023

Motiv Power Systems has launched its next-generation electric trucks for medium-duty fleets. million miles with fleets across North America. This means that fleets can drive the full range with a max rated payload, opening the door to electrification for companies with large payload requirements such as linens and office supplies.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Despite numerous vehicle subscription services having gone under in recent years, the industry does not seem ready to throw in the towel. But PwC believes that the industry can “reimagine vehicle ownership” by leveraging their marketing efforts and leveraging key partnerships to make them more appetizing. They’re not broadly popular.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) (Maryland) Board of Education approved a contract on Tuesday evening with Highland Electric Transportation, a provider of turnkey electric fleet solutions, to convert the MCPS school bus fleet to all-electric, starting with 326 school buses over the next four years.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2022

The arrangement would provide NetJets with the right to purchase up to 150 Lilium aircraft, introducing more options to NetJets owners to complement their existing flight patterns. NetJets also anticipates supporting Lilium with a private sales campaign for individuals to purchase Lilium aircraft. NetJets Inc.,

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 5, 2021

acre test track and operations base for autonomous vehicles last week, its third such site in the country and its latest move to dominate the "robotaxi" industry. Swiss bank UBS estimates that by 2030, the global robotaxi market will be worth at least $2 trillion annually, with robotaxi fleet purchases accounting for 12% of all new cars sold.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

GlobalData’s analysis suggests that low oil prices will lead to a longer waits for the reduced fuel costs offered by electric vehicles (EVs) to amortize their higher purchase prices. Higher prices at the pumps mean EVs make up their extra purchase cost sooner, while lower fuel prices see ICE cars remain cheaper than EVs for longer.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Americans are much less likely than consumers in other major industrialized countries to purchase an electric vehicle or hybrid, largely because of concerns over access to charging stations away from home, according to a survey by global consulting firm OC&C Strategy Consultants.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

During the IAA Transport Show in Germany today, the Semi’s Head of Engineering, Dan Priestley, unloaded tons of new details on the vehicle, including plans to leverage several different variants of the electric truck, how its efficiency stacks up, and various Easter eggs that the company has discovered through its fleet operation thus far.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2021

XL Fleet Corp. The wheelchair-accessible buses are built on the GM 4500 chassis and are now available for purchase with an installed XL Hybrid system through the ARBOC North American dealer network. —Dimitri Kazarinoff, CEO of XL Fleet. and ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

DeepRoute.ai , an international autonomous driving technology company, announced a leading-edge Robotaxi fleet comprising 30 SAIC Motor MARVEL R SUVs equipped with DeepRoute’s proprietary L4 Driver 2.0 This fleet distinguishes itself from other Robotaxis in its sleek rooftop design, replacing the traditional bulky sensor suite.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

There are also plans to purchase another 200 electric buses from GAZ Group, said Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport. The new purchases will double that number. This is the largest purchase of this type of transport in Europe. The city of Moscow has signed a contract for 1,000 electric buses from KAMAZ.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 22, 2024

Tesla landed what could be $5 million in sales from the Baltimore City government, as the city has decided to purchase EVs made by the industry-leading automaker for employee use. ” The Model 3 and Model Y will be utilized for the fleet, and the allotted amount of $5 million would be enough to buy 147 Tesla vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Making the Electric Move More Manageable Electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of the automotive industry because they eliminate emissions and are easy to maintain. How can you convert your fleet to electric trucks? Here, the company’s fleet size and budget matter the most. That could be burdensome for most fleets.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The California Air Resources Board on Friday approved the Innovative Clean Transit regulation (ICT) ( earlier post )—a first-of-its-kind regulation in the US that sets a statewide goal for public transit agencies to gradually transition to 100% zero-emission bus (ZEB) fleets by 2040. Transit agencies are expected to save $1.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

ChargePoint Holdings, a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging network operating in North America and Europe, has acquired ViriCiti, a leading provider of electrification solutions for eBus and commercial fleets. The ViriCiti team, customer accounts and technology will become part of ChargePoint’s operations.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. Despite an appetite for electrification, many fleet operators face challenges. —Scott Phillippi, UPS senior director of automotive maintenance and engineering.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While the ChargePoint device is framed as being free, it does require the purchase of a new automobile through the automaker’s captive finance arm Hyundai Capital America. Still, this probably isn’t a bad deal for those already interested in purchasing an EV from Hyundai. Our business needs three things from the U.K.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

VIA Motors, a provider of electric drive technology and sustainable mobility solutions for a wide variety of Class 2 – 5 electric commercial vehicles applications, has received a purchase order for 2,000 Class 3 VIA electric cutaway chassis cabs from Pegasus Specialty Vehicles.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Since then, the Tesla Semi fleet has grown into almost 100 vehicles, as confirmed by Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy. The episode was focused on the Cybertruck, which the automotive legend purchased for himself. Transitioning the Class 8 industry to electric could then have substantial benefits for the environment.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is now operating the largest fleet of electric buses in North America. In June 2018, the Board approved the purchase of 30 more. New Flyer Industries Inc. The milestone comes as the TTC’s third new electric bus model is now road ready and starting to go into service. and Proterra Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2021

AMPLY Power is working with Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions to expand fleet electrification offerings, including the first commercially available combination solar canopy and overhead electric vehicle charging solution covered by a power purchase agreement (PPA) leasing and financing model. PIDE Canopy Mount.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

Universal Hydrogen signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Icelandair Group under which Icelandair and Universal Hydrogen will pursue the implementation of green hydrogen as a propellant for Icelandair’s domestic aircraft fleet. The aircraft are expected to have equivalent or better unit economics compared to the existing fleet.

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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. Delivery of the power module to New Flyer Industries is planned for later this year. Earlier post.)

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Driivz

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Public and private fleet owners are under increasing environmental and government pressure to reduce carbon emissions by switching to electric vehicles (EVs). EVs of all classes offer fleet owners significant advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. All these costs must be factored into achieving TCO targets.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

Enhanced telematics and new remote software management features for fleet managers and drivers. Lightning Systems’ electric commercial vehicles are built on familiar industry-leading chassis such as the Ford Transit 350HD, Ford E-450, Ford F-550 and Chevrolet 6500XD. In-cab display enhancements in all vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

This award marks the first Advanced Class Gas Turbines in the industry specifically designed and purchased as part of a comprehensive plan to sequentially transition from coal, to natural gas and finally to renewable hydrogen fuel, and creates a roadmap for the global industry to follow. Earlier post.). and Hitachi, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

The consultancy says that China will dominate both the market and the industry in the foreseeable future. The index assess the relative competitive position of the seven leading automotive nations (Germany, France, Italy, the US, Japan, China and South Korea) on the basis of three key indicators: technology; industry; and market.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2023

NFI Group subsidiary New Flyer Industries Canada ULC has received new firm orders for 16 battery-electric and fuel cell-electric transit buses from Winnipeg Transit. The contract also has options to be extended for up to four years to purchase up to 150 40-foot zero-emission buses (ZEBs).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2019

Created by AECOM, a fully integrated infrastructure firm, the Consortium intends to accelerate the deployment of automated transit technologies and will combine the purchasing power and collaborative decision-making of these founding transit agencies nationwide.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance) is strongly supporting the passage of Maryland’s SB 1234 , a bill that would require the State of Maryland to purchase zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) for state fleets. The bill also includes a reporting requirement for State agencies that purchase vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Under the partnership terms, Optimal will supply Olathe E1 Battery Electric Chassis for sales and distribution to Olathe’s customer base in the market segments of school buses, commercial trucks and buses, ambulance, recreational vehicles, and fleet trucks.

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