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FedEx Express doubles and diversifies all-electric fleet with 24 new units; adding more than 4,000 new, fuel-efficient vehicles in total

Green Car Congress

As part of that, within the next two months FedEx Express will place 24 new all-electric vehicles into service, expanding to three new cities and more than doubling its fleet to 43 all-electric vehicles while growing the diversity of suppliers it uses for electric vehicles. Different vehicles are appropriate for different routes.

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UPS to use biomethane for Memphis and Jackson alternative fuel fleet

Green Car Congress

UPS will supply its fleet in Memphis, Tenn., with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG)—biomethane—as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC. and Jackson, Miss., In 2014, 5.4%

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

Green Car Congress

Once completed, the LNG private fleet will be one of the most extensive in the US. An initial investment of more than $18 million to build fueling stations will be supported by the purchase of the 700 LNG tractors and continued expansion of the natural gas fleet in the US. Phoenix, Ariz., —Scott Davis, UPS Chairman and CEO.

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DOE awarding $7+ million to four hydrogen and fuel cell projects, including fuel cell delivery trucks

Green Car Congress

the Center for Transportation and the Environment will develop a fuel cell hybrid electric walk-in delivery van with a 150-mile (241 km) range per fueling. FedEx Express ($3 million DOE investment): Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., Fleets Fuel Cells Hydrogen Hydrogen Storage' CommScope Inc., and ReliOn Inc.

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US official takes zero-Tesla road trip to promote EVs–things get so tricky they ended up ICE-ing a charger

Teslarati

United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm went on a four-day, 600+ mile journey from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Memphis, Tennessee, with a fleet of all-electric vehicles. The distance itself between Charlotte and Memphis is not that far.

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Ford CEO Jim Farley argues a new ‘anxiety’ plagues consumers from EVs

Teslarati

.” The comments came in response to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm’s recent four-day, 600-mile journey from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Memphis, Tennessee, with a fleet of legacy automaker electric vehicles.

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Einride partners with PepsiCo to deploy its electric trucks and reduce tons of annual emissions

Baua Electric

We’ve been following the sustainable freight mobility specialist for six years now and have witnessed its rise to prominence as one of the leaders in scalable electric semi trucks, digitally connected fleets, and autonomous and remote driving operations.

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