Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Maven is now offering its first all-electric fleet of cars for use in the gig economy; 20 Chevrolet Bolt EVs are available for freelance drivers in Austin, Texas to earn money on their own schedules. Maven Gig vehicles are available for flat weekly rates that include the car, unlimited miles, insurance (minus deductibles) and maintenance.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

Monthly fuel economy of the retrofitted Honda Civic during the first 9 months of the fleet test. A Honda Civic hybrid retrofitted with lead-carbon UltraBattery modules ( earlier post ) (provided by East Penn Manufacturing) has recorded more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) of courier duty in the local area of Phoenix, AZ.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Following successful inbound implementations in the Pacific Northwest, North Carolina, and Mexico , Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is expanding the reach of its electric semi fleet into Arizona with long-time associate JB Hunt. SOURCE | IMAGES : Daimler Trucks North America. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Waymo, which already has a large fleet of robotaxis in San Francisco, hopes to procure a license in Los Angeles to operate and expand its service. California, too, makes a prime location for the human-less fleet in that robotaxis are immune from receiving moving violations. It also is looking to expand to Austin.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division will purchase 100 Newton Series 2000 all-electric commercial vehicles in 2012 from Smith Electric Vehicles, bringing the total number of its electric fleet to more than 280. Over the past two years, 176 Smith Electric Vehicles trucks have been added to the Frito-Lay commercial delivery truck fleet.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

Nissan and the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), which represents the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan region, are forming a partnership to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network. Phoenix is about 116 miles (187 km) from Tucson via the 10.). ECOtality Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

Waymo is set to open its autonomous ride-hailing service to the public beginning in Phoenix this year. including Atlanta, San Francisco, Metro Detroit, Phoenix and Kirkland, Washington. Last November, Waymo began test-driving a fleet of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans on public roads without a driver at the wheel.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 13, 2024

In a recent report, the San Francisco Chronicle compiled quarterly data from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), showing that Waymo nearly reached one million driverless miles driven between September and November—while Cruise lost its permit to operate driverless tests following an accident in October.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a press release on Monday, Waymo announced the plans to begin testing its rider-only ride-hailing trips on freeways across Phoenix, in a phased approach that will start with trips for employees. Waymo says that it also has years of testing experience with rider-only vehicle fleets, set to help inform its safety approach to the expansion.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Phoenix, Ariz., UPS began using LNG tractors in its delivery fleet in 2002. By 2017, our goal is to reach one billion miles driven by our alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. Between 2000 and the end of 2012, the UPS alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet logged 295 million miles.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As InductEV execs explained to Charged in a 2022 interview , inductive charging can enable commercial fleets to deliver the same service with smaller batteries, reduce vehicle costs, and extend battery life. InductEV targets commercial transport sectors such as ports, drayage, freight, municipal buses, airport vans, middle-mile vehicles, etc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

UPS plans to build an additional 12 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 380 new CNG tractors to its growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. At UPS, we own our fleet and our infrastructure. Phoenix, Ariz.; CNG is part of a broad investment in a variety of alternative fuel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2013

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.,

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

The changes, announced on Thursday, apply to Zoox’s fleet of vehicles that it designed and built itself. Zoox said it will free up its specially designed vehicles to drive at speeds up to 45 miles per hour (72 kph), from 35 mph.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2016

The Google autonomous fleet has so far racked up 1,725,911 miles driven in autonomous mode, with 1,158,921 miles driven manually. The fleet is averaging 15K to 17K autonomous miles per week, with testing locations in Mountain View, California; Kirkland, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona; and Austin, Texas.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 11, 2022

In July 2022, Amazon announced that Rivian EDVs would be deployed in locations across the United States, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Plus, Amazon EDV vehicles work with Rivian’s fleet management system, called FleetOS.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans will be used later this year for Google’s self-driving testing, more than doubling Google’s current fleet of self-driving test vehicles. In the project’s seven year history, the vehicles in the test fleet have self-driven over 1.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

Waymo also is inviting members of the public to use its fleet of self-driving vehicles for everyday travel. Waymo’s early rider program will give selected Phoenix residents the opportunity to experience the self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for the first time at no charge.

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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

MHDs are typically managed at fleets, although fleet sizes can range from 10 to 1,000 to 10,000 to 100,000 vehicles. The current state of fleet electrification: progress and opportunities Buses are on the move The move to electrify the U.S. Although this equals just over 1% of the total fleet, it is a significant milestone.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 21, 2024

The comfort was beyond compare with Clean Fleet Report ’s interior looking elegant in Grace White and Ardent Red, with tasteful accents and stitching, including ‘RR’ on all four headrests, in Peony Pink. miles per kW. However, if you opt for the Spectre with the 22-inch wheels the all-electric driving range increases to 291 miles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

The hybrid group accumulated 33% fewer miles than the conventional group during the complete 18-month study. The hybrids showed a 13 to 36 percent improvement in fuel economy and up to a 45 percent improvement in ton-miles-per-gallon. The differences in per-mile maintenance and operating costs were not statistically significant.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

resulting in a 15% improvement in total cost per mile while maintaining similar reliability and operational performance as compared to conventional vehicles, according to an assessment by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Tags: Fleets Heavy-duty Hybrids. Click to enlarge. Eaton Corp.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 19, 2023

Charging-as-a-service is a popular option for fleet operators who want to focus on their core businesses and let experts handle the charging infrastructure. Zeem’s fleet-as-a-service model adds vehicle leasing and ancillary services to the equation. How many vehicles in your fleet? Do you run 150 miles, 200 miles or less?

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 22, 2021

While San Francisco was one of Waymo’s early testing sites, it is lagging behind the Phoenix metropolitan region in terms of autonomous ride-hailing commercialization. Because in 2017, Waymo began providing rides to Phoenix residents and though the company didn’t make considerable money, the program is said to be a success.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 8, 2022

GMC recently invited members of the automotive press to Phoenix, Arizona, where we went through a two-day crash course in what makes the Hummer tick. Clean Fleet Report’s time in the Hummer combined short course demonstrations of all-wheel steering, Watts To Freedom mode and Crab Walk. Taking the new kid around the block.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Clean Fleet Report : Tell us a bit about yourself. Brett : We live in South Orange County, California, and my daily round trip commute of 40 miles is nearly all freeway driving. Brett : As the Cherokee SRT was hitting 100,000 miles, I began thinking of getting a new car. A 250-mile driving range was my minimum requirement.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

million, for installation of approximately 2,500 charging stations in each of five markets: Tennessee, Oregon, San Diego, Seattle and the Phoenix/Tucson region. million to Navistar to develop and deploy 400 battery electric delivery trucks with a 100-mile range. Nissan introduced the LEAF on 2 August.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Headquarters: Phoenix, AZ Manufacturing: Phoenix, AZ and Northern California Deployment: Portland, Salem, Eugene and Corvallis, OR; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, TN. Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets. Demonstrate a fleet of 378 trucks and shuttle buses.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 11, 2024

These vehicles can range from privately owned vehicles to commercial fleet vehicles dubbed robotaxis to something in between, such as most recently Tesla’s Cybercab concept and its 20-passenger people-mover, the Robovan. There are also some variables that no amount of programming or machine learning can account for.

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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. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 16, 2009

Renault-Nissan continues to strengthen its foothold in the electric vehicle market by forming a partnership with the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), which represents Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix is about 116 miles from Tucson.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 25, 2006

These new hybrids would offer consumers a 50-mile all-electric range, get the equivalent of 100 miles per gallon, be fully recharged at night and deliver all the performance and comfort of traditional gasoline-powered vehicles without the damaging emissions. "The

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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. Since these batteries would offer a range of 25 to 35 miles before requiring recharging or the use of gasoline Americans could significantly reduce their annual gasoline consumption.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Leveraging some 20 years of experience and data reaching back to its early work with hybrids and the Ranger EV, Ford has developed a battery model and life validation protocol it now uses to predict how lithium-ion batteries are likely to perform under 10 years and 150,000 miles of use (40-season equivalent key life tests).

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 4, 2009

And EVJerr's blogging from Tucson with a couple sites to hit -- the popular bookstore, Bookman's is installing two e-vehicle chargers at two sites and one in Phoenix (See Arizona Daily Star, Thursday, 3 Dec "Ground broken for e-vehicle chargers" article by Dan Sorenson). if time just doesn't jet by, since last posting.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. The Renault-Nissan Alliance is building fleet charging stations in Portland and Phoenix. They are also useless if you ever need to drive over 100 to 200 miles in one trip.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2021

Phoenix ranks as the fifth-largest city in the US according to 2020 census data, with nearly 1.8 Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, ranks 35 th nationally. kWh battery pack, the SOLO has a range of 100 miles and a top speed of 80 mph, making it safe for highways. ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp. , million residents.

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