CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 12, 2025

A couple of weeks ago, the Compton Unified School District and Durham School Services announced the unveiling of a new fleet of 25 electric school buses. Some of the best sustainable transportation stories are the ones about diesel and gas buses being replaced by fully electric ones. Diesel and gas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service said in February that at least 10% of the new mail trucks would be electric.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2023

Mack Trucks, one of North America’s largest producers of heavy-duty trucks, has selected the Allison 4500 Rugged Duty Series (RDS) as the exclusive transmission currently offered for its new compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered Mack Granite model.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

By the end of 2022, each of our German plants will be producing at least one fully electric vehicle. The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. —Milan Nedeljkovi?, This architecture will be in use from the middle of the decade.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

Exelon Corporation today announced that its six electric and gas utilities will continue advancing transportation electrification to benefit customers and communities by taking major steps to electrify its fleet of vehicles. million megawatt hours of electricity and avoided 8.7 million cars off the road for a year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Along with the registration site, the E-Transit electric vans have updated pricing, with a targeted starting MSRP of $43,295 for the cutaway—lower than originally announced—to $52,690 for the high-roof extended-wheelbase cargo van. And E-Transit can further help save on operating costs compared to gas-only vans.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Projects will work to lower emissions by leading the expansion of EV charging stations to facilitate the transition from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric vehicles. Fiscal Year 2021 Low Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Vehicle Technologies RD&D DE-FOA-0002475. Fully Electric Powered, Hydraulic Assisted, Compact Track Loader.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

At the 38 th Vienna Motor Symposium Volkswagen is introducing a new, more fuel-efficient “Coasting - Engine off” micro hybrid system—which shuts off the engine completely—as well as a new, compact three-cylinder natural gas engine for the Polo. All-electric architecture. Coasting - Engine off. liters/100 km. New e-Golf.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2022

The traditional thermal cracking of ammonia uses high heat and pressure to convert it to hydrogen gas. Using fully electric reactors gives hydrogen producers a way to reduce or eliminate their reliance on combustion as the energy source for processing ammonia. million tons of hydrogen per year domestically by 2030.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 16, 2019

It’s not unusual to hear people wave off the change to fully electric to when EV chargers are as plentiful as gas stations, and when vehicle charging can be done, in a pinch, in nearly the same time. One side of that equation has already arrived—in the UK.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

Blue Bird Corporation will offer a factory-certified electric repower program on select gasoline- and propane-powered Blue Bird school buses. The company is collaborating with Lightning eMotors to develop this repower electric vehicle (EV) powertrain system. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6-million grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging systems in the United States that will be powered by a solar and storage microgrid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2022

In the event of an extended power outage, such as a public safety power shutoff, electricity stored in the microgrid’s battery storage system can provide back-up power at VTA’s Cerone bus yard to allow the agency to continue operating battery-electric buses, serving riders and providing emergency transport if needed.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 28, 2021

Fully-electric vehicle sales […]. It appears that the year that will go down in history as the peak year for fossil-powered light-duty vehicle sales was 2016. Ironically, that’s also the year the Tesla Model 3 was unveiled.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2020

ComEd will replace end-of-life internal combustion vehicles with plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles, reducing fuel and maintenance costs and creating savings that will be passed on to customers. More than 200 of its vehicles have electric hybrid or plug-in hybrid electric systems and another 10 are all-electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Yara Birkeland ( earlier post )—the world’s first battery- electric container ship, prepared for autonomous operation—has departed for its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord. We are proud to be able to showcase the world’s first fully electric and self-propelled container ship. Photos: VARD. million (US$15.2

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With our investment in and commitment to autonomous vehicle technologies, Cummins is prepared to support our customers by deploying autonomous vehicle technologies across the full range of powertrains, including advanced diesel, natural gas, hybrid, or fully electric and hydrogen fuel cells.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

ARPA-E released $10 million in funding for 6 projects as part of the Connecting Aviation By Lighter Electrical Systems ( CABLES ) topic. CABLES teams will develop medium-voltage (> 10 kV) power distribution cables, connectors, and circuit breakers for fully-electrical aviation applications. Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

We are certainly in revolutionary times, but it is clear that power generation sources will not become fully renewable and transport will not become fully electric for several decades, if ever. Gas exchange. mg/km of particulates), reaching values around 10 times the emission from the engine (5?mg/km). —Reitz et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2018

metric tons from 2010 to 2017—equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions from more than 728,000 passenger vehicles driven for one year. The company is continuing on its course of $11 billion to put 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicle models on the road by 2022. We are proud of the work we have done to achieve this goal.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America offered a first look at its Class 8 battery-electric project trucks during an exclusive event at TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California. Guests experienced the fully electric trucks firsthand for the first time, and learned more about electromobility and its role in freight movement solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2023

For example, 15 new electric and flex-fuel vehicle models are being launched by 2025 alone. Before the end of 2023, the company is bringing its first fully electric models to Brazil: the Volkswagen ID.4. At the same time, Volkswagen will offer its first fully electric vehicles—the ID.4 and the ID.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2019

Porsche has launched two new cogeneration plants in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen to enhance its environmentally friendly energy mix and close the remaining gap to CO 2 neutral production of the fully electric Taycan in Zuffenhausen. These plants will also be switched to biogas.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2017

executives outlined plans to provide a range of power technologies spanning diesel and natural gas engines to fully electric and hybrid powertrains. Cummins will begin electrified powertrain delivery in 2019, including full battery-electric and plug-in hybrid systems. During a teleconference yesterday, Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

In 2015, these will be followed by the world’s largest electric ferry, which will regularly cross Norway’s largest fjord. 15 years ago, the Norwegian cluster was looking into opportunities for gas-fueled ships. Later on, Norled will install a battery package on board an existing diesel-electric ferry.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2013

E-Thrust is a “series hybrid” electrical distributed propulsion system concept using one gas power unit providing the electrical power for six fans for lower fuel consumption, fewer emissions and less noise. E-Fan: electric aircraft in progress. Click to enlarge. E-Fan in the hangar. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2022

Ford Pro is now shipping the first production units of its all-electric E-Transit van to customers across Europe from the Ford Otosan factory in Kocaeli, Turkey, a milestone that closely follows the start of deliveries to US customers from Kansas City Assembly Plant in February. —Hans Schep, general manager, Ford Pro, Europe.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Foothill Transit, the primary public transportation provider for the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in Los Angeles County, California, is launching a heavy-duty, fast charging, fully electric bus line at the Pomona Transit Center on 27 September. Foothill Transit will also showcase Proterra’s new 40-foot, V2 electric bus at the launch.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

These include fully-electric systems, as well as a gasoline-generated EV system (known as e-POWER at Nissan, earlier post ) in which a gasoline engine generates electrical power stored in a battery (series hybrid), which can then be delivered to all four wheels through a pair of high-output electric motors. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A new report from a team at Argonne National Laboratory examines the changing characteristics for light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) from 2010-2021, evaluating range, energy efficiency, costs, and performance. terawatt-hours of electricity to drive 19.1 More than 2.1 Annual sales of PEVs in the US by year. Gohlke et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

The MoU formalizes the intention of testing three Nova LFSe electric buses and two charging stations in Montréal. The goal is to have the electric buses operational for demonstration in the third quarter of 2015 and in regular traffic for three years, beginning in 2016. Nova LFSe electric bus. Click to enlarge.

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The Driven EV News

MAY 1, 2023

No more gas bottles, or diesel. RedSands says soon you'll be able to fully electrify your outback trips with its new all-electric campers. The post RedSands and Roev to make Australia’s first fully electric 4WD camper appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric Volvo VNR regional-haul demonstrators in California next year, operating in distribution, regional-haul and drayage operations. Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. Sister company Volvo Buses has sold more than 4,000 electrified buses since 2010.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Volvo Trucks has supplied CEMEX with its first fully electric and zero exhaust emission heavy-duty concrete mixer truck. The Volvo FMX electric heavy-duty truck can complete a full day’s work with a single top-up charge during the regular break.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

The $3-million grant comes from California Climate Investments initiative, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen the economy, and improve public health and the environment, particularly in disadvantaged communities.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Some lawmakers want to ban public EV charging stations wherever gas stations aren’t permitted. Ineos revealed a fully electric off-roader while talking up its range-extended versions instead. And liquid hydrogen could have greater potential for fuel-cell long-haul semis, suggests This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Mayor Bloomberg announces the addition of 70 new electric vehicles. New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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