Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Green Fleet

The application deadline for this grant opportunity is on Aug. 22, 2023.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10197388/epa-launches-400-clean-school-bus-grant-program

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Auctions, Charging, Electric, Electrification, Fleet, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Operations, Small Fleet, Zero Emissions

With the growth of EV models and charging networks, whose connector equipment should become the standard? Will there ever be a one-size-fits-all EV...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10187842/tesla-heats-up-race-for-universal-electric-vehicle-charge-connector

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

Pilot intends to install charging infrastructure at travel centers across the U.S. The network will be open to all heavy- and medium-duty trucks.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10186927/volvo-pilot-to-build-public-heavy-duty-truck-charging-network

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Charging, Electric, Electrification, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Small Fleet, Zero Emissions

A recent analysis of fast-charging needs provides a blueprint to ready the grid along major highways while mapping long-term charging demand will avoid...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10186899/high-voltage-power-grid-vital-for-future-ev-charging-demand

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

The Advanced Clean Trucks rule requires manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emission trucks and buses.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10185644/north-carolina-adopts-advanced-clean-trucks-rule

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Fleet Forward, Green Fleet, Operations, Remarketing

Frigid temperatures affect the chemical and physical reactions that make batteries work, resulting in longer charging times.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10185266/how-to-prepare-electric-vehicles-for-winter-months

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Auctions, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Fleet, Fleet Forward, Green Fleet, Small Fleet

A Cox Automotive Mobility white paper delves into "a perfect storm of bottlenecks" for vehicle electrification as supply chain and economic pressures mount.

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10182513/red-flags-emerge-on-the-way-to-electric-vehicle-adoption

Categories: Charging, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Fleet, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Maintenance, Mobility, Operations, Remarketing, Small Fleet, Suppliers, Sustainability

Cox Automotive Mobility will help fleets convert to electric vehicles and modernize while expanding its fleet of mobile service trucks outfitted with...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10181934/cox-automotive-mobility-commits-to-cutting-fleet-carbon-emissions-in-half-by-203

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Batteries/Tech, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Used Vehicle Values

The battery is the lifeline of an electric vehicle. Understanding battery state of health and managing driving and charging behavior will go a long way to...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10181876/managing-ev-battery-health-for-greater-uptime

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet

Under CARB’s proposed Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation, medium- and heavy-duty fleets would have to replace their internal combustion engine trucks,...

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10180864/what-to-know-about-the-advanced-clean-fleet-proposal