Categories: Batteries/Tech, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Zero Emissions

A Calstart report found these five key factors will drive the battery costs for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles.

https://www.chargedfleet.com/10158572/key-factors-driving-the-commercial-ev-battery-market

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

General Motors has invested $2.2 billion at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs, including its first...

https://www.chargedfleet.com/349801/general-motors-invests-2-2b-in-all-ev-assembly-plant

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Leasing, Green Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

The Climate Group has more than doubled the number of EV100 members in the last year, and approximately 42,000 electric vehicles have been deployed across...

https://www.chargedfleet.com/351010/the-ev100-increases-ev-fleet-adoption-by-13

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Hybrids, Incentives/Grants, Operations, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

Total cost of ownership for electric vehicles (EVs) depend on up-front costs, maintenance and fuel costs, and resale value. Here’s what to consider when...

https://www.chargedfleet.com/351052/measuring-and-minimizing-ev-total-cost-of-ownership

Categories: Global Fleet, Sustainability, Technology, Vehicle Research

ABB and Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced a collaboration to jointly develop a cloud-based digital solution for the...

https://www.chargedfleet.com/10139970/abb-and-amazon-web-services-to-collaborate-on-ev-fleet-management

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Legal/Legislative, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

ZETA is the first industry coalition of its kind calling for an accelerated transition to EVs, which will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, secure...

https://www.chargedfleet.com/10130693/transportation-leaders-launch-zero-emission-transportation-association

Categories: Delivery, Electric, Equipment, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Vehicle Research

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is developing the battery-electric eEconic for municipal operations in multiple intensive trial series.

https://www.chargedfleet.com/10148156/mercedes-benz-tests-eeconic-bev-for-refuse-use

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Hybrids, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

Eric Foellmer says XL's plan is to continue supplementing the electrification strategy of the OEMs, which includes its present hybrid and plug-in hybrid...

https://www.chargedfleet.com/337579/xls-foellmer-fully-electric-upfit-in-in-our-product-roadmap

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Fuel Smarts

In Part 3 of his report on the new commercial EV powertrain being developed by Eaton and BAE Systems, Jim Park takes a deep dive look at the companies'...

https://www.chargedfleet.com/10223971/electrification-simplified-bae-style-part-3

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Fleet Leasing, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Hybrids, Leasing, Mobility, Operations, Small Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle Research

To understand those challenges firsthand, LeasePlan’s global employee fleet intends to go fully electric by 2021.

https://www.chargedfleet.com/313244/leaseplans-smolka-shares-challenges-to-ev-fleet-implementation