Sentences with phrase «electric vehicle fleet»

An electric vehicle fleet would sharply reduce the cost of driving a car, reduce pollution, and increase the flexibility of our electricity grid.

But at present count that objective is still a pipe dream; the nation's current electric vehicle fleet is only 50,000 strong.

Not exact matches

Given that annual new vehicle production is approaching 100 million per year and the global fleet is approximately 2 billion cars, it is impossible for Tesla to build electric cars fast enough to address the carbon crisis.

General Motor's Cruise division has been testing its own fleet of self - driving electric vehicles, while Tesla has been rolling out its Autopilot semi-self-driving technology with real - world owners.

NEW YORK — On Tuesday, Waymo and Jaguar announced plans to jointly develop a large fleet of all - electric, self - driving luxury vehicles.

The three governments should also commit to a growing percentage of electric vehicles in their own fleets, and support states and provinces that make similar commitments — as U.S. states and British Columbia have already done via the Pacific Coast Collaborative.

Indian ride - hailing firm Ola's pilot project to test a fleet of electric vehicles in Nagpur was expected to herald a coming...

Ford is doubling down on its commitment to electrify its vehicle fleet and plans to invest $ 11 billion in electric vehicle technology.

Cities are providing preferential access for electric vehicles to parking, bus lanes, carpool lanes, and toll roads to steer the vehicle fleet toward electric.

But as those deposits arrive, fast - growing startup Proterra, packed with ex-Tesla employees, got an order for 25 battery buses from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation in December, each priced at about $ 700,000, as the agency converts a 359 - vehicle fleet to electric.

These partners are Mercedes - Benz, which was recently reported to be preparing to unveil a fleet of electric vehicles based on a completely new architecture; Nvidia, which just launched the artificial intelligence - powered palm - sized Drive PX 2 computer for self - driving cars; Otto, an autonomous truck startup that was acquired by Uber last month; and Didi Chuxing, which recently bought out Uber's operations in China.

«We are installing solar - powered electric vehicle charging stations for employee cars and we're also looking into electrifying our fleet of sales vehicles,» Vice President Aaron Grogan says.

PepsiCo operates the largest all - electric delivery vehicle fleet in America, and The Coca - Cola Company operates the largest heavy - duty hybrid electric commercial truck fleet in North America, as Brune and Paglia point out.

The company has begun building a fleet of 100 experimental electric - powered vehicles that will dispense with all the standard controls found in modern automobiles.

In December, the New York Power Authority approved $ 2 million in funding to help municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State purchase electric - drive vehicles for use in their municipal fleets.

A fleet of self - driving cars zooming through underground tunnels is planned, but for now there will just be street - level electric vehicles.

Emblazoned with a sign that says «Save Kathmandu,» battery - powered autorickshaws are among the smallest and least - familiar models in the world's growing fleet of electric vehicles

Sure, that doesn't sound that exciting compared to a zero - emission electric car — until you consider that this new fuel doesn't require new car factories, new fueling infrastructure, or the turnover of our existing fleet of vehicles, all of which are expensive, massively polluting ventures.

«Energy that would otherwise be lost during times of excess could be used to pump water for irrigation or to charge a fleet of electric vehicles, for example,» Dale said.

He believes it could also play a role in a future large - scale hydrogen generator, which would collect the energy from sunlight in huge fields and then run that electric current through water to produce vast amounts of hydrogen to meet, for example, the demand from a future fleet of hydrogen - powered vehicles.

Analysts say the 95 g / km 2020 goal as an average across the EU fleet is achievable using conventional combustion engines, but industry opinions are divided over whether pushing below that level could be done with existing engines or require a major increase in electric and hybrid vehicles.

Never mind electric - vehicle range anxiety, how will power utilities and home systems handle the growing load of a burgeoning fleet of electric cars?

One scenario for the year 2035 assumed that electric vehicles would constitute 38 percent of the town's vehicle fleet.

This gap in research has now been closed by scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): They compared the performances of 49,000 battery electric cars and 73,000 plug - in hybrid vehicles in Germany and the US using data from fleet trials and automotive manufacturers as well as from websites for drivers to manage and monitor their vehicles.

The data logger designed by the project group for New Drive Systems NAS in Karlsruhe is useful when developing new hybrid and electric vehicles, and also increases the efficiency of vehicle fleets.

And, in addition to learning where and when EV owners charge up their cars, Volt manufacturer General Motors is hoping to learn from the folks in the Pecan Street project how a residential fleet of electric vehicles might change the electric grid.

Last November, the Air Force rolled out the federal government's first fleet of plug - in and hybrid electric vehicles.

Now Iceland says it is more likely that its future vehicle fleet will combine fuel cell vehicles with battery - powered electrics, which suits Daimler just fine.

Hybrid and electric cars, which have very high mileage and very low emissions, can also pull up an automaker's overall average for its fleet, although the effect can be small because the vehicles are still a small part of the market.

So says the man who is building a fleet of cars for the EV Cup, the world's first racing championship for electric vehicles.

Electrifying the light - duty vehicle fleet through expanded deployment of plug - in hybrids, battery electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel - cell vehicles.

Electric vehicles already make up 24 percent of the country's fleet, but its government is talking about completely banning gasoline - powered automobiles by 2025.

China's integration of «new energy» vehicles — the Chinese term that includes battery electric, hybrid electric, fuel cell electric, and alternative fuel technologies1 - into transit fleets has become a primary focus following the development of national goals to address harmful emissions concerns.

It's all part of a plan to transition their fleet to 100 percent electric vehicles.

Volkswagen says it is currently developing a fleet of electric vehicles that will start full production in a few years.

To service shorter routes, the USPS has several different battery electric vehicles in its fleet, including the T3 Series electric vehicle.

The 2016 Paris Motor Show is a fitting showcase for Volkswagen to debut its I.D. compact car concept, which will be one of the first of a new fleet of electric vehicles, the automaker announced.

Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover are partnering to create a new fleet of all - electric, self - driving vehicles.

It could also feature the all - electric powertrain that JLR is developing for its I - Pace EV, which should be seen next year and will help JLR hit a new Californian target of 15 % fleet mix of battery electric vehicles between 2018 and 2025.

«In just a few years» time, then, across all brands and regions, we aim to put the world's largest fleet of electric vehicles on the road.»

Set to change the perspective on metropolitan driving and car fleets, the smart electric drive comes with all the advantages of the tiny vehicles, like easy handling and parking and low maintenance costs.

Production of the Focus Electric began in December 2011 and the vehicle is already being used in a few fleets around the U.S. Expect to see the Focus models showing up at your local dealer sans tailpipe sometime in the first half of 2012 if you live in the California, New York, or New Jersey markets.

The Renault Zoe EV (electric vehicle) has been spied undergoing test runs as a part of Bengaluru - based electric cab aggregator Lithium Urban Technologies» fleet.

Car - rental company Hertz has added electric vehicles to its fleet in San Francisco, available to members of the Hertz On Demand program.Renters can choose from the Nissan Leaf, the Smart EV or the...

The Metropolitan Police is to run 11 Toyota Mirais, creating the world's largest fleet of hydrogen fuel - cell electric police vehicles.

On today's show... VW wants to win back the public's trust with a fleet of new electric cars... Ford reveals horsepower numbers for the new Raptor... and we'll take a look at a number of new vehicles from the Paris auto show.

In 2009, the Mitsubishi i - Miev (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) was launched in Japan for fleet customers.

We know that Google received a Ford Focus Electric to add to their fleet of electric self - driving vehicles, but that's the only Ford Focus Electric that anyone has reported has been delivered to any cElectric to add to their fleet of electric self - driving vehicles, but that's the only Ford Focus Electric that anyone has reported has been delivered to any celectric self - driving vehicles, but that's the only Ford Focus Electric that anyone has reported has been delivered to any cElectric that anyone has reported has been delivered to any customer.

Ford is leveraging six - speed transmissions; advanced internal combustion engines such as EcoBoost; hybrids; full electric vehicles; vehicle weight reduction; and electric power - assisted steering to improve fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions fleet - wide by 30 % by 2020.

He said an electric minivan would be «most beneficial» to FCA's fuel - economy fleet ratings, but said the automaker continues to explore hybrid options for other vehicles, including the Jeep Grand Cherokee.