This Saturday Cupertino, California will host what it hopes to be a world-record-setting electric vehicle parade. Electric vehicle owners from all over will participate in the event held at De Anza College this coming weekend. Currently, there are 1,573 registered attendees including 28 Fiat 500e’s, 88 Tesla sedans, and 282 Nissan Leafs. Stuttgart, Germany set the current […]
City employees in San Francisco might soon be car-sharing to reduce the size of the city’s fleet thanks to a proposal put forth by the Board of Supervisors. If the proposal is approved, San Francisco would be one of just a few cities, including New York, Indianapolis, and Chicago, utilizing car sharing to reduce the […]
Nissan has become the official sponsor for the UEFA Champions League, supplying the all-electric Leaf and e-NV200 commercial van. The fleet of vehicles will be used to shuttle partners, delegates, and officials in Monaco. Monaco is the annual host of EVER, the Ecological Vehicle and Renewable Energies conference, and boasts 287 charging stations–roughly one every […]
Thirty-one clean car projects across the United States will share a pool of $55 million. Of the 31 projects, 19 hope to improve competition among plug-in vehicles. The plug-in vehicle projects are part of the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge, an initiative pushing the U.S. to be the first country offering an electric vehicle with the […]
According to the USPS inspector general blog, the USPS could seize an opportunity to meet sustainability goals while saving money as their aging fleet is replaced. Currently, 142,000 of the 190,000 fleet vehicles in use have met or exceed their life expectancy. In addition to being less fuel efficient than newer vehicles, the current USPS […]
Tesla continues to change the landscape of EV fleets with its technology and in 2017 will make that technology more affordable. The EV automaker plans to release the Model 3 and, unlike its siblings, the price tag will be far more attractive to many buyers. Currently, the Model S stars at $69,000 whereas the new […]
Several Bay Area cities, counties, and water agencies collectively made one of the largest all-electric vehicle purchases in the country recently. Two water agencies, two counties, and six cities joined forces to purchase 90 electric vehicles with the help of a grant from Metropolitan Transportation Commission to the tune of $2.8 million. The total cost of […]
Universities in the United Kingdom utilize a larger number of electric vehicle fleets than almost any other organization. In 2013, electric vehicle registrations accounted for only 0.11% of all auto registrations. However, a survey of 116 UK universities conducted by Intelligent Car Leasing showed 7.73% of university fleet vehicles are electric. “With a fast growing green […]
During the BVLRA Fleet Technology Congress in July, BMW will showcase the newest member of its luxury fleet, the plug-in hybrid i8. The futuristic vehicle features multiple cameras, autonomous emergency braking, as well as carbon fiber and aluminum construction. The i8 combines a 131-hp electric motor with a 231-hp gas engine to deliver 134.5 mpg, a top speed of […]
The popular electric vehicle luxury brand will shares its technology for other companies to use in “good faith” to increase electric vehicle production. Originally, Tesla wanted patents to protect its technology, but CEO Elon Musk has realized having the patents is doing more harm than good. “The unfortunate reality is the opposite: electric car programs […]
Beginning today, customers can access the pay-per-ride fleet of Smart cars parked along the streets of South Bay. Driver can rent the vehicles for $15 an hour or $85 per day. After signing-up, customers just swipe a badge to unlock the car. Although the Cars2go can be driven anywhere, drivers can only pick up or […]
Since 2008, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office lost more than $1.25M in fuel costs from idling patrol vehicles. A study conducted in 2013 by the Department of General Services found idling patrol cars cost $207,000 in extra fuel per year. The vehicles in the county’s police fleet are left running because of mobile audio […]
Zion National Park and Pipe Spring National Monument, its sister park, are receiving a federal grant through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities National Parks Initiative to fund fuel-efficient and alternative fuel vehicles for the parks’ fleet. The grant will allow the parks to replace three petroleum-powered vehicles in the fleet with two hybrid […]
With the deployment of its 8,000th compressed natural gas vehicle, AT&T proudly operates one of the largest GNG fleets in the nation. The clean energy effort, when said and done, will have taken 10 years, $565 million, and put 15,000 alternative fuel fleet vehicles on the road by 2018. “With one of the largest corporate […]
Abu Dhabi has added 150 vehicles to its municipality fleet that are powered by compressed natural gas in an effort to conserve the environment through clean energy use. Othman Mohammed Sharif Fulathi, Director of Facilities and Security, said, “This initiative was rolled out to conserve the environment and achieve sustainable development as this project contributes […]
Corwall’s Electric taxi fleet is destroying any negative speculation that electric vehicles might not be the best choice for a fleet vehicle or are unsuitable for smaller towns. C&C Taxi, based in the English countryside, was the first taxi service in the UK to incorporate the all-electric Nissan LEAF to its fleet of cars about […]
The city of Los Angeles is aiming to have at least 80% of its cab fleet be green by 2015. The Green Taxicab Program, implemented in 2011, requires City hall to meet certain annual standards for fuel efficient vehicles. As of December 31, 2013, 988 of the city’s cabs meet the green requirement–more than halfway […]
Phoenix Cars LLC, known for its cutting edge electric vehicle technologies, will be introducing a 14-passenger all-electric shuttle bus for U.S. fleets as well as international markets. The new electric vehicle platform can also support medium-duty fleet vehicles making them a more cot-efficient, sustainable option. According to Steven Davis, president of Phoenix Cars, “Our electric […]
