The extremely active London Heathrow International Airport, Britain’s largest bustling airport, has chosen the always roomy Nissan LEAF as part of its plans to inspire a new culture of electric car usage across its site.
Do you ever wonder what shape the world might be in if electric cars had not been replaced by gas cars so long ago? It has been over 100 years after the legendary London department store Harrods first added an electric van to its fleet. Harrods is now returning to electric vehicle technology. The company has selected the 100% electric Nissan e-NV200 delivery van as the latest addition to its delivery fleet.
The Hyundai Ioniq Electric has gotten a lot of accolades from early reviewers, including from us. A new press release from the UK reports that an expert panel has now served up a prestigious award to the car as well. Fleet News chose the IONIQ Electric as the “Best Plug-in Car (0g/km)” for fleets.
Hyundai seems to have really earned this award (even if it didn’t win) and is developing a name for itself in the world of future mobility. The company actually won a second award as well — “Green Manufacturer of the Year.”
The city of Denver, Colorado, has committed to adding 200 new plug-in electric vehicles to its fleet by the year 2020, according to recent reports. As it stands, Denver only has 3 electric vehicles in its whole fleet.
A total of 65 organizations in the UK have now pledged to convert at least 5% of their vehicle fleets to electrics by the year 2020 as part of the Go Ultra Low Companies initiative, according to recent reports. Amongst the 65 organizations are ones that possess very substantial vehicle … [continued]
Presenting at and covering the EV Transportation & Technology Summit in Cocoa, Florida, last year was a genuine pleasure and very informative. I’m happy to share that (despite my wife’s immigration visa being in limbo for ~9 months longer than it’s supposed to be … and counting) I’ll be presenting … [continued]
This is an epic “clean transport highlights.” Hold onto your seats. (As always, click the subheadings to read the full articles.) Electric Car Charging Capabilities — Comparison of 27 Models Something not often recognized by non-EV drivers is that the charging capabilities of current electric cars vary greatly. Numerous models … [continued]
Clean Energy Canada. This coming Monday, Clean Energy Canada and the Fraser Basin Council—in collaboration with Electric Mobility Canada—are presenting Electrify Your Fleet in Vancouver, as part of Electric Mobility Canada’s national EV2014VE conference. This preview by Jeremy Moorhouse and Charlotte Argue outlines why electric vehicles and fleets make for a perfect match. Electric vehicles have … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. We’ve written about it many times: electric cars are much, much cheaper to run. Based on the average price of electricity in the US, gas at $3.50/gallon, and the average miles driven per year, the Nissan Leaf costs $473.98/year to fuel while the Nissan Rogue … [continued]
If you run a business that includes a fleet of vehicles, you might want to consider retrofitting a hybrid system into your vehicles. A study conducted by Protean Electric predicts that half a million vehicles will be hybrid retrofitted by 2020, so you won’t be the only one considering the … [continued]
