One of the biggest problems in air pollution from motor vehicles is when they sit and idle. Anyone nearby, especially for diesel vehicles, gets to smell the nasty fumes, breathe the particulate matter, and more. Do we get anything back for that nastiness? Not really, because an idling engine uses … [continued]
One of the big objections to electric vehicles, and even more to clean energy, is that the power grid isn’t always up. Severe storms? You can’t charge your EV. Sun not shining? You can’t use solar power! Who thought any of this was a good idea?? How much government cheese … [continued]
Austria Post has selected Mobility House to manage charging for its fleet of electric delivery vehicles.
By Lynn Daniels As fleets purchase more electric vehicles, the most important factor for fleet managers is that the transition to EVs cannot disrupt current operations, as our recent report Steep Climb Ahead found. Given this constraint, as fleet managers navigate the complexities of installing charging infrastructure, they may quickly find that minimizing … [continued]
Steep Climb Ahead—How Fleet Managers Can Prepare for the Coming Wave of Electrified Vehicles offers the first comprehensive assessment of how major US fleet managers are approaching the electrification of their fleets. It is based on RMI’s survey of 91 fleet managers operating large fleets, as well as 18 in-depth interviews conducted with fleet managers
Today, most fleets are at an early stage of EV adoption and their approach is incremental — e.g., buy a few vehicles and a few chargers each year. In our recently-released report Steep Climb Ahead …
Fleet electrification at pilot scale is relatively simple: buy a vehicle, buy an inexpensive Level 2 charger, and you’re done. But as fleet managers start electrifying a large share of their fleet vehicles, a more difficult set of challenges awaits and they will need to begin planning now.
When an electric vehicle (EV) comes off the road, what happens to the vehicle battery? The fate of the lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles is an important question for manufacturers, policy makers, and EV owners alike.
New company Chargefox is planning to bring superfast electric car charging to the highways between major Australian cities. In Germany, regulators have approved a vehicle to grid proposal by Nissan that is scheduled to begin next year.
Energy storage sites created as part of a Daimler AG partnership are forecasting the future of a second life EV battery usage.
