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British Columbia Shows Norway How To Decarbonize Ferries

January 3, 2025 admin 0 Comments biofuels, boats, British Columbia, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric ferry, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, ferry, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:28:05 +0000

Moving people and vehicles across short distances is a no-brainer for batteries and electric motors. The only problem, as with most electrification of transportation, is getting electricity at sufficient power levels to the point of charging. British Columbia has a very obvious and straightforward strategy for its ferries. British Columbia … [continued]

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BYD Bus & Commercial Vehicle Sales Explode — Charts

January 3, 2025 admin 0 Comments byd, byd electric buses, byd electric trucks, byd sales, clean transport, electric buses, electric heavy-duty trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev sales, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:37:13 +0000

I just wrote about BYD’s 2024 passenger vehicle sales and highlighted trends going back two years via various charts. However, BYD also produces large commercial electric vehicles — electric buses, heavy-duty electric trucks, and more. For two reasons, I decided to split out commercial electric vehicles into this separate article. … [continued]

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Heat Pumps For Electric Buses Blow Another Meme Out Of Water

December 25, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, buses, California, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:27:42 +0000

Every time I publish anything on electric buses — and I’ve published a lot on them recently — hydrogen bus fans point out that in the west, diesel heaters are often included in buses for winter time use. They say that as if the waste heat from fuel cells was … [continued]

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It’s Against The Law In Canada To Call Hydrogen Buses Zero Emissions

December 21, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:42:07 +0000

In the middle of 2024, I documented the remarkable disappearance of claims of environmental virtue from the websites and social media of Canadian oil and gas companies and the lobbying groups they employed. Overnight, the degree of factual accuracy on their public sites went up by a remarkable amount. Why? … [continued]

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Solaris to Deliver First EU Battery Passport–Compliant Buses

December 21, 2024 admin batteries, battery metals, battery minerals, battery passports, clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, ev battery materials, lithium-ion batteries, mass transit / public transit, solaris, solaris urbino, Sweden

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:44:08 +0000

Berlin’s BVG transit system has received the world’s first series-produced electric bus with a battery passport: the Solaris Urbino 18 electric. In a press statement, Solaris said the deliveries put BVG three years ahead of EU regulations, which will require a battery passport in all electric vehicles starting in 2027. … [continued]

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New Flyer Low Emission Buses Too Expensive So Winnipeg Buys Diesel

December 20, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric bus, electric buses, electric mass transit, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, new flyer, Oil, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:15:18 +0000

Into Canada’s ongoing challenges with bus fleet decarbonization comes Winnipeg, which hasn’t featured much so far in the ongoing tale of transit think tank CUTRIC’s incompetence, sole sourcing and hydrogen-centric conflicts of interest. However, it did have a role in a piece assessing Canadian bus manufacture New Flyer’s strategic missteps … [continued]

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Deloitte Complicit In Indefensible Brampton Hydrogen Bus CUTRIC Study

December 19, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, fuel cell buses, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:57:13 +0000

In one of my articles related to the debacle that is Canada’s transit think tank CUTRIC’s guidance and modeling on bus fleet decarbonization, especially the Brampton fleet report that was off by about $1.5 billion on a $9 billion price tag, I shared the open letter to the Board I’d … [continued]

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US Postal Workers Love Their New Electric Mail Trucks!

December 6, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, electric cars, electric mail delivery vehicles, Electric vehicles, fleet electrification, inflation reduction act of 2022., mass transit / public transit, oshkosh defense, renewable energy, usa, usps

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:21:49 +0000

New electric mail trucks have been spotted in communities across the US. It’s been all smiles for carriers since the US Postal Service launched its new fleet of electric mail trucks. What’s new with the new USPS electric mail trucks? Nearly everything, as the design of the vehicles hasn’t had … [continued]

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Madison, Wisconsin’s Transit Goes Electric Again After 100 Years

December 6, 2024 admin clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Madison, mass transit / public transit, new flyer electric buses, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:50:13 +0000

In the 1920s, Madison had a fully functioning overhead electric pantograph steel rail streetcar system. See a Madison Wingra Line Streetcar in the upper panel of the photo below. Below we see a map made by Jake Berman in 2020 depicting Madison’s complete streetcar system 100 years ago with 3 … [continued]

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Hamburg Orders 350 Electric Buses from Daimler

December 1, 2024 admin clean transport, daimler, daimler truck, electric buses, Electric vehicles, GERMANY, Hamburg, mass transit / public transit, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, mercedes-benz ecitaro

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:57:21 +0000

The electric bus revolution continues to grow. The latest news in this regard, arriving yesterday, comes from Hamburg, Germany, and Daimler Buses. Daimler has been tapped by Hamburger Hochbahn AG to supply the transit agency with 350 electric buses. In particular, these will be Mercedes-Benz eCitaro and Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G … [continued]

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