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Turkey’s Karsan Is Building The Fully Electric Buses Customers Want, Today

April 26, 2022 admin autonomous vehicles, batteries, bursa, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, karsan, karsan e-atak, karsan e-jest, lithium-ion batteries, mass transit / public transit, Turkey, usps

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:43:38 +0000

Turkey has a decades long history of producing automobiles for both domestic and global markets. Specifically, Turkey has established itself as a key builder of commercial vehicles, with the majority of those flowing through export channels to Europe, thanks to favorable customs agreements established in 1995. Disclaimer: Travel and accommodations for the author were paid for […]

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Ford E-Transit To USPS: What’s Your EV Problem?

April 11, 2022 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, electrification, ev batteries, fleet electrification, ford, ford e-transit, ford motor company, Kansas, oshkosh corporation, oshkosh defense, proterra, Shipping, SOUTH CAROLINA, us postal service, usa, usps, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:10:48 +0000

The Ford E-Transit van EV is taking off like a rocket, which makes it all the harder to explain why the US Postal Service is dragging its electrification heels.

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Hey, USPS — Here’s 5 Reasons Gas-Powered Trucks Are A Stupid Idea

April 6, 2022 admin clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, oshkosh defense, usps

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:20:03 +0000

The decision to order tens of thousands of gasoline-powered vehicles for the USPS is wrong on so many levels.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Gas-Powered USPS Trucks Is A Stupid Idea

April 6, 2022 admin clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, oshkosh defense, usps

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:16:03 +0000

The decision to order tens of thousands of gasoline-powered vehicles for the USPS is wrong on so many levels.

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Battery News: Microvast Introduces Two New NMC Cells

March 29, 2022 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, microvast, oshkosh, usps

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:20:14 +0000

Microvast has introduced two new long lasting, fast charging battery cells.

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US Postal Service To Electric Truck Fans: Don’t Drop Dead After All!

March 29, 2022 admin clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, fleet electrification, louis dejoy, oshkosh defense, us postal service, usps, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:20:46 +0000

The US Postal Service is funneling more electric trucks into its fleet of 200,000 general delivery vehicles, but continues to insist that gasmobiles should play a leading role — for now.

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USPS Inspector General Study Favors Electric Vehicles

March 23, 2022 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, usps

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:50:09 +0000

The Inspector General for USPS weighs in on the new vehicle contract.

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USPS Finalizes Orders Of Gas-Powered Trucks

February 25, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, us postal service, usps

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 20:20:56 +0000

The US Postal Service (USPS) has said no to EVs by placing an order for a gas-powered fleet. The Hill reported that the USPS announced its finalized plans to order a new fleet of majority gasoline-powered vehicles even though it contradicts the Biden administration’s emissions goal. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, appointed under the Trump administration, […]

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US DOE Aims $2.91 Billion At EV Batteries & Energy Storage

February 11, 2022 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean transport, dod batteries, DOE, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium-ion batteries, oshkosh defense, us department of energy (doe), US military, usps

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:00:56 +0000

The US Department of Defense will be one beneficiary of a new $2.91 billion push to shore up the US lithium chain for EV batteries and other energy storage systems.

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Normalcy Bias: What Dirty USPS Trucks Can Teach Us About The Climate Emergency

February 9, 2022 admin clean transport, climate change, climate emergency, Electric vehicles, oshkosh defense, united states postal service, usps

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:57:15 +0000

A recent piece by my colleague Steve covered the disaster that the rollout of USPS trucks has become. I won’t rehash it all here, but I did want to focus on one of the biggest issues: efficiency. Then, I’m going to explain why societies often struggle to prepare for emergencies. Normalcy bias keeps us from […]