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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2021

Merchants Fleet Aligns with ChargePoint to Offer Services to Their Clients

As automakers and large fleet operators invest in electrification, the number of available light and medium duty electric vehicles is expected to increase.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2021

Fluid Truck Orders 40 Zero Emission Trucks From Lightning eMotors

The vehicles feature 129 kWhs of battery capacity with a range of 120 miles and can be charged in just under two hours by an 80-kW on-board DC fast charger.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2021

Ikea to Convert New York Last-Mile Delivery Fleet to EVs by May

Ikea U.S. is prioritizing its New York and Los Angeles markets as it works toward the goal of having 100% zero emission home deliveries by 2025.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2021

New eSprinter Will Be Built in U.S.

Mercedes has chosen its plant in North Charleston, S.C. and two plants in Germany to build the next generation electric Sprinter, starting in the second half of 2023.

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Articlesby Chris BrownMarch 29, 2021

Heavy Payloads and Commercial EV Range — a Real-World Test

How efficient is an all-electric Class 6 delivery truck in its regular duty cycle with payloads up to 11,000 lbs.? Weight is less of an EV range inhibitor than you’d think.

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Articlesby Chris BrownMarch 29, 2021

How a Digital Key is Transforming Corporate Carsharing

Keyless technology combined with telematics is moving beyond traditional carsharing to facilitate in-vehicle deliveries, more automated pickup and return processes, and private carsharing trips with business cars.

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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2021

Purolator Hits Road as Electric Courier

The new 18-foot electric delivery trucks and electric–cargo bikes (e-bikes) expand Purolator’s fleet of innovative eco-friendly vehicles already in use on the streets of Montreal and Toronto.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2021

DHL Express to Deploy 89 Electric Delivery Vans in NY and California

In conjunction with Lightning eMotors, the deployment of the Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350HD electric vans follows a pilot of nine of the same vans in the U.S. last year.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2021

GM Fleet, OnStar to Keynote 2021 Data-Driven Fleet Experience

Ed Peper, head of General Motors Fleet and Michelle Calloway of OnStar will sit down for a fireside chat on “The Future of Connected Vehicles and a Data-Driven Fleet.” Data-Driven Fleet Experience, a new virtual event from Bobit Business Media, convenes April 19-23.

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Newsby StaffMarch 23, 2021

Planning for Vaccine Deliveries by Drone

The market for urban air mobility (UAM) may see more rapid expansion with last-mile drone deliveries of essential medicines to rural destinations, where the cost structure of ground shipping is prohibitively expensive.

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