Power management company Eaton is continuing to expand its European e-mobility business operations, adding new production, office and research facilities at several sites. Eaton has invested in a new production facility for power electronics components in Montrottier, France. The new plant will produce high-voltage power components including traction inverters and DC-DC converters. High-volume production is… Read more »
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EV charge management isn’t just for fleet depots: Q&A with Qmerit founder and CEO
Q&A with Qmerit founder and CEO Tracy K. Price EV chargers aren’t the kind of hardware that’s typically installed by the customer—whether that customer is a homeowner who’s charging one EV, or a company with dozens of charging sites. An EV charger deployment generally requires the services of an installer (and larger projects sometimes involve… Read more »
Frito-Lay makes its first third-party EV shipment
Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo,has announced completion of its first third-party EV shipment with trucking and logistics company Schneider National. Frito-Lay is the first company to contract transport on Schneider’s fleet of electric Freightliner eCascadias. “By working with Schneider, we are taking an important step forward in our efforts to reduce value-chain emissions and move… Read more »
Frito-Lay to deploy over 700 delivery EVs in 2023
Frito-Lay will deploy over 700 electric delivery vehicles in the US by the end of 2023. The company has already introduced a new electric fleet to serve the Dallas-Fort Worth area and recently made its first third-party shipment as the first company to contract transport on logistics firm Schneider’s electric truck fleet. “The introduction of… Read more »
Improve EV charging ROI and customer experience by choosing the right fast chargers
Q&A with Tritium Chief Sales Officer David Nicholl. In any industry, savvy manufacturers know that success depends on more than just delivering hardware. The best companies work closely with their customers to help them choose the most cost-effective hardware for their specific needs. The EVSE industry is still young, and charger manufacturers and charge point… Read more »
California logistics firm to add nearly 100 Freightliner electric trucks to its fleet
Logistics company Schneider has ordered nearly 100 Class 8 electric trucks for its intermodal operations in Southern California. After the first order of 62 Freightliner Cascadias, manufactured by Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), Scheider’s second order of 30 additional units brings the total to 92 Class 8 EVs. According to the company, electric trucks are… Read more »
ZEV Station installs DC fast chargers in Palm Springs, scores $2.7 million in infrastructure grants
ZEV Station has now launched its first public charging stations, at the Palm Springs Art Museum in California. The new chargers offer both CCS and Tesla charging plugs. ZEV Station recently secured three California ZEV infrastructure Grants totaling $2.7 million: CEC Rural Charging; EnergIIZE Jumpstart; and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Incentive (HVIP) for ZEV Fleet’s electric vans…. Read more »
The Mobility House manages charging for microgrid-powered electric bus fleet in Maryland
The Mobility House, in collaboration with partners including AlphaStruxure and Schneider Electric, has completed a microgrid-based infrastructure project that can charge electric buses without relying on the local utility. The Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot in Montgomery County, Maryland incorporates solar canopies, natural gas generators, battery storage, microgrid controls and chargers to support 70 electric… Read more »
Electric Freight Consortium aims to advance freight electrification
The Electrification Coalition (EC) has established a new forum for collaboration among industry leaders in the freight transportation sector to accelerate freight electrification. The new Electric Freight Consortium (EFC) aims to bring together the full fright ecosystem—shippers, carriers, retailers and EV supply chain companies. It will “identify pilot project opportunities, plan implementation, diagnose challenges, develop… Read more »
California project to demonstrate vehicle-to-building resilience hub powered by transit buses
A new project funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC) will demonstrate the use of bidirectional EV charging to support a vehicle-to-building (V2B) “resilience hub.” Electric buses will discharge energy from their batteries to provide filtered air conditioning at a branch of the Oakland Public Library for local residents in the event of “unhealthy heat… Read more »