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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. One of Genentech's electric buses, made by BYD.

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A wave of electric workhorses is coming

GreenBiz

There are also more incentives for fleet managers to adopt these battery-powered vehicles, because in a growing amount of cases, electric vehicles can save companies money over using diesel power. . Battery-powered commercial vehicles also highlight the power of the lithium-ion battery in a unique way.

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? Alterra’s $30B bridge for climate financing #176

Climate Tech VC

   Early-Stage 🚗 Advanced Electric Machines (AEM) , a North Sunderland, UK-based electric vehicles design and manufacturer, raised $29M in Series A funding from Legal & General Capital and Barclays.   52 countries pledged to reduce their global cooling emissions by 68% through 2050.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. Christophe Beck, CEO, Ecolab; St.

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5 electric vehicle trends seen in 2022

Charged

million battery-electric vehicle (EV) sales by the start of 2021—a prediction seen by many as overly optimistic. In fact, Bloomberg Green expects this growth to continue with more than 10 million plug-in vehicle sales this year—up from 6.6 1) Increased need to secure raw materials for EV batteries. million in 2020.

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Motorcycle parts from GPR Italia are recyclable

AGreenLiving

Orlandi is proud of being an Italian company with Italy having a phenomenal number of motorcycle and scooter riders. GPR offers exhaust systems for more than 1200 models of scooters and motorcycles. Motorcycles and sustainability According to Orlandi, electric vehicles are not a better environmental solution than motorcycles. “We

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A wave of electric workhorses is coming

AGreenLiving

Electrifying these commercial vehicles will be potentially even more important than passenger vehicles for reducing carbon emissions and for cleaning up local air pollution. Battery-powered commercial vehicles also highlight the power of the lithium-ion battery in a unique way. Tesla’s Model Y is cool.