XL customers have driven 100 million miles using the company’s hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric drive systems, according to the company, which is also celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

Since 2009, XL has electrified the fleets of some of the largest and most recognized companies, municipalities and organizations in North America. One of XL’s first customers, Coca-Cola, has deployed nearly 300 hybrid-electric GMC Chevrolet Express vans since 2012.

XL recently examined the data from the first 10 Coca-Cola vehicles deployed between 2012 and 2013.  The vehicles are still on the road today and have driven an average of 150,000 miles each — one van has more than 215,000 miles — with an average fuel-economy improvement of 20.2% over their lifetime.

Tony Eiermann, the fleet manager for Coca-Cola at the time of the original XL vehicle deployment, is now vice president of fleet management at Bennett International Group.

“We chose the XL hybrid solution because it supported Coca-Cola’s strong commitment to reducing its carbon footprint, without sacrificing the performance that was needed from those vehicles,” Eiermann said recently. “The XL vans delivered those savings as promised, and the fact that they’re still on the road speaks to the reliability and longevity of their systems.”

After revealing a thinly veiled EQV concept at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday took the wraps off the latest addition to its EQ sub-brand in the production EQV electric van.

The German luxury marque revealed the EQV online ahead of its global debut at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show next month, and it packs a lot of the tech we expected it would. It’s mostly a battery-electric version of the standard V-Class, and the company plans to build it in Spain alongside its fossil-fuel-sipping cousin. Thus, the design is pretty familiar, but the EQV wears a face we’ve become familiar with.

Like the EQC crossover SUV and the EQA concept, the EQV features a black “radiator grille” with a chrome strip that sweeps in front of the headlights. The EQ brand face looks at home on the van, but at the rear, it’s very much a V-Class. The five-spoke wheels also recall other EQ electric vehicles and are nearly identical to the EQV concept’s save for the bright aqua accents. Overall, it’s about as attractive as a people-hauling van needs to look.

Under the metal is an electric powertrain situated at the front of the EQV made up of an electric motor, cooling systems and a fixed-gear transmission. The lithium-ion battery that motivates the EQV is under the floor to save on cargo space. Total, drivers will have 201 horsepower at their disposal and the 90-kWh lithium-ion battery will provide an estimated range of 250 miles. Like so many European estimates, it’s important to note the range is based on WLTP standards, which are more liberal than EPA estimates. Mercedes-Benz didn’t say how long it will take to charge the van on a standard socket or its 11-kW charging box, but DC fast charging will juice the battery to 80% in under 45 minutes.

Tesla might have been the first to generate a lot of fanfare over an all-electric Semi, but it’s not the first to actually place an electric Semi with customers for full-time use.

That nod would go to Daimler Trucks North America. The initial two Freightliner eCascadia semis were built this week for its Electric Innovation Fleet—funded by a $16 million California grant—and they’ll be placed into duty later this month by the Southern California operations of two companies: Penske Truck Leasing and NFI.

The company’s intent is to test how the trucks fare in large-scale fleet conditions, and the innovation fleet “will inform the final production versions” of its two upcoming electric trucks, the eCascadia, and the medium-duty Freightliner eM2. Daimler also has an Electric Vehicle Council of 38 customers “to identify and address all potential hurdles to large-scale deployment of commercial battery electric vehicles.”

Nissan is expanding its partnership with charging network EVgo to install 200 more DC fast-chargers across the U.S.

The new chargers will each dispense up to 100 kw, which can deliver up to 150 miles of range in less than half an hour, and will have both a CHAdeMO plug to charge the Leaf and a CCS Combo plug to charge most other (non-Tesla) EVs as well. Teslas can also use the chargers with a CHAdeMO adapter.

Even with the new chargers, the challenge for Leaf drivers may be making longer trips between cities using the chargers. EVgo’s chargers are mostly in and around cities that already have the largest population of EV drivers and not along less frequently used corridors to allow travel between cities.

“Nissan and EVgo will continue to work together to deploy fast charging infrastructure in major and rapidly growing EV markets,” Nissan spokesman Jeff Wandell said in a statement emailed to Green Car Reports. “We aim to expand Nissan and EVgo’s already strong footprint in major metropolitan areas as well as ZEV states and select other markets,” referring to California and nine other states, mainly in the Northeast, that follow the Golden State’s zero-emissions vehicle requirements.