The invention provides for a high occupancy or heavy-duty vehicle with a battery propulsion power source, which may include lithium titanate batteries. The vehicle may be all-battery or may be a hybrid, and may have a composite body. The vehicle battery sy...

A method for controlling the charging of multiple electric vehicles operating in a geographic area may include inputting a tariff schedule into a control system. The tariff schedule may identify the cost of energy at different times in the geographic area....

A method of charging an electric vehicle includes electrically coupling the electric vehicle to a charging station. The charging station may be electrically coupled to both a power supply grid and an energy storage system. The method may also include charg...