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More than half of transit buses in the US were powered by alternative fuels and advanced technologies in 2018

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In the ten-year period from 2008 to 2018, the share of conventional diesel buses dropped from 70% to 42%. Source: American Public Transportation Association, 2019 Public Transportation Fact Book, Washington, DC, April 2019, Figure 14.

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Onto expands its fleet with 600 new PEUGEOT EVs

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300 e-208 Allure Premium vehicles are now available for delivery and 300 more e-2008 GT models will join their fleet from July. PEUGEOT is a popular choice amongst Onto subscribers, with both models regularly fully booked. Electric car subscription service Onto is adding 600 new, fully electric PEUGEOT cars to its fleet.

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DOE: Growth in US vehicle-miles of travel and number of vehicles outpaces population growth

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Growth of VMT and vehicles slowed from 2008 to 2011 but continued the upward trend thereafter. Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 37.1. Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the US was seven times higher in 2017 than in 1950, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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ZF has produced 2M electric motors; mild-hybrid to full-electric drives

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Already in 2008, the company was the first volume production supplier in Europe to bring out an electric motor for a premium mild hybrid. Our order books are well filled, the next two million units of electric motors will probably be produced in less than two years. —Roland Hintringer.

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Daimler acquires dynamic ridesharing pioneer flinc

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Daimler Mobility Services includes various mobility services, such as car2go, moovel and mytaxi: with the free floating carsharing company car2go, which launched in 2008, customers have the option of renting a car at any time to drive themselves from A to B. mytaxi is a market leader amongst the taxi hailing apps in Europe.

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Mercedes-Benz launches new private car-sharing scheme: Croove

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Not long after launch though, there will also be an Android version in the Google Play Store, along with a desktop website for booking a vehicle. Meanwhile, the merger of mytaxi and Hailo recently created Europe’s largest app-based taxi booking service with a total of 100,000 drivers.

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Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries launches world’s first LNG carrier built on-ground

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Though this is the first LNG carrier Hyundai Samho has built using the on-ground method, the company has already built 50 other ships using this method since May 2008. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries plans to build 10 of 12 LNG carriers in its order book using this method.

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