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London Taxi relaunches as London EV Company; order for 225 vehicles from The Netherlands

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LEVC expects strong demand from its launch market in London once the order book opens on 1 August 2017. RMC, one of the Netherlands’ largest taxi operators, has been appointed as the importer and operator.

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Cross-border car2go rentals up 80% in Q1 2017 to 33,000 journeys

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In the first quarter of 2017, the number of cross-border rentals increased by 80% to 33,000 journeys. In addition, German customers are increasingly using the car2go service in European cities in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Austria. The international market leader has more than 2.4

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TNO joins H2-Share project to build and demo 27t hydrogen fuel cell truck and mobile refueler

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In March 2017, the Belgian organization WaterstofNet received approval for the €3.52-million TNO, the Netherlands Organization for applied scientific research TNO, has now joined in this partnership as an evaluation partner. The goal is to test the truck at six locations in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and France.

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The ICCT: Nearly half of the world’s EVs are in 25 cities; China leads the way

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Nearly half of the world’s electric vehicles are in 25 cities, according to a new briefing by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). As of the end of 2017, these 25 cities were home to nearly 1.4 Cumulative electric vehicle sales and 2017 passenger vehicle sales in top global electric vehicle markets.

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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

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The slip in the July-September quarter leaves clean energy investment for the year so far running a modest 2% below that in the first nine months of 2017—leaving open the possibility that 2018 as a whole will end up matching last year’s total, particularly if a few more multibillion-dollar offshore wind deals are concluded before Christmas.

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Global Bioenergies successfully moves its C3 process to demo scale; isopropanol and acetone from renewable resources

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A first pilot run was successfully conducted in December 2017. At the end of 2017, ARD, which operates Global Bioenergies’ industrial pilot for the Isobutene process, carried out the first step in scaling-up the C3 process. This is the final scale of fermentation before commercial operations.

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ICCT analysis finds real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high of 42%

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The average gap between official fuel consumption figures and actual fuel use for new cars in the EU has reached 42%, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into vehicle fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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