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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

Green Car Congress

Within the EU28 the trends vary between countries with decreases of 6% for the UK and Bulgaria and of 3% for Greece and Spain, while increases of 5% in Ireland and Denmark and of 4% in Sweden and Finland occurred. Other greenhouse gases keep creeping up.

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DB Schenker expands its electric fleet with 36 new FUSO eCanter vehicles

Green Car Congress

This announcement represents the biggest eCanter fleet deal to date and I would like to thank DB Schenker for their continued trust in FUSO on our shared mission towards CO2-neutral transportation. The vehicles are charged simply overnight either with alternating current or direct current chargers depending on availability.

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myenergi lands £30m investment from Energy Impact Partners to drive growth and internationalisation

My Energi

Transportation is responsible for nearly a quarter of the global energy related CO2 and road transport makes up the lion’s share of it. With the team’s extensive support, we will be able to further expand the products and services offered within our home energy ecosystem, making our solutions available to even more consumers worldwide.

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Volvo becomes first OEM to qualify four models for UK plug-in grant

Baua Electric

These grants enable UK businesses, organizations, or individuals to receive up to five “large truck grants” each fiscal year (defined as 01APR to 31MAR) of £25,000 each, with a total of 100 large truck grants available across the market annually.

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ERTOC: optimizing CO2 of shipments down to an individual consignment level

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Javed Akhtar, John Bailey, David Weatherby, Siraj Ahmed Shaikh, David Ireland, Daniel Payne, Luke Antins and Dave Barker (2012) Efficient and Reliable Transportation of Consignments (ERTOC). —Rishi Odhavji, Ricardo project manager for ERTOC. International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) doi: 10.4018/jal.2012040104. 2012040104.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Country/Average CO2 2008(g/km)/AverageCO2 2007/Rank 2007. Ireland / 157 / 162 / 13. Suburu Imprezza).

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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There are 16 available NECO Series models (as of June 23): Tiida, Tiida Latio, Cube, Note, Wingroad, Serena, X-TRAIL, Lafesta, AD/AD Expert, March, Presage, Pino, Otti, Atlas H43, NV200 Vanette and Moco. in the United States; and Israel, Portugal, Monaco, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Ireland, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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