Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2023

This includes a plan to purchase more than 3,500 fully electric last-mile delivery vehicles and the electrification of more than 60 terminals across Canada. This month, Purolator will begin deploying 25 Ford E-Transit vans in London, Ont.; Richmond, B.C.; and Québec City.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Volvo Cars has partnered up with Breathe Battery Technologies (Breathe), becoming the first car company to get access to the latest version of its patented, algorithm-enabled charging software for use on its new-generation fully electric cars. As is known, Volvo Cars has targeted becoming a fully electric car maker by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2013

Williams Advanced Engineering, the division of the Williams group that commercialises Formula One based technologies, is to partner with Spark Racing Technology to design and assemble a battery system for the 42 cars that will be used in the FIA Formula E Championship. —Sir Frank Williams, Founder and Team Principal of Williams.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The cooperation includes exclusive, worldwide first pilot tests of a fully electric Volvo FH truck with gross combination weights up to 60 tons. The Volvo FL Electric and Volvo FE Electric trucks for city distribution are already in serial production.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Global demand for hybrid-electric and fully electric transit solutions is increasing as more legislation is passed setting clean air regulations and transit agencies continue to establish goals for greener fleets.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In its new ten-year market outlook to 2027, Roskill, a leading provider of international metals and minerals research, forecasts primary nickel consumption to rise by just under 4% per year between 2017 and 2027, driven by increased consumption by stainless steel producers and by growth in demand in the automotive battery sector.

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Drive Electric

JULY 28, 2021

There are plenty of reasons why electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of motoring both in the UK and around the world. You only have to look to the London Congestion Charge for proof of that. So, what is it, where does it apply, and are electric cars exempt from congestion charge costs? What is the London Congestion Charge?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators such as ride-sharer Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. In monetary terms, these savings amount to €3,000 (US$3,400) every year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2023

To date, nearly 50,000 drivers have rented a Tesla through this program, completing more than 24 million fully-electric trips and more than 260 million electric miles. The partnership in North America has already benefited tens of thousands of drivers on the Uber platform.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Mach-E present at the event was outfitted with the typical yellow and blue emergency vehicle design, and Metro Police Forces in London are requesting a unit for evaluation, as it could be added to the fleet. In future developments, we will look to increase this battery capacity to allow for additional equipment to be fitted.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The intense traffic in and out of the Norwegian fjords has resulted in a large increase in local emissions and at times the emission levels have been reported to exceed those of major cities like London and Barcelona. When entering the fjords, they can operate fully electric for a long time with no other emissions than water.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Modec fully electric vehicle with a cab forward design used in London. The class 5 electric trucks will rely on a cab forward design, which optimizes the driver compartment and cargo area, increasing efficiency and reducing vehicle weight.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Power for the motor is provided by a compact 14 kWh liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack located under the load floor, which has been carefully positioned to preserve the full cargo volume offered by the standard Transit Custom van, and a payload exceeding 1,000 kg. EV Now – uses only electric power until the battery is depleted.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2020

This deal will help to deliver Uber’s vision for every car on the app in the capital—around 45,000 drivers—to be fully electric from 2025. Through the Clean Air Plan, drivers will on average save £4,500, depending on the miles they’ve driven, off the cost of switching to an electric car.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Elektromotive, a leading provider of electric vehicle charging facilities, has been selected as one of the UK companies trialing the smart electric drive ( earlier post ). Elektromotive’s smart electric drive. A market trial of 100 fully electric smarts is running exclusively in the UK. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2011

In the Elfa system from Siemens, the electric motors act as generators during braking and thus feed electricity back into the batteries. This power can then be subsequently used to drive the vehicle, which means at times the bus can run fully electrically and without producing any emissions.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 25, 2021

Fully electric vehicles are zero-emission and their batteries can be charged using renewable energy. The UK also hopes to connect more and more EVs to the electricity grid to share power at peak times, in something called vehicle to grid charging (V2G). DriveElectric Dictionary Definition . What is regenerative braking?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

Daimler Trucks continues deliveries of the FUSO eCanter, its fully electric light-duty truck. Emitting zero emissions, the FUSO eCanter is now delivering the company’s bottled butane and propane to customers in central London. Among the new customers is Calor, one of UK’s best-known gas suppliers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2017

In 2014, Irizar became the first European manufacturer in the sector to deliver two 100% electric vehicles to Barcelona and delivered the first unit to San Sebastian. In 2015, the first units were delivered to London, Marseille and the Barcelona metropolitan area (Mohn, SA) and tests were carried out in various European cities.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We started one year ago at TechCrunch in London with the vision of partnering with cities to improve the efficiency on their streets. The MOIA car is a fully electric car that provides space for up to six passengers to fit comfortably. A driver app and comprehensive fleet management complete the system.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Entering its trial third year to study the feasibility of battery-electric rail, UK’s Great Western Railway (GWR) has hit an encouraging milestone, traveling further in the region than any battery-electric train before it. It was founded in 1833 and is credited with linking London to other regions of England and Wales.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Each of the six vehicle manufacturers—Jaguar/Land Rover, Mitsubishi/Colt, Mercedes Benz/Smart, Tata Motors, LTI and Microcab Industries—are contributing vehicles towards the low carbon scheme, which includes a mix of fully electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell cars. Electricity providers E.ON

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Drive Electric

JULY 1, 2021

One of the key things when it comes to cost is the savings you can make on the London Congestion Charge. The congestion charging scheme was first introduced in central London in 2003, aiming to reduce the amount of traffic in the capital. And from 25 October 2021, only battery-electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are eligible.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 16, 2021

It almost seems as though London is against us mere motorists. With some great transport links to take advantage of, having a car in London isn’t always necessary or practical. Unless that is, you drive an electric vehicle (EV). Why are EVs best for London? Cheaper to run. For example, it only costs £2.50 It costs £12.50

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 7, 2021

BYD sold 68,018 battery-electric buses worldwide . BYD battery-electric buses. BYD has sold 68,018 battery-electric buses. As part of the collaboration, BYD will implement Levo’s technology and capital to offer fully financed medium and heavy-duty BYD commercial EVs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

The Arrival Car will address the global need to shift ride-hailing and car sharing services—with more than 30 million estimated drivers across the ride-hailing sector—to electric to reduce emissions and improve air quality in cities. So far in London, more than 3.5 million trips have taken place in fully electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2009

Tesla is the only production automaker selling a highway capable electric vehicle in North America and Europe, and as such Daimler’s investment will see the company furthering its development of battery-run cars. So far, 100 smart electric cars have already been undergoing large-scale trials in London since 2007.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

The second generation smart electric drive will also be taking part in projects in Rome, Milan and Paris. Several cities in the US are also due to start trials of the fully electric car and the invaluable feedback will be incorporated into the development of future production models.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Elektromotive has taken delivery of its own fully electric smart and, over the next 4 years, will report back on the car’s battery performance, reliability and range. The information will be evaluated by smart as it moves towards small series production of the smart electric drive in 2010.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 21, 2021

BYD UK and Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) jointly confirmed today that their electric vehicle partnership, the UK’s leading electric bus producer, will deliver the UK’s largest-ever electric bus order. BYD is a global leader in batteries, energy management and electric mobility.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 12, 2021

However, if you cover greater distances in a day, you can quickly replenish your battery at one of the many rapid charging points which are now prevalent right across the UK. There is also excellent charge point access outside of London, and more and faster rapid chargers are being added to the UK’s charging networks all the time.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

As electric mobility gathers pace, the BMW Group has consciously opted for fully electric models and plug-in hybrid technology. These are equivalent to around 2.9 gigawatt hours of charging power. A BMW 3 Series Plug-In Hybrid can be charged almost 250,000 times from this amount.

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APRIL 17, 2009

In London we have congestion charge, plus a customer dense network. Together with Electric Mobility Netherlands (Elmonet) Urgenda tries to stimulate large-scale introduction of (non-converted) EVs on the Dutch roads. Large-scale, to them, means one million EVs by 2020, starting with five hundred fully electric Th!nk

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Drive Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Are electric cars better for the environment? Fully-electric vehicles produce zero emissions and are far more efficient when it comes to using energy. Outdated phrase coined in the mid 2000s when electric car ranges were sub 50 miles, pops up still, does not affect electric car drivers beyond their first week behind the wheel.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. For EVs, much of the environmental burden centers on the production of batteries, the most energy- and resource-intensive component of the vehicle. AFP/Getty Images.

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