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UPS cargo eBike pilot in Seattle

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This is the first tailored urban delivery solution to address growing traffic congestion in Seattle’s downtown corridor, and is part of UPS’ Cycle Logistics Solutions that help reduce carbon emissions, noise, and traffic. The cargo eBike is part of a broader UPS strategy to continue to electrify its delivery fleet.

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Mercedes-Benz eActros electric trucks moving to Rotterdam and The Hague

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After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Nissan Teams Up with LeasePlan to Bring Nissan LEAF to Europe

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LeasePlan, a Dutch financial institution specializing in fleet management, and Nissan signed an agreement to cooperate in a European-wide project to launch the electric Nissan LEAF in 2011. The project will focus on driver behaviour and the operational side of running a fleet of zero-emission battery-powered cars.

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Europcar to introduce Opel Ampera extended range EV as a rental car throughout Europe

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The goal is to deploy the first vehicles in Europcar rental outlets in Germany in November of this year, followed soon afterwards by Belgium and the Netherlands. According to the ECE R101 regulation for measuring fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions, the Ampera consumes less than 1.6

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Amassing that fleet wasn’t easy. Kempton and Letendre’s.

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