Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 ABB automated electric bus fast-chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium with public transport authority and operator TEC. The buses also have a 4-cylinder, 5-liter Volvo D5F diesel engine, which increases reach and flexibility. ABB bus chargers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Each step along this ladder increases operators’ control over their fleets while improving the fleet’s efficiency and performance. Diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive owned by Lineas used for the demonstration. The Group has carried out successful ATO tests in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

REVIVE will place 15 fuel cell refuse vehicles to be tested in 8 different cities or regions in Europe: Breda, Helmond, Amsterdam, and Groningen (the Netherlands), Antwerp (Belgium), Bolzano and Merano (in South Tyrol, Italy) and Gothenburg (Sweden). REVIVE represents the second fuel-cell-powered refuse truck in the Renova vehicle fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2019

RNG is a key part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025, supporting the logistics leader’s efforts to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its ground fleet 12% by 2025. —Mike Casteel, UPS director of fleet procurement. UPS CNG tractor trailer.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

of Australia’s bus fleet is electric). EU member states are by no means on the same track when it comes to electrifying their bus fleets. In Germany, Austria and Belgium, by contrast, diesel buses still made up 75% of new bus sales. The news comes to us via the Australian EV news site The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

Scania’s ethanol bus features a modified diesel engine running on a mixture of 95% ethanol with 5% ignition improver. The buses will be equipped with Scania’s third generation five-cylinder 270 hp ethanol diesel engines, which meet Euro 5 and EEV emission standards. Earlier post.). Deliveries will begin in August.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Energy consumption is about 60% lower than for a corresponding diesel bus. The Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid operates quietly and exhaust emission-free on electricity for about 70% of its route. Battery recharging takes 3 to 4 minutes with opportunity charging.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. On 1 June, two members of Honda’s European Research & Development (R&D) team will set out on the journey from Aalst, Belgium. Honda aims to win a new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency in an 8,500-mile (13,679 km) drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries in a 1.6

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2018

The technology will replace diesel-powered secondary engines used to power (TRUs), which are used to keep food cold on the road. It is extremely powerful, and can cool a vehicle from +15ºC to -21ºC in less than 30 minutes—much faster than a typical diesel-powered system.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2018

Diesel cars made up 45% of the new registrations. Compared to 2016, the registrations of diesel cars decreased in all EU Member States except in Italy (+0.6 The biggest decrease of diesel cars was registered in Greece and Luxemburg (- 19 and – 17 percentage points). g CO 2 /km ) and diesel cars (117.9 percentage point).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

Diesel cars still sold slightly more.) Market share grew fastest in established EV markets Finland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. According to data for 27 markets, EV registrations made by fleets and businesses rose by 51%, compared to a 4% rise for private buyers. of total market share.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

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. Two vehicles will continue the operational testing with customers in the first test phase.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

The team set out from Aalst, Belgium, on 1 June, navigating the continent in a clockwise direction. To ensure accurate monitoring of the route, journey time and distance driven, the record car was fitted with a tracking device, provided by fleet telematics and stolen vehicle recovery expert, TRACKER (part of the Tantalum Corporation).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2011

Compared to using a conventional diesel engine, Keolis reduces carbon-dioxide emissions by 70% by using ethanol; for RME, the corresponding figure is 64%. By the second half of 2011 Keolis’ vehicle fleet in Sweden will consist of approximately 2,000 buses, of which more than 60% will be running on renewable fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

In 2015 Leclanché unveiled its first all-electric bus in Belgium. Now the European e-bus industry is at a watershed moment as proven battery technology and tighter environmental legislation make electric buses economically competitive with diesel. —Anil Srivastava, CEO of Leclanché.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2018

The modules are located under the slightly higher load floor, as used for rear-wheel drive body versions with diesel engines. The product line is primarily aimed at fleet customers with a tailored service concept to tend to their needs. Individual modules of six or twelve cells can be replaced separately.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

HySeas III, jointly led by the shipyard Ferguson Marine and the University of St Andrews, includes Orkney Islands Council; Kongsberg Maritime (Norway); Ballard Power Systems Europe (Denmark); McPhy (France); DLR - German Aerospace Center; and Interferry (Belgium/US) the global trade association for ferry operators and suppliers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

liter PACCAR FR diesel, which complies with the ultra-low EEV emission requirements as standard, without a soot filter. Depending on the degree of charge of the lithium-ion batteries, a central computer determines when the diesel engine provides the drive and when and to what extent the electric motor is used. DAF LF hybrid system.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The agreement would see GE Capital lease EV vehicles across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. GE Capital is a leading leaser of vehicles, with a customer fleet of approximately 250,000 vehicles in Europe, and 1.6 million globally.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2010

Three of AC Transit’s buses are equipped with UTC Power fuel cell systems and have now traveled more than 213,000 miles, with an average fuel economy that is 65% better than the control fleet of diesel buses running the same routes and duty cycles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Eaton Corporation announced that customers of its hybrid systems have collectively accumulated more than 100 million miles of service, reducing fuel consumption by 4 million gallons of diesel fuel and harmful emissions by 40,000 metric tons.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

Today Ballard FCveloCity engines are powering more than 80 buses around the globe: 41 in Europe, including Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland and the U.K.; 24 in the Cities of Foshan and Yunfu, China; 13 in the US, including the states of California, Massachusetts, Michigan and Ohio; 3 in Brazil; and 1 in India.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Maxus is continuing to establish partnerships with large businesses looking to reduce their fleet emissions and vehicle operating costs. The total cost of ownership of EV80 variants in most European markets will be within 5% of their diesel-powered competitors over the lifetime of the vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2009

Scania’s ethanol bus features a modified diesel engine running on a mixture of 95% ethanol with 5% ignition improver. The third-generation ethanol engine is an adaptation of Scania’s 9-liter diesel engine with charge-cooling and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). Earlier post.)

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Venturing out further, like Clean Fleet Report did recently on 1,796-mile road trip , would be a challenge. If the C40 Recharge, built in Ghent, Belgium, is any indication of what is to come, Volvo is off to a solid start with its plans to never put another drop of gasoline in any of its models beginning in 2030.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2013

In Europe, a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) found that the average car sold in the EU in 2012 was 9% more fuel-efficient than the average three years before, due to improved technology and an increase in the share of diesel cars. Diesel vehicles represent 55% of the newly registered vehicle fleet.

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