Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2020

As part of a field test comprising four comparable vehicles, the first DAF CF Electric 6x2 refuse collection truck has entered operations with Dutch public waste disposal firm ROVA. It is in our DNA to take care of the future of our planet and the use of low emission vehicles is part of our sustainability plan. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

We believe hydrogen is the future for heavy duty segments of the transportation market and we can demonstrate to the world its merits by being a first-mover in transitioning our heavy-duty fleet of trucks to hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. —Eric Guter, Air Products’ vice president for hydrogen for mobility solutions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Use” was jointly prepared and notified by thirteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. Norway, as part of the European Economic Area, also participates to the IPCEI Hy2Use with two individual projects.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

A new European project, AMITRAN , is developing a methodology to assess the impact of ICT (information and communication technologies) and ITS (intelligent transport systems) on CO 2 emissions from the transport sector. Producing an online checklist and a handbook for future projects to use the proposed methodology.

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Transportation CO2 Climate Change Netherlands 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Preliminary analysis shows eleven Member States exceeding their respective NO x ceilings (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden). The pollutant for which most exceedances were registered was NO x. Finland exceeded its ammonia ceiling. could be introduced.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2020

In order to meet the specific requirements for the transport of temperature-sensitive goods, as part of the co-creation approach, there was intense discussion with more than 40 customers worldwide from the field of food and medicine transport.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) Fuel Cell Business will supply and integrate fuel cell modules into a zero-emission train prototype as part of the FCH2RAIL project in Europe. Almost half of the railway lines in the European Union are electrified and enable local emission-free rail transport.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2014

Deutsche Post DHL has signed a letter of intent for a possible future global framework agreement with car manufacturer Renault. The intended global agreement shall contain the options for a future purchase of Renault Kangoo Z.E. As part of its global efforts, Deutsche Post DHL works with all major car manufacturers worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

million) project comes under the Trans-European Transport Network ( TEN-T ) program. Six European Ministries of Transport—Denmark, The Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg—have endorsed the project during its application phase. million (US$7.1-million) million) award toward the €9.9-million

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2017

In France, for example, the figure is 70%, in Austria it is more than 80% and in Belgium it is even more than 90%. Electromobility is the future ,” Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG, said at a presentation of the new Panamera plug-in hybrid models. —Albrecht Reimold.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Recently appointed by The Volkswagen Group’s Sustainability Council, recently appointed and comprising nine members from several nations—including Margo Oge, former director of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Transportation Air Quality—set the agenda for its work at its inaugural meeting on Monday.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2010

The new buses are part of the Federal Transit Administration’s national Fuel Cell Bus Program. The buses also will be instrumental in capturing real-time information, which will be used in developing more commercially viable fuel cells in the future. UTC Power is a United Technologies Corp.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

LPG, typically used for heating off the gas grid, transport and industrial applications, is already a flexible, low-carbon fuel compared to other fossil fuels. The countries where customers will initially be able to buy BioLPG are: Great Britain, France, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and Belgium.

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JULY 2, 2012

As emissions can rebound during periods of economic recovery, countries need to make positive efforts to limit any increase of emissions in the future. These were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. —EEA Executive Director Jacqueline McGlade.

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MAY 2, 2013

l/100 km) and who intend to purchase a vehicle in the future, expect a seven mpg increase, or to get 31 mpg (7.6 In part, this increasing mileage reflected the growing popularity of four-cylinder vehicles. Those who indicated that their current gas mileage was 24 mpg (9.8 l/100 km) from their next vehicle. l/100 km) fell from 15 to 3.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

found that the repeated opening and closing of the narrow strait due to fluctuating sea levels affected currents that transported heat and salinity in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This circulation warmed Greenland and parts of North America by about 3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

And part of the change involves extending the city’s EV-charging network. “We 1997 paper in the journal Transportation Research describes how battery power from EVs in people’s homes would feed the grid during a utility emergency or blackout. And Utrecht city officials want to get ahead of demand for greener transportation solutions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

However, this leaves little room for further significant fuel savings accomplishments in the near future, the company notes. This aerodynamics package is already available ex-factory for heavy-duty Mercedes-Benz trucks in long-haul transport. The tractor unit, here the new Mercedes-Benz Actros with StreamSpace cab, remains unchanged.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

EMC in Ireland Chief executive, Joe Tucci, on EMC in Ireland and the future high-growth areas in IT. In order to minimise carbon emissions linked to electrified transport, global attention on vehicles and infrastructure that will maximise the use of renewable energy for mobility has increased.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win! Car companies could decide that conversions void some or part of the hybrid system warrantyunless they worry that will tarnish its green image.

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