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London launches £110M scrappage scheme to prepare for expanded ULEZ

Green Car Congress

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launched a £110-million (US$133-million) scrappage scheme to support Londoners on lower incomes, disabled Londoners, charities, sole traders and business with 10 or fewer employees to replace or retrofit their old, polluting vehicles in order to be ULEZ compliant. Earlier post.)

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Europe’s sightseeing buses are graduating from vegetable oil fuel to electric and solar power

Baua Electric

Tootbus describes itself as the world’s first clean energy sightseeing bus company, specializing in hop-on hop-off tours around Europe, including Bath, London, Paris, and Brussels. Additionally, the sightseeing company has deployed three fully electric open-top buses in London with plans for another thirty before the decade’s end.

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DHL locks in 44 EV truck order from Volvo for regional hauling

Teslarati

“As a logistics service provider, the conversion of our vehicle fleet is an important lever to help us avoid CO2 emissions on the road as well. ” Along with the 40 newly-ordered Volvo trucks , four Volvo FM electric trucks will be utilized for regional hauling. .”

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Nissan and Uber partner in London: 2,000 LEAFs

Green Car Congress

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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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

In our model, using electricity from the 2019 U.S. Credit the EV’s advantage to its greater efficiency in the conversion of chemical energy to motion—77 percent, compared with 12 to 30 percent for a gasoline car—along with the potential to generate electricity using low-carbon sources.