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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Green Car Congress

Evolution of taxi drivers, PHV drivers (England), and Uber drivers (London) compared to taxi and PHV CO 2 emissions (UK). Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”. This has made Uber one of the biggest taxi services in Europe, with 3.6 million users in France in 2017.

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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

Green Car Congress

Medium-sized battery-electric cars are on average 14% cheaper to run than equivalent diesels today, if slow charging overnight near home and/or fast charging at preferential rates are available. The taxi and ride-hailing markets are best positioned to go fully electric first. —Yoann Le Petit, new mobility expert with T&E.

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Centre in talks with transporters as strike leads to over 2,000 petrol pumps running dry | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Suresh Chaudhary (identity changed on request), a petrol pump dealer from Juhu, Mumbai, has been on tenterhooks since Monday, as he tries to keep an eye on WhatsApp updates on his mobile phone and also on news tickers. On average, Chaudhary needs one refuelling of 20,000 liters to meet his customer demand.

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Tata Motors, Westport Fuel Systems in development and supply agreement; natural gas solutions to meet upcoming India BS-VI emissions standards

Green Car Congress

Recent rules enacted in Delhi and the National Capital Region place limits on diesel and petrol vehicles while mandating natural gas for commercial vehicles such as taxis and city buses.

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H2X Warrego hydrogen fuel cell Ford Ranger breaks cover, Aussie production soon

EV Central

2023 H2X Warrego Supercapacitor sits where the diesel engine used to be. “It This application will be applied in a more optimised form in the Darling Delivery Van and Taxi/MPV targeted for release to support the large number of cities in Europe which will be closed off from diesel and petrol vehicles from 2025.”.

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April 2023 – Plug-in car market share continues to grow in Norway

Push EVs

All other powertrains lost volume YoY, with petrol-only vehicles at their 2nd lowest volume of the modern era (just 112 units), and 3rd lowest share ever, just 1.25% of the auto market. Looking at unit volumes, against the background of a 7.7% overall market drop YoY, BEVs grew volume by 3.7% to 7,471 units.

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The #1 working mum’s guide to buying the perfect electric car

My Energi

Which was the last petrol / fossil fuel car you owned? The last petrol car I owned was the Mazda 3. If you went and purchased a mini electric and compared it to a petrol mini, the only real difference is that it has no engine. When you purchased a petrol car, did you ask yourself “what if I run out of petrol?”

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