Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2023

The public transport operator in the German city of Duisburg has chosen Solaris for the delivery of 25 Urbino hydrogen buses—11 of the 12-meter version and 14 articulated, 18-meter vehicles. This marks the first step for Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG (DVG) in its hourney to transform its fleet to completely emission-free by 2030.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Groupe Renault and Faurecia will collaborate on hydrogen storage systems for hydrogen-powered light commercial vehicles. Starting at the end of 2021, Faurecia will supply hydrogen storage systems for a first fleet of light commercial vehicles. —Mathias Miedreich, Executive Vice President of Faurecia Clean Mobility.

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JULY 18, 2012

Nestlé Switzerland and Renault Trucks (part of the Volvo Group) recently introduced an experimental all-electric refrigerated truck—nicknamed the e-Truck—that combines an all-electric 13t Renault Midlum developed by Renault Trucks with a refrigerated body that is also entirely powered by electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Groupe Renault is beginning the first large-scale pilot schemes in alternating-current, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging in electric vehicles. Groupe Renault places the reversible charger inside vehicles, so it just requires a simple, inexpensive adaptation of the existing charging terminals to implement V2G charging.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2022

Deutsche Post DHL Group is selling the rights and know-how for the production of its StreetScooter electric vehicles to the international consortium ODIN Automotive S.à.r.l. The deal includes the intellectual property for the D17 and D20 vehicle models as well as the two wholly owned subsidiaries in Switzerland and Japan.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2022

Hyundai Motor Company plans to ramp up the US commercial vehicle market entry with XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks. And amongst others, it also offers already today a practical and viable solution to decarbonize the heavy-duty commercial vehicle sector providing excellent drive range, payloads and refueling time on our trucks.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2021

The fuel cell system’s durability as well as the vehicle’s overall fuel efficiency has been improved to better stay in tune with the demands of commercial fleet customers. Hyundai shipped a total of 46 units of XCIENT Fuel Cell to Switzerland last year. Hyundai will begin production of 2021 XCIENT Fuel Cell in August this year.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Kolkata Police to add 226 electric vehicles into its fleet . The Kolkata Police has announced that it is going to add 226 electric vehicles into its fleet in order to counter rising diesel prices and to escalate the maintenance costs of diesel-powered vehicles. The traffic police will at least get 78 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2019

The venture will then lease a large portion of these fuel-cell powered trucks to the H2 Mobility Switzerland Association, which comprises major refueling station operators, transport and logistics companies, as well as to various other industry players that promote hydrogen mobility in Switzerland.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2023

The FLIRT Akku vehicles are designed to replace the current diesel fleet and will enable sustainable operation on lines that are only partially electrified. The FLIRT Akku vehicles are the battery-powered version of Stadler’s best-selling FLIRT model, which has already sold over 2,500 units worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company is spearheading the development of a hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicle ecosystem in China with regional partners. Hyundai believes China has a massive potential for hydrogen powered commercial vehicles. —In Cheol Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Vehicle Division at Hyundai Motor.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Leclanché SA has developed a modular, all-in-one, high-performance battery system optimized for powering new and retrofit hybrid and fully electric commercial vehicles. An optional IoT tool allows remote data logging and real-time access to battery status, performance and diagnostic data for optimizing fleet operations.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2012

PostAuto Schweiz AG has become the first company in Switzerland to deploy fuel-cell technology for public road transport. Since the end of 2011, five Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid models have been serving on routes in and around Brugg (in the canton of Aargau) as PostAuto vehicles. million Swiss francs (US$1.6

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

Debuting last year in Switzerland, XCIENT Fuel Cell has proven its commercial viability through more than one million kilometers of driving in real-world conditions. Glovis America, a logistics service provider, will be the fleet operator of these trucks. 12-month pilot program with fleet partner to operate two XCIENT Fuel Cell.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2012

Fleet Forum and Nissan launched the Electric Vehicle Demonstrator Program which provides free use of the new Nissan Leaf all-electric car to five organizational members of Fleet Forum. After 12 months of free loaning, Nissan and Fleet Forum will then review feedback from the participants.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The joint entity began its active progress toward clean mobility in Switzerland with the company’s plans to deliver 1,600 fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks by 2025. The JV will spread its reach for an innovative pan-European solution for the commercialized fuel-cell-vehicle market. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Trucks will deliver 10 eActros heavy-duty electric trucks in two variants—two- and three-axle variants with gross vehicle weight of 18 or 25 tonnes—to customers in the next few weeks for testing the everyday feasibility and economic efficiency of the vehicles under real-life conditions. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

ABB officially opened a new plant for energy storage systems for mobility applications today in Baden, Switzerland. The facility represents an important investment in Switzerland as a production location. ABB has already received orders for energy storage systems from several vehicle manufacturers from different countries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2023

million from Smart Energy Innovationsfonds, the corporate venture capital arm of Energie 360°, a Swiss energy provider which invests in sustainable companies across the energy sector in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Electric vehicle charging is one of bp’s transition growth engines. bp ventures has invested €7.5

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe. Highlights of the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The MOU builds on a strong foundation of several years of collaboration and will draw on the companies’ expertise in electric vehicle (EV) charging, hydrogen, low-carbon energy solutions and digital technology as potential opportunities for both companies to reduce carbon emissions.

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Teslarati

APRIL 11, 2024

Tesla has launched a new variant of the its best-selling vehicle, the Model Y, to select European countries. As per the EV maker, the vehicle comes with a WLTP range of 600 km (372 miles). The vehicle is not offered in countries like the UK and the Netherlands as of writing.

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JULY 18, 2013

The lead customers will each put one truck into their fleets for evaluation from August 2013. Both COOP—the second largest retailer in Switzerland—and Feldschlösschen—the biggest brewery in Switzerland—are considering adding more electric trucks in the near future. 2 x BRUSA DMC534 inverters.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Under the new Global Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (ZE-MHDVs), Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales are setting an interim goal of 30% zero-emission new vehicle sales by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

On 1 September 2017, new emissions regulations for passenger vehicles come into force in the EU and Switzerland. These will plug the gaps in the existing legislation and will help to ensure that diesel vehicles in particular become considerably cleaner as regards their NO x emissions. At the end of 2016 around 3.1 Image: Empa.

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MAY 4, 2019

Irizar has signed a contract for 15 zero emissions electric buses and charging infrastructure for Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The contract includes 15 Irizar ie tram model zero-emissions electric vehicles (7 of which are 12 meters and 8 are 18 meters long); 12 fast charging stations; and 16 in-depot charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The heavy-duty Mercedes-Benz eActros with a range of around 200 km is in intensive customer trials as part of an eActros innovation fleet in Germany and Switzerland with the first customer hand over in 2018. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., In 2018, the company’s sales reached 21.31

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Other approaches, such as the best possible design of the interfaces between charging infrastructure, vehicle and grid, as well as the possibilities of controlling the grid load and thus ensuring the—as sustainable as possible—supply of electricity, are also addressed within the initiative.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Photo: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Renewables firm Helion just switched its entire commercial fleet to fully electric with 100 VW ID. Buzz Cargo vehicles. Helion folks are now cruising around Switzerland in one of the largest electric fleets in the country. Buzz Cargo vans.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2020

ABB has received an order for a further 324, 350 kW high-power electric vehicle (EV) chargers from IONITY. IONITY recently celebrated the launch of its 200sup>th charging station in Lully, Switzerland which includes ABB’s latest high-power, customized IONITY chargers. Financial details of the order were not disclosed.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The average gap between official fuel consumption figures and actual fuel use for new cars in the EU has reached 42%, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into vehicle fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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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

DECEMBER 11, 2013

electric mail delivery vehicles under real working conditions. These vehicles, with a combination of a hydrogen fuel cell and batteries, offer an extended range that performs under demanding conditions: mail routes of 100 km (62 miles) or more through the cold, hilly and mountainous terrain. Electric (Battery) Fleets Fuel Cells'

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

Switzerland-based Climeworks, a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), recently launched the world’s first commercial plant that captures atmospheric CO 2 for supply and sale to a customer. Switzerland moving to accept CO 2 -neutral synthetic fuels to reduce fleet emissions.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

26t will make daily delivery rounds of between 100 and 200 km to supply Feldschlösschen Swiss clients from the brewer’s 15 logistical sites in Switzerland. These 20 Renault Trucks D Wide Z.E. It is the first order of this scale in Europe. With a comprehensive range of electric trucks from 3.1

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

stated that it was bringing the F-150 Lightning to Switzerland. As per Ford in a press release , a limited number of F-150 Lightning units would be coming to Switzerland this year. After introducing #F150Lightning to Norway earlier this year, we're now expanding to Switzerland. In an announcement on Tuesday, Ford Motor Co.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

In addition, we find that total emissions accounting for country-specific fleet mixes and driving behaviors vary between manufacturers by a factor of 10 and mortality impacts per kilometer driven by a factor of 8. For example, 61% of the impacts in Germany of total excess NO x emissions are caused by emissions released in other countries.

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