Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

With origins in several UK universities, the Numerical Algorithms Group is an Oxford, UK headquartered not-for-profit numerical software development organization that collaborates with leading researchers and practitioners in academia and industry. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Yang Shimin, vice president of Ricardo UK Shanghai office, said in the next year and a half Lifan and Ricardo will make the engines mentioned in UK according to the Euro 5 emission standards. Tags: Brief. In 2006, Lifan signed a Heads of Agreement with Ricardo to develop a new family of car engines and transmissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It is based on a Tata Indica Vista EV ( earlier post ), developed by TML’s subsidiary in the UK, TMETC plc. The Tata Indica Vista EV is currently part of the CABLED Demonstration Programme funded by the UK Technology Strategy Board and production vehicles, assembled in the UK. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2010

Linc Energy’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Bond said his company’s exclusive agreement with UK-based AFC Energy for application with UCG and the delivery of an Alpha Unit Hydrogen Fuel Cell to the Chinchilla facility had been completed. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Group, the UK-based automotive importer and distributor for Subaru, Isuzu and Daihatsu, has signed an agreement that will see it import vehicles from Chinese auto maker, Great Wall Motor Company Limited, into Europe starting next year. Then, from 2011, launches in Scandinavia, the UK and Ireland are planned. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2009

UK-based Electric Car Corporation Plc ( ECC ) has officially launched an all-electric version of the Citroën C1, the C1 ev’ie. The Citroën C1 ev’ie is assembled in the UK from the donor car. Following the launch, the UK car and van hire company Green Motion announced its intention to feature the vehicle within its fleet line-up.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2010

BAE Systems has delivered the first of the hybrid electric systems that will power 56 double-decker buses in Oxford and Manchester (UK) to bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL). Tags: Brief. Enviro400 hybrid system for double-decker hybrid bus. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2009

The UK is planning to invest £1.1 Electrification on UK Rail Network. The UK Government will in the coming months consider the case for further electrification, particularly in respect of the Midland Main Line (between London, Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield) and routes between Manchester and Preston and Liverpool and Preston.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

Pre-orders in the UK, Nissan’s additional lead market in Europe, will begin 1 September. Nissan LEAF deliveries begin in Portugal in January, Ireland in February and the UK in March. Tags: Brief. Nissan International SA will begin taking orders today for the Nissan LEAF EV in Portugal and the Republic of Ireland.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2010

A third fuel cell taxi was built in 2000 using a Metrocab body and was featured at Hannover Messe, the European Fuel Cell Forum and the Seventh Grove Fuel Cell Symposium in the UK. Tags: Brief. This vehicle is currently being refurbished.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2010

The UK has remained one of the leading European markets for Prius, accounting for more than one in five Prius sold in Europe. Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. Tags: Brief. Sales there reached 100,000 in 2008 and doubled to 200,000 in two more years. Plans call for the vehicle to be sold in 32 European countries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Greenergy International Ltd, one of the largest fuel suppliers in the UK, has entered into a joint venture with Bauche Group (30%), a leading expert in the sugarcane industry, to source and sell Brazilian bioethanol. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2013

The UK public-private partnership Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), Loughborough University, Johnson Matthey and Caterpillar have launched a new £4.5-million Energy efficiency is a big challenge facing the UK. million (US$7.2-million) ETI industry members include BP, Caterpillar, EDF, E.ON, Rolls Royce and Shell.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

SITA UK, one of the country’s leading recycling and resource management companies and a subsidiary of Suez Environment, has signed an exclusive agreement with Cynar Plc to build Britain’s first fully operational plants to convert end of life plastic into diesel fuel. Tags: Catalysts Diesel Fuels. A hat-tip to Harold!).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2010

The UK’s Plugged-in Places scheme ( earlier post ) is expected to survive the government’s upcoming spending review. A recent report from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders revealed that currently there are just 100 charging points around the UK, although some of those points offer multiple charging hubs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2009

Since going on sale on 4 April, 229 Insights have been sold in the UK, ahead of its nearest rival the Toyota Prius (198 units). Together with Civic Hybrid (79 units), Honda (UK) has sold 308 hybrid family cars this month, despite April being known as one of the quietest months in the sales calendar. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

in the UK, -28.8% From January to October, the UK (+4.8%) and Spain (+9.4%) saw their markets expand, while France (-1.4%), Italy (-7.0%) and Germany (-26.8%) performed less well than over the same period last year. Tags: Brief. In October, all major markets faced a double-digit downturn, ranging from -18.5% in Germany, -22.2%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2010

The UK’s Guardian reports that sales of new electric cars in the UK plummeted by nearly 90% in 2009 to 55 units, compared with their peak sales of 397 units in 2007. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2010

Technical support will be provided by Michelin Plc and Continental Corporation and sub-contractors will include MIRA Limited, Vocis Driveline Controls, VCA UK, and ENAX. Projected emissions, using a UK energy mix, are 48 g/km CO 2 for the combined cycle and 28 g/km CO 2 for the urban cycle alone, with zero emissions at the point of use.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2010

Average new car CO 2 emissions in the UK fell by their biggest ever margin last year with the impact of recession and the Scrappage Incentive Scheme boosting the continued influence of technological advances made by vehicle manufacturers, according to the annual New Car CO 2 Report from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2010

UK-based hydrogen producer ITM Power will enter the US market with a suite of integrated electrolyzer products for a range of markets, including research facilities, manufacturing processes and clean fuel generation for hydrogen powered vehicles. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2010

A research team at Heriot-Watt University (UK) is developing the first Direct Urea Powered Fuel Cells targeting applications in water treatment/purification and renewable energy where urea is a problem contaminant. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2010

The UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) has launched a Technology Challenge for new low carbon technologies for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). In the UK, almost three-quarters of all goods are moved by road, creating 5% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

In the UK, where Prius went on sale this week, Toyota had taken more than 2,000 advance orders had been taken. Tags: Brief. The Fit was a distant second to Prius in July, with 17,003 units sold, followed by the Toyota Vitz (12,366 units) and the Honda Insight (10,210 units). Almost 10% of these were placed through the scrappage scheme.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon gasoline-powered city car uses existing engine technology and carbon fibre material advances to offer 100 mpg UK (83.3

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2010

UK-based ePower Trucks has introduced a new electric light commercial vehicle, the XT320E 3.5t. Tags: Brief. Available from £30,000 (US$47,000), the XT320E costs around half the price of the current 3.5t electric vans on the market, the company says, and is capable of 60 miles on a full charge of its 13 kWh battery pack. The XT320E.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

Carbon emissions from central government will be cut by 10% in the next 12 months, new UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced today. This is the most ambitious commitment on UK Government emissions yet made. In 2008/09, the UK central government, covering 8,000 buildings, was responsible for 1.45 Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

Nissan European R&D hosted a meeting at the Nissan Technical Center Europe (NTCE) in Bedfordshire (UK) to launch the UK Hydrogen Network (UK-HyNet) project. UK-HyNet is an initiative to creating a network of hydrogen infrastructure throughout the UK by 2015. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

will add a third shift at its UK production line for sport utility vehicles, raising output 30% to nearly 24,000 units a month. Tags: Brief. The Nikkei reports that Nissan Motor Co. The automaker makes the Qashqai SUV at its Sunderland plant. But Nissan’s sales in Europe surged 41.8% on the year to 31,000 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

GE Capital signed an agreement with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the UK-based subsidiary of Indian group Tata Motors, to provide a working capital facility of up to £170 million (US$286 million), available for a five-year term. Tags: Brief. —Rich Laxer, EMEA President & CEO, GE Capital.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2010

In an exclusive interview with the UK Guardian ’s Observer , UK climate secretary Ed Miliband declared a “ battle ” against the “ siren voices ” who denied global warming was real or caused by humans, or that there was a need to cut carbon emissions to tackle it. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

The UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board (TSB) will invest more than £12 million (US$19.4 million), with the remaining funding provided by the UK organizations taking part in the work. This investment is part of our ongoing strategy to put the UK at the forefront of low carbon vehicle technology. GKN Eco-Trailer.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

crore (ex-showroom) price tag. PTI has cited the British luxury carmaker that entered the Indian market in November 2022, saying the super sports car segment in India will register 30 per cent growth this year. McLaren has just launched the 750S in India at a whopping ₹ 5.91

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 18, 2010

Nissan Leaf Electric Car to be Made in the UK. “Japanese car manufacturer Nissan announced today that it would build its new energy efficient electric car, the Nissan Leaf, in the UK. The decision represents an investment of some £420 million ($642 million) from Nissan in electric vehicles which will be spent in the UK.

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Green Authority

MAY 12, 2022

The UK-based micro-mobility company Eskuta has designed a new line of electric bikes. There’s also the e-bike price tag at an affordable $2,190. The SX-250s combine the best aspects of electric bicycles and motorcycles, offering an approachable middle-ground to urban travelers. The battery is removable to charge off-bike.

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

According to Solar Energy UK, more than 3,000 photovoltaic (PV) installations were undertaken every week in July – an increase of almost 200% year-on-year. What’s more, with a hefty associated price tag, is it possible to further maximise efficiencies and reduce the payback on your investment. With almost 1.1 gigawatts.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

Not to mention a limited range of around 286 miles for a vehicle with a hefty price tag starting at $73,775 in the US. In the coming months, the company’s UK Castle Bromwich plant, where the F-Type, XF, and the smaller XE sedan are built, will transition to producing body panels for all of the brand’s models after vehicle production ends.

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