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DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks partner to speed introduction of longer-distance heavy-duty electric trucks in Europe

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The cooperation includes exclusive, worldwide first pilot tests of a fully electric Volvo FH truck with gross combination weights up to 60 tons. Important milestones have already been achieved in meeting this: compared to 2007, our Group’s CO 2 efficiency has improved by 35%. —Uwe Brinks, CEO at DHL Freight.

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DHL to roll out 63 Workhorse electric delivery vans in US; first 30 in SF Bay area

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Train and certify 80% of its employees as GoGreen specialists and involve them in its environmental and climate protection activities. These new vehicles add to the company’s already robust alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) fleet, which includes fully electric, hybrid-electric, compressed natural gas (CNG) and clean diesel.

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Study Highlights the Importance of Considering Climate Effects of Non-CO2 Emissions from Transport in Mitigation Strategies and Policies

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The on-road transportation (ORT) and power generation (PG) sectors are major contributors to CO 2 emissions and a host of short-lived radiatively-active air pollutants, including tropospheric ozone and fine aerosol particles, that exert complex influences on global climate. database) from another global inventory for the year 1996.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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I’ve never seen climate controls in any other car that were placed on the steering wheel for easy control. The other is the hybrid battery (nickel-metal in the Gen2), responsible for the charge and supplying the cabin with electricity, including the climate control. Very practical. The car doesn’t look as big as it really is.

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Audis e-tron quattro EV: evolutionary powertrain with a dash of revolution for production in 2018; MLB evo

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Audi already has developed a wealth of IP on quattro four-wheel drive, torque vectoring and electric drive systems. The new e-tron quattro marks the company’s combination of all of those elements into a fully-electric quattro drive. In the central European climate, it can contribute up to 1,000 kilometers (435.0

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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Each of the six vehicle manufacturers—Jaguar/Land Rover, Mitsubishi/Colt, Mercedes Benz/Smart, Tata Motors, LTI and Microcab Industries—are contributing vehicles towards the low carbon scheme, which includes a mix of fully electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell cars. Electricity providers E.ON

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electric smart ready for production

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Reaction from customers taking part in the UK trial, including the Metropolitan Police, universities, local councils, architects and energy companies, has proved so encouraging that smart’s parent company, Daimler AG, has confirmed that the smart electric drive will go into small series production, with cars coming to the UK in early 2010. .