Green Car Reports

JANUARY 3, 2012

Like a karaoke singer following a top rock band, London has its work cut out in hosting the 2012 Olympic games, following China's impressive 2008 games. The city won't have as much trouble beating Beijing's pollution levels though, which is why London is claiming its games will be the "greenest ever".

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JULY 13, 2023

Indicative checkpoints to reach net-zero GHG emissions from international shipping: To reduce the total annual GHG emissions from international shipping by at least 20%, striving for 30%, by 2030, compared to 2008; and To reduce the total annual GHG emissions from international shipping by at least 70%, striving for 80%, by 2040, compared to 2008.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

London could soon replace California as the electric car capital of the world. Thanks in large part to Mayor "Red Ken" Livingstone, who enacted London's much criticized congestion charge policy in 2003. nk Global views London as a first market when it relaunches the Th!nk nk City in 2008. Norway's Th!nk

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

The journey of SafeCams began with a simple observation by Vanesh Naidoo, its co-founder, during his time in India in 2008. Having previously lived in London, where dash cameras were ubiquitous, he was struck by the absence of such technology in Indian vehicles. I had been in London for around 14 years before that.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The intense traffic in and out of the Norwegian fjords has resulted in a large increase in local emissions and at times the emission levels have been reported to exceed those of major cities like London and Barcelona. Considering the long lifetime of ships, zero emission vessels may have to set sail as early as 2030.

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MAY 4, 2011

The China project was similar to Air Products filling hydrogen buses at a fueling station in the Beijing Hydrogen Park during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which marked the first demonstration project for new-energy vehicles in China.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

And in London, we were able to find a solution for our charging needs through a collaboration between government and private organizations. Since 2008, the company has invested more than $1 billion in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and infrastructure.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 29, 2010

The three-year fleet trial of the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid has reached the halfway stage in the London area. The trial kicked off in August 2008 when 10 light duty trucks equipped with hybrid drive systems were put to work in the city. They have since clocked around 164,663miles collectively in eight fleets operated by customers [.].

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The researchers used new data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite spanning 2010 to 2012, and data from NASA’s ICESat satellite from 2003 to 2008 to estimate the volume of sea ice in the Arctic. They found that from 2003 to 2008, autumn volumes of ice averaged. 2003 to 2008 was 16,300 cu. until 2008.

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APRIL 13, 2018

ICCT’s marine program director, Dan Rutherford, and senior marine researcher Bryan Comer participated in the talks over the past two weeks in London during the 72 nd session of the MEPC (MEPC 72). The strategy implies that international shipping would consume between 3.8%

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Green Cars News

JUNE 17, 2009

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson is set to introduce a new safety measure to reduce cycling-related deaths. Transport for London confirmed it is in talks with the Department for Transport to get the go-ahead for the mirrors, the Guardian reports. Tags: Latest news cycling Mayor of London mirrors.

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

For example, on a year-to-date basis, Ballard fuel cell modules have delivered availability greater than 97% in buses operating in London and Amsterdam. The European Commission and industry have each committed to contribute €470 million of funding into fuel cell and hydrogen research in the 2008-17 period.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

A comparison with London found that VOC mixing ratios in 2008 are at about the same level in both cities, but in London a much stronger decrease from higher mixing ratios in 1998 has led to the current mixing ratios. —Warneke et al.

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MARCH 6, 2014

The collaborative efforts have included a number of calls: In 2008-2009, the initial UK-China energy calls were launched, in partnership with MoST; topics included renewable energy technologies and cleaner fossil fuels; In 2009, RCUK funded four innovation-focused projects through the RCUK Science Bridges initiative.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

The clean APU, for testing in Airbus’ new Aerotec Fuel Cell Test Centre, is designed around Intelligent Energy’s common core fuel cell systems already utilized in motive programs such as Intelligent Energy’s fuel cell hybrid London taxi and in distributed power work with Scottish and Southern Energy plc. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 5, 2009

Some 250 of the trucks were sold in 2008 alone, a 64% increase from the figure recorded for the prior year. The Canter Eco Hybrid has been participating in Europe’s biggest fleet test for hybrid trucks since August 2008, when a total of ten hybrid models were handed over to eight customers in London for use in normal business operations.

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MAY 11, 2009

ISA speed map for Greater London. Transport for London (TfL) will begin a six-month trial of Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) technology which aims to reduce road casualties and help drivers avoid speeding penalties. As part of the trial, which will start this summer, a London bus will be fitted with ISA. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. million tons in 2008. An open access paper on their study is published in Biotechnology for Biofuels. —Littlewood et al. Littlewood et al.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

In 2010, Alcoa introduced the Alumina Price Index (API) to sell smelter-grade alumina based on alumina market fundamentals rather than London Metal Exchange pricing. EBITDA margins for the value-add portfolio have increased from 8% in 2008 to 15% in 2015 on a pro-forma basis for the twelve months through 30 June 2015. in 2008 to 20.9%

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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Baua Electric

JULY 24, 2023

LONDON – Jaguar Land Rover sees the U.S. billion for Jaguar in 1989, earlier than promoting it with Land Rover to Tata in 2008 for $2.3 JLR is overhauling Jaguar through decreasing its type length and pushing the logo upper upmarket to compete with Bentley and Porsche rather of Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Ford paid $2.5

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

The natural gas derived synthetic kerosene for the six-hour flight from London to Doha came from Shell’s GTL plant in Bintulu, Malaysia. Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight on a 50:50 blend with synthetic GTL Jet Fuel. Earlier post.). This is being studied, the carrier notes. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 31, 2022

You might imagine this lot was in downtown San Francisco, New York, or London. In late November of 2021, a 6,090-square-foot (566 square-meter) parcel, located within the evocatively named “Fashion Street” district of an up-and-coming development called Decentraland sold for U.S. In fact, Decentraland is located nowhere.

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OCTOBER 29, 2016

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

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MAY 9, 2009

In 2008, chemists Istvan Lakatos and Julianna Lakatos-Szabo of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences theorized that less than 100 billion tonne of crude oil has been produced since 1850 and that the average annual production rate is less than 700 million barrels per year. Oil, Gas and Coal Technology , 2008 1, 46-64 doi: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2008.016731.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 20, 2024

Embarking on this sacred journey to Cambodia, the yatra will commence with the divine sight of the Sahastra Shivalinga of Lord Shiva, unearthed in 2008 through the dedicated efforts of Dr. Hiranandani. Notably, this yatra spans two countries, Thailand and the sacred land of Dham Bhoomi Cambodia.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 4, 2011

London’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) which aims to reduce the level of harmful emissions in the Capital is becoming more stringent in early 2012. Originally introduced in 2008 the aim of the LEZ is to discourage heavy diesel vehicles from London’s roads.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Parry co-chaired the IPCC working group on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation between 2002 and 2008. The report, Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate change: a review of the UNFCCC and other recent estimates , adds that costs will be even more when the full range of climate impacts on human activities is considered.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

The smart brand began testing electric drive systems in 2007 in London with 100 first-generation smart fortwo electric drives. In 2008, more than 800 employees of the plant and some further 800 people employed by seven system partners produced about 140,000 units of the smart fortwo. The smart plant in Hambach was inaugurated in 1997.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report. The London Stock Exchange identified GVE as one of the fastest-growing private companies in Africa in 2019.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 31, 2022

Back in 1980 the Science Museum in London exhibited its Little Professor as part of the Challenge of the Chip exhibition, which encouraged visitors to consider how the tiny microchip was going to change their lives.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 20, 2024

Embarking on this sacred journey to Cambodia, the yatra will commence with the divine sight of the Sahastra Shivalinga of Lord Shiva, unearthed in 2008 through the dedicated efforts of Dr. Hiranandani. Notably, this yatra spans two countries, Thailand and the sacred land of Dham Bhoomi Cambodia.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The introduction of the low emission zone (LEZ) in London, UK, has only contributed to modest reductions in exposure to NO x from diesel vehicles, and these improvements appear to have little effect on the lung health of children, according to an open-access observational study published in the journal The Lancet Public Health.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

Scaled up, this suggested that, by December 2008, over 40,000 vehicles had been taken off UK roads. Transport for London (TfL) recently announced additional funding for smarter choices measures, including an investment of £1 million into the development of car clubs in London.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 1, 2009

Company records show that ExxonMobil handed over hundreds of thousands of pounds to such lobby groups in 2008. In its 2008 corporate citizenship report, published last year, ExxonMobil said it would cut funds to several groups that “divert attention&# from the need to find new sources of clean energy.

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JUNE 24, 2009

London South East Bid. Individuals can apply to participate in these research trials across the London South East and West Midlands regions. 60 vehicles are planned for the London South East region. London South East partner organizations include: EDF Energy; Greater London Authority; Elektromotive; Westminster City Council.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

Deliveries of the electric MyCar have now started in London. After the launch at the British Motor Show in 2008, the car went on sale earlier this year exclusively from evstores in London. Now production has started and vehicles are being delivered to delighted customers in London.

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