Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2012

The first batch of cars will become taxis in the Stavropol region in the near future. Elithion was founded in 2008 by Davide Andrea (author of the book “Battery Management Systems for Large Lithium-Ion Battery Packs”), and was one of the first companies to offer an off-the-shelf Li-ion BMS.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2012

The campaign is aimed at all drivers including those of cars, buses, coaches and taxis. Black cabs account for around a quarter of PM 10 emissions in central London with up to 15% of that estimated to be as a result of taxi drivers leaving their engines idling when stationary.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Daimler has more experience in the field of shared mobility than any other automotive manufacturer: in 2008 car2go became the world’s first free-floating car-sharing service and has since built up a global customer base that broke through the two million mark just a short while ago.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

Nissan formed partnership with Kanagawa Prefecture to conduct a study for various EV projects in May, 2008. Based on this agreement, both parties have been considering implementation of a wide range of projects and events, one of which is an EV taxi project announced in January, 2009.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Data gathering for the Beijing study was completed in 2008. Light-duty vehicles together contributed to 82% of all distance traveled (passenger cars, 64%; taxis, 18 %), buses and trucks contributed to 11% and 8% of total distance traveled respectively. 13% of passenger cars and 35% of taxis were still using carburetors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2010

Shanghai GM has outlined the next phase of its “Drive to Green” product strategy—launched in 2008 ( earlier post )—for 2011-2015. Several targets announced in 2008 have already been achieved. Since the Drive to Green strategy was initiated, between 2008 and 2009, Shanghai GM invested almost US$1.1 Advanced Powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

BYD introduced its F3DM dual-mode hybrid electric vehicle to the world in December 2008 and started direct sales to individual customers in March 2010. The company recently launched the e6, a pure electric vehicle and established itself as the first manufacturer in China to commercialize taxi business with its e6. Earlier post.).

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

Initially, Oslo had been at the heart of testing new infrastructure, and in 2008 it launched the first municipal EV charging system. Norway’s adaptive approach to infrastructure has also included commercial transport, with wireless charging made available to taxis in 2018, cutting the time needed to find a charger, plug in and wait to charge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

UPS intends to achieve its 2020 airline goals by: Investing in more fuel-efficient aircraft types and engines; Fuel-saving operational initiatives, such as lower flight speeds; reduced flight segments, where viable; computer-optimized flight plans; computer-managed aircraft taxi times; and jet engine washing; and. MMT in 2007.customers

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2010

The total lead inventory for 2008 will be available in 2010. Aviation gasoline is utilized in general aviation aircraft with piston engines—which are generally used for instructional flying, air taxi activities, and personal transportation. The increasing contribution of lead from avgas to the total inventory of lead emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

The TfL Road Safety Unit is also keen to trial the technology in a licensed taxi, alongside 20 TfL vehicles driven by road engineers, traffic managers and highway inspectors. The new report builds on and extends this previous work, including the final report on the ISA-UK project published by DfT in September 2008.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2015

A significant increase from “Auto 2020,” a combination of focus on safety (such as preventing digital distraction), autonomous driving, retail channel disruption and new mobility (for example, taxi services) is leading governments to develop positions that affect industry participants. Personal mobility.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

Since UC Berkeley first conducted its previous multi-city carsharing survey in 2008, many innovative mobility options have launched—including one-way carsharing—and this new study specifically analyzes the impact of one-way carsharing in North America. Car-sharing background.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2011

and its wholly owned subsidiary SMRT International Pte Ltd, a multi-modal transport service provider in Singapore, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BYD Company Limited to enter into discussions regarding the possibility of establishing a joint venture to distribute BYD’s eBUSes and e6 Taxis in Singapore.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

During the first nine months of 2009, Ford’s US hybrid sales are 73 per cent higher than during the same period in 2008 largely thanks to the introduction of hybrid versions of the 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, which went on sale for the first time in March, 2009.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car. The choices can be almost overwhelming, so services like Yelp can help you sort out the consumer-facing side of the choices.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 7, 2009

So it was an easy yes for me when Sona Kalapura, the Environmental Programs Manager for Manhattan Beach, invited me to attend 2008’s final meeting of the Manhattan Beach Environmental Task Force held just one week before Christmas. Both the City Police and Fire chiefs are now driving city owned alternative fuel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

urban buses, delivery trucks) and high mileage light-duty vehicles, primarily fleet vehicles (such as taxis, business and government vehicles). million in 2008 to around 17 million in 2035. These include short-range, heavy-duty vehicles (e.g., Total natural gas penetration in these segments would represent consumption of 2.5

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

In 2008, transportation accounted for 22 percent of all city carbon emissions. percent of all cars in New York City are electric, which the PlaNYC study suggests is possible, the city’s carbon emissions would be reduced by approximately 170,000 metric tons per year from 2008 levels. If by 2015, 2.5 That represents only 1.43

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Ford Motor Company’s US hybrid sales for the first nine months of 2009 are 73% higher than the same period in 2008, fueled by the introduction of hybrid versions of the 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, which went on sale in March 2009. There are almost 200 Escape Hybrid taxis on San Francisco’s streets today. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m PRT advantages over a human driven taxi include freedom from accidents caused by human error with PRTs offering “ a rail level of safety ” according to Dr. Guala. LFEE 2008-05 RP, July 2008. A Q&A with Luca Guala on the Masdar PRT is available here. Bandivadekar, A.,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

In 2008 the company released a test fleet of 450 Mini-E vehicles and is getting ready to announce its second phase. In March, BYD chief executive officer Wang Chuanfu announced that in the first half of 2010 the company will sell only 100 e6 cars, to a taxi company in Shenzhen. The third phase will be released around 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The project will include 15 Nissan cars, 10 Smith electric taxis, five Smith people carriers, a Smith executive minibus, two AVID saloon cars and two Liberty urban Range Rovers, alongside a network of charging points. Since September 2008, Toyota and EDF Energy have been trialing one current PHV unit in London. EEMS Accelerate.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Among the actions taken by the national government are subsidies for hybrid taxis; incentives to purchase electric buses; and support for electric car-sharing programs. In 2008, a task force was created to create and implement a Haifa Bay Action Plan to reduce these emissions. Source: MOEP. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2016

Based on the results of monitoring and sampling, MoEP initiated an air pollution reduction action plan for Haifa Bay in February 2008. Supporting the operation of 500 electric taxis through financial incentives. Implementation of best available technologies (BAT) led to a 65% decrease in NMVOC emissions between 2009 and 2015.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2023

When IEEE Spectrum’s editor in chief, Harry Goldstein, needed to replace his 2008 Honda Fit in October 2020, he thought seriously about buying an electric vehicle. Two obstacles stood in his way. One was affordability. Even without a son soon to be entering college, the premium prices of EVs were a turnoff. households.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008. He was paid about $265,000 in 2008, and he lives in a BYD-owned apartment complex with other engineers. Each of BYDs business units - batteries, mobile-phone components, and autos - was profitable in 2008, albeit on a small scale.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Ride quality is about halfway between what youd expect from a decent small car and the bounce and jounce youd expect when taxiing a small plane on a dirt runway. Theres still a lot of road noise inside the cabin, underscoring the need for good acoustic insulation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

In France, EDF and Renault have been working together since October 2008, and recently signed an agreement for a Power Line Communication (PLC) system. Battery exchange stations will be built to enable journeys longer than 150km, or for specific uses such as taxi fleets. Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The government will make direct grants to automakers (as we do, of course) and also provide “subsidies of up to $8,800 are being offered to taxi fleets and local government agencies in 13 Chinese cities for each hybrid or all-electric vehicle they purchase.”

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. The 2008 $7.5k Sales leadership was fairly narrowly decided between the Tesla Model 3 and Renault Zoe, with previous near-perennial local favorite Nissan Leaf pushed to 3rd. Also, Portugal is where Jose calls home.

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