2015, Diesel and London

New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7 million users in France in 2017.

Pollution

Pollution Taxi London San Francisco

Study uncovers role of longer-chain unburned hydrocarbon emissions from diesels in London air pollution; calls for regulatory shift

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

The study found that 60% of the winter primary hydrocarbon hydroxyl radical reactivity in London is from those diesel-related hydrocarbons; the authors predicted that the longer-chain HCs contribute up to 50 % of the ozone production potential in London. —Dunmore et al. Dunmore et al.

London

London Pollution Diesel Emissions

Study links ambient PM2.5 and ozone specifically caused by vehicle exhaust emissions to ~361,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015

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MARCH 1, 2019

A new study provides the most detailed picture available to date of the global, regional, and local health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles; other on-road vehicles; shipping; and non-road mobile engines such as agricultural and construction equipment. Source: The ICCT.

Ozone

Ozone 2015 2010 Exhaust

Mayor of London floats action plan to reduce city’s air pollution

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JULY 7, 2016

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has outlined plans to crackdown on the most polluting vehicles, including an additional £10 (US$13) per day charge for the most polluting vehicles and an extended Ultra-Low Emission Zone. Introducing the central London Ultra-Low Emission Zone one year earlier in 2019.

London

London Pollution Motorcycles Scrappage

London police trialing Suzuki Burgman fuel cell scooters; first trial outside of Japan

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has begun a trial to test Suzuki Burgman hydrogen-powered scooters. The 4kW stack from Intelligent Energy offers power for other applications, including range extension for battery-powered electric vehicles, four wheel vehicles and auxiliary power—especially for diesel replacement.

Suzuki

Suzuki London Japan Fuel

TfL Board approves production order for 600 new hybrid buses for London

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The Board of Transport for London (TfL) approved a production order for up to 600 of New Bus for London vehicles over the next four years. When the final batch of new bus for London vehicles is delivered in 2016, more than 1,000 hybrid buses will be in service on the streets of London. Earlier post.)

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London Hybrid Production Ireland

KCL study finds London air pollution from traffic improving, but continues to exceed limits in many parts of city

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

New research by scientists at King’s College London suggests that air pollution from London’s roads is improving overall but more work may be needed to tackle some sources of traffic pollution, which continue to breach limits in many parts of the city. Despite a reduction in the total number of vehicles on London roads by 0.5%

London

London Pollution Parts Exhaust

Peak emissions at London Paddington rail station worse than road-side equivalents

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Peak-time emissions from diesel trains at London’s Paddington Station exceed the European recommendations for outdoor air quality, and are higher than nearby roadsides on the majority of days, according to a new study published as an open access paper in the IOP journal Environmental Research Letters.

London

London Emissions Cleaner 2015

Diesel drivers to pay parking premium in central London trial

Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2017

Drivers of pre-2015 Euro 6 diesels are to be charged an extra £2.45 per hour to park in parts of London from today, in a trial aimed at reducing the c

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London Diesel 2015 Parts

York study: Less traffic in first UK lockdown reduced NO2 pollution but caused increase in surface ozone

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

Mean relative change of deseasonalized UK values of (a) NO 2 and (b) O 3 for all urban background and traffic sites from 2015 to 2020, with the mean 2015–2019 trend superimposed. Data from 2020 are shown in orange, with the red dashed line denoting the start of the lockdown on 23 March 2020. These results are a cautionary tale.

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Ozone Pollution 2020 2015

Akasol manufacturing Li-ion systems for Daimler Citaro electric bus; Samsung cells

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APRIL 10, 2018

Development, testing and validation of the AKASYSTEM OEM battery systems for EvoBus have run since 2015. Between six and ten of Akasol’s battery packs are mounted in the vehicles, partly on the roof, but also in the rear, where they take up the space that was once intended for the diesel engine.

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Li-ion Manufacturer Lithium Ion Sweden

Nornickel presents market review of nickel and platinum group metals

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JUNE 4, 2023

In early 2023, nickel has been the worst performer among base metals on the London Metal Exchange (LME). Overall, despite nickel demand growth, which has averaged 7% per annum since 2015, Indonesia is creating a supply glut and losing potential revenue by selling the country’s nickel resources at substantial discounts.

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Market Indonesia Russia Supplies

Westport Innovations acquires alt fuel systems company Prins Autogassystemen for €12.2M

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Prins’ dual-fuel system—including its fuel controller software developed in-house—is an add-on system for diesel engines with more than 100 calibrations for LPG, CNG, and LNG to optimize the diesel replacement rate. Westport expects strong synergies and accretive earnings performance in 2015.

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Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

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JULY 21, 2013

Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell models ( earlier post ) are joining the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LNHE) project. They are among the first of 1,000 examples that Hyundai has committed to produce between now and 2015 and are built on the same production line in Ulsan, Korea as the Tucson. The ix35 Fuel Cell. Click to enlarge.

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London Hydrogen Hyundai Fuel

With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

It ran on 110 volts DC supplied by a large army diesel engine that sat on the back of a truck parked outside. In 1960, he began giving the occasional public lecture at the Royal Institution , in London, filling in for speakers at the last minute. Porter regarded the institution’s theater as the London repertory theater of science.

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BBC London Light Mercury

Four i-MiEVs join Transport for London Fleet

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JUNE 26, 2010

Transport for London (TfL) added four Mitsubishi i-MiEVs into its fleet as part of Mayor Boris Johnson’s plans to make London the electric vehicle capital of Europe. Report: City of London One of the Most Polluted Places in Europe. TfL intends to purchase up to 120 electric vehicles by 2015. Earlier post.).

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i-MiEV London Fleet Transportation

Jaguar Land Rover investing $1.6M in two new Centers of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research at Oxford and University College London; gasoline and diesel

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

million) investment will be shared equally between University College London (UCL) and the University of Oxford to support the development of new research facilities and fund two 5-year study programs. Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency Research' The £1-million (US$1.6 Earlier post.).

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Land Rover Universal London Diesel

UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Jaguar Land Rover (lead company), Ford Motor Company, IAV (UK), CPT, BP, University of Nottingham, Imperial College London. This project will deliver two prototype lightweight electric vans, with diesel range extender. The target is a 4% improvement in CO 2 by 2015 potentially rising to 15% by 2025.

Land Rover

Land Rover Carbon Vehicles Plug-in

London adding 51 more all-electric buses to operating fleet

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JULY 17, 2015

Transport for London (TfL) announced that two additional bus routes, the 507 and 521, will operate entirely with electric single-deck buses from autumn next year. By 2020, as part of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, TfL is committed to ensuring all 300 single-decker buses operating in central London are zero emission (e.g. Earlier post.).

London

London All-Electric Fleet Electrical

4 more cities sign Global Clean Bus Declaration raising total to >40K ultra-low emission buses by 2020; London to trial BYD electric double-decker

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JUNE 30, 2015

Four additional cities—Amsterdam, Lima, Catalonia (Barcelona) and Rome— signed up to the Global Clean Bus Declaration at the 1 st global Clean Bus Summit in London. The Mayor confirmed that all new buses joining central London’s fleet are now ULEZ-compliant, delivering important air quality improvements now. Earlier post.)

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London BYD Clean Cleaning

UCL, BP team study on combustion and emissions characteristics of a range of fuel molecules from lignocellulosic biomass

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

A team from University College London and BP’s Fuels and Lubricants Research group has investigated the combustion and emissions characteristics of a range of fuel molecules which can be produced from lignocellulosic biomass through a variety of processing routes. Tested molecule sets derived from lignocellulosic biomass. .

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Emissions Fuel Range Diesel

Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Most recently, Toyota announced that its fuel cell sedan would also be available in the UK, USA, Germany and Denmark during the summer of 2015. This is not much different from diesel and gasoline which are produced from refining and cleaning crude oil (a process which heavily involves the use of hydrogen).

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Fuel Electric Vehicles Market Hydrogen

EV Driven

New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Study uncovers role of longer-chain unburned hydrocarbon emissions from diesels in London air pollution; calls for regulatory shift

Study links ambient PM2.5 and ozone specifically caused by vehicle exhaust emissions to ~361,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015

Mayor of London floats action plan to reduce city’s air pollution

London police trialing Suzuki Burgman fuel cell scooters; first trial outside of Japan

TfL Board approves production order for 600 new hybrid buses for London

KCL study finds London air pollution from traffic improving, but continues to exceed limits in many parts of city

Peak emissions at London Paddington rail station worse than road-side equivalents

Diesel drivers to pay parking premium in central London trial

York study: Less traffic in first UK lockdown reduced NO2 pollution but caused increase in surface ozone

Akasol manufacturing Li-ion systems for Daimler Citaro electric bus; Samsung cells

Nornickel presents market review of nickel and platinum group metals

Westport Innovations acquires alt fuel systems company Prins Autogassystemen for €12.2M

Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

Four i-MiEVs join Transport for London Fleet

Jaguar Land Rover investing $1.6M in two new Centers of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research at Oxford and University College London; gasoline and diesel

UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

London adding 51 more all-electric buses to operating fleet

4 more cities sign Global Clean Bus Declaration raising total to >40K ultra-low emission buses by 2020; London to trial BYD electric double-decker

UCL, BP team study on combustion and emissions characteristics of a range of fuel molecules from lignocellulosic biomass

Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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