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Nissan has more than 550 electric taxis on European roads

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During 2015, more than 100 electric vehicles were delivered to taxi companies across Europe. In total, there are 80 electric taxis and counting in Estonia, while in Lithuania, Nissan is poised to deliver its first eight electric taxis to the Smart Taxi Company, based in the country’s capital, Vilnius, for late 2015.

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. In total, 5.4

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New cars sold in Europe in 2011 were 3.3% more fuel efficient than those sold in 2010; increasing diesel uptake

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In order to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transport, carmakers have a collective target for the average car sold in the EU to emit a maximum of 130g CO 2 /km by 2015 and 95g CO 2 /km by 2020. Last year the EEA reported that manufacturers had some distance to go to meet the 2015 target.

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Study finds substantial increase in nanoparticles in air as it crosses the Baltic Sea; shipping emissions responsible for about half

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The researchers evaluated 10 months worth of data (September 2009 to June 2010) of atmospheric aerosol particle number size distribution at three atmospheric observation stations along the Baltic Sea coast: Vavihill (upwind, Sweden); Utö (upwind, Finland); and Preila (downwind, Lithuania). 2015.08.001.

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How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

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ius says the situation also has helped the Baltic states on Russia’s far western flank: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. And it’s been seven years since IEEE Spectrum covered the Baltics' aspirations in 2015. Lithuania and the other Baltic states are following the plan, and it is 2025.” ius told IEEE Spectrum yesterday.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Lithuania / 170 / 177 / 21. The average British driver comes sixteenth in the list with 158g/km (eg. VW Passat). Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them.

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