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BMW i Ventures launches new $300M fund for sustainability, transportation, manufacturing and supply chain investments

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BMW i Ventures created a new $300-million venture capital fund with a strong focus on sustainability. The new fund will invest in early to mid-stage start-ups operating in the sustainability, transportation, manufacturing, and supply chain industries.

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Thomas Built Buses delivers 1,000th Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus

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Daimler Truck announced a momentous achievement in sustainable transportation as it reaches the delivery of the 1,000th Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus in the North American market.

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Opibus Secures $7.5 Million In Funding — Sub-Saharan Africa’s Largest Ever Fundraise In Electric Mobility

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Opibus was founded in 2017 and is leading the transition to sustainable transport in key segments such as mass transit (medium and high capacity intracity buses), electrification of […].

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Opibus Rebrands As Roam Motors

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Roam is one of the firms leading the transition to sustainable transport in Africa. Founded in 2017, it became the first company to deliver locally produced electric motorcycles and electric […].

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DiDi expands GAIA initiative worldwide to facilitate data-driven research in transportation

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Didi Chuxing, the world’s leading mobile transportation platform, will make aggregated, anonymized data from its vehicle network available to facilitate transportation AI research worldwide. Transportation capacity management.

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Mayor of London expanding Ultra Low Emission Zone London-wide; new £110M scrappage scheme

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Source: Transport for London. Compliance within the current ULEZ area is now at 94%, much higher than the 39% when ULEZ was first announced in 2017, and also higher than 85% the month before previous expansion, and compliance in outer London is already around 85%. Map of the current Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and ULEZ boundaries.

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Scania and European Gigafactory developer Northvolt partner for heavy vehicle electrification

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Vehicle electrification is rapidly advancing; for heavy trucks and buses, continued development of both charging infrastructure as well as more robust, cost efficient and sustainable battery cells is crucially needed for a widespread market breakthrough in commercially viable electrification. Earlier post.).

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