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Harvard buys four Proterra electric buses

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In 2018, Harvard set a goal to eliminate the use of fossil fuels on its campus by 2050 and to achieve fossil fuel-neutrality by 2026. Harmful air pollutants will also be reduced providing health benefits to local communities. in Allston. The vehicles can be fully charged in about three hours.

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UK launching £400M vehicle charging infrastructure fund; putting extra £100M to support for buying EVs

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Among the elements in the budget are the launch of a new £400-million (US$530-million) Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund and the provision of an extra £100 million (US$133 million) towards helping people buy battery-electric cars. The existing Company Car Tax diesel supplement will increase from 3% to 4%, with effect from 6 April 2018.

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Hamburger Hochbahn to buy up to 530 electric buses from Daimler, MAN and Solaris

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Hamburger Hochbahn AG received the first series-production model of the fully electric driven Mercedes-Benz eCitaro in November 2018 as part of an order for 20 eCitaro units. For these investments in the sustainable reduction of pollutant emissions, Hochbahn is aiming for a proportionate federal subsidy.

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Moscow aiming for all-electric bus fleet by 2032

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Moscow started to replace outdated diesel buses with electric buses in September 2018. Starting this year we are going to buy the e-buses only—we seek to make our city as clean and harmless for its citizens as we can. The transport running on electricity is safer for the city ecology than cars using an internal combustion engine.

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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

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The economics of EVs—more expensive to buy but a lot cheaper to run—match perfectly with high-mileage, low-margin businesses like ride-hailing and taxis. In London, the largest market for ride-hailing services in Europe, there were 88,000 active Uber-type drivers in 2018. —Yoann Le Petit, new mobility expert with T&E.

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Next 10 report says widespread EV adoption in California could deliver significant economic benefits to the state by 2030 and 2050

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Even under a relatively conservative baseline scenario that assumes no improvement in EV costs in the coming ten years, EV adoption could result in significant economic benefits by stimulating the overall economy, reducing pollution, and improving public health outcomes. California’s 2018 GSP was almost $3 trillion ($2,997,732.8

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Toyota to debut 2 BEVs, 1 PHEV for US this year; says research shows BEVs & PHEVs have similar environmental benefits

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The research found: GHG of a currently available BEV model and PHEV model are roughly the same in on-road performance when factoring in pollutants created by electricity production for the average US energy grid used to charge batteries. The PHEV is much less expensive to buy and own, compared to the BEV.

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