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Transport for London orders 20 Wrightbus hydrogen double-decker buses

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Transport for London (TfL) has ordered 20 hydrogen double-decker buses as part of its drive to make London’s transport zero-emission. JIVE aims to bring down the cost of the vehicles by buying in bulk with other authorities, helping put the price per bus on a par with the other cleanest fuels. —Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.

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London twilight cab proprietor Geely explores elevating brandnew price range

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World manufacturing of electrical cars has additionally been dogged through shortages of chips and alternative automobile portions. The post London twilight cab proprietor Geely explores elevating brandnew price range appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. with minor changes. ultimate while. and Germany.

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BMW-Sixt car-sharing JV DriveNow launches in London; 30 i3s coming in 2015

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DriveNow, the carsharing joint venture between the BMW Group and Sixt SE ( earlier post ), has launched its flexible carsharing service in London. DriveNow furthermore intends to add 30 all-electric BMW i3 cars to the London fleet in spring 2015, expanding it to a total of 300 vehicles during the course of next year.

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Mining.com EV Metal Index shows value of battery metals in newly registered electrified vehicles up 232% y-o-y in 2022

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The value of battery metals deployed in December 2022 alone surpassed all of 2019 and 2020 combined. Lithium prices were also peaking in December around $70,000 a tonne, which lifted the lithium subindex to $2.7 As much EV battery metal business was done in 2022 than the combined total of the preceding five years.

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Morgan Stanley warns that nickel price surge could add $1k to electric vehicle costs

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With electric vehicles becoming more prolific, raw materials used in battery packs have become hot commodities. And according to Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, the rising price of one particular material — nickel — could result in general electric vehicle prices seeing a $1,000 price increase.

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Ford’s Go!Drive car sharing on-demand experiment in London entering beta phase

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Drive fleet is Focus Electrics, the other half Ford Fiestas with EcoBoost engines. The target is to have more than 2,000 Londoners in the program. It is also about Ford having access to new user groups, particularly young Gen Ys who live or work in London and who would not typically own a car. Click to enlarge.

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UC Santa Cruz prof suggests self-driving cars will torpedo parking pricing as effective congestion management policy; “incentive to create havoc”

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In this paper, I identify and analyze a new channel through which AVs will have unambiguously negative environmental consequences—the removal of parking pricing, one of the most effective congestion management policies, from the urban transportation policy toolbox. His paper is published in the journal Transport Policy.

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