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

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The London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has begun a trial to test Suzuki Burgman hydrogen-powered scooters. The MPS is the only organization outside of Japan that Suzuki has approached to undertake such a trial. The Burgman was the world’s first fuel cell scooter to achieve the EU Whole Vehicle Type Approval.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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based TerraPower and London- and Italy-based Newcleo should be safer and simpler to operate than conventional reactors. The majority of global shipbuilding happens in South Korea, Japan, and China. They do not need giant fuel tanks, which opens up more space for cargo and passengers. Yet the nation’s shipbuilding industry is tiny.

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

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2014 has been a year of rapid growth for the fuel cell market with positive progress being made globally, especially in markets such as US, UK, Germany, France and Japan. This level of investment is already poised to happen in at least three places: California, Germany and Japan. Henri Winand, CEO of Intelligent Energy.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. In July, itopened an assembly line in Japan to build its FCX Clarity. Thehydrogen-powered car has a top speed of 105 miles per hour andtravels as far as 280 miles on electricity produced by its fuelcell stack.

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Infiniti EMERGE-E extended range electric sports car concept designed as part of UK TSB low-carbon vehicle initiative; REEVolution consortium

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You have more and more cities in Europe that are banning internal combustion engine emissions, but with this car you can run downtown in London, for example, with no guilt—you are not guilty, because you are zero emission. Infiniti created three-quarter scale model proposals from Infiniti studios in Japan, the UK and California.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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Nissan has a memorandum of understanding with One North East, the regionaldevelopment agency, to potentially use its Sunderland plant to produceelectric vehicles, but its first cars will all come from Japan. Freight Bus was one of the losing entrants in London mayor Boris Johnson’scompetition to design a new bus for the capital.