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DB Schenker expands its electric fleet with 36 new FUSO eCanter vehicles

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Europe’s leading land transport provider is thus strengthening its sustainability strategy and further expanding the use of electric vehicles in its mixed fleets. With these latest vehicles, DB Schenker will become FUSO’s largest electric fleet customer with a total of 41 eCanter vehicles in daily operations.

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Electric trucks and buses show massive sales growth in Europe – Charged EVs

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of Australia’s bus fleet is electric). It says 5% of light- and medium-duty trucks and 1% of heavy-duty trucks sold were electric. EU member states are by no means on the same track when it comes to electrifying their bus fleets. In Germany, Austria and Belgium, by contrast, diesel buses still made up 75% of new bus sales.

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University College Dublin Study finds Prius IV hybrids drive >60% of the time in zero-emissions mode under Irish conditions

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The fuel consumption figure, and the computed CO 2 figure, are in close agreement with the newly introduced world-wide harmonized light vehicle test (WLTP) figures for the Toyota Prius IV vehicle that have been published by Toyota. An average CO 2 emissions of 114.2 grams per km was computed for the overall trip distribution.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E becomes British Police preference

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British Police Forces in the United Kingdom are examining the advantages of adding electric cars to their fleets. The Mach-E present at the event was outfitted with the typical yellow and blue emergency vehicle design, and Metro Police Forces in London are requesting a unit for evaluation, as it could be added to the fleet.

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Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid Fleet Trial in London Reaches Halfway Mark; Next-Generation Euro-Specific Model Under Consideration

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The halfway stage has been reached in the three-year fleet trial of the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid in the London area. Since August 2008, ten light-duty trucks equipped with hybrid drive systems have clocked around 265,000 km (164,663 miles) in eight fleets operated by customers. Fumio Akikawa, head of the Global Hybrid Center.

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Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

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Northern Lights Energy ( NLE ), the initiator of the 2012 charging infrastructure project and provider of infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EV) based in Iceland, has signed an agreement with Reva Electric Car Company to jointly develop the electric vehicle market in Iceland. Tags: Electric (Battery). The REVA NXR.

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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Registrations increased in all EU Member States except Finland, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The countries with the highest proportions of diesel sales included Ireland (65 %) and Portugal (61 %), Italy (56 %). However the share of these categories in the new fleet remains low (1.5 %). A total of 15.1 g CO 2 /km).

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