Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”. These kilometers have predominantly been driven by gasoline and diesel cars, exacerbating the air pollution crisis in European cities. The high share of diesels in the PHV fleet can be also found in the traditional taxi market.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

REVIVE will place 15 fuel cell refuse vehicles to be tested in 8 different cities or regions in Europe: Breda, Helmond, Amsterdam, and Groningen (the Netherlands), Antwerp (Belgium), Bolzano and Merano (in South Tyrol, Italy) and Gothenburg (Sweden). That project was partly funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2021

De Lijn, the public transport operator (PTO) in the Flemish part of Belgium, is ordering 44 new articulated plug-in e-hybrid buses; further, the operator confirmed the upgrade of 280 if its current hybrid buses into e-hybrids. The main advantage of e-hybrid buses over regular hybrids lays in their battery capacity.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., plans to invest more than $1 billion to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into transportation fuels products such as marine gasoil and diesel fuel.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This demonstration concludes a series of tests that are part of an ongoing partnership between Alstom, ProRail and Lineas. Diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive owned by Lineas used for the demonstration. The Group has carried out successful ATO tests in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Part of this is that GVB provides completely emission-free bus transport in 2025. GVB is going to phase out the last diesel buses and permanently switch to zero emission VDL Citeas in Amsterdam. With this order, the GVB fleet will eventually be entirely VDL. —Ard Romers, managing director of VDL Bus & Coach Nederland.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

DHL Freight has gained initial experience with LNG trucks in Belgium. Since summer 2018, four of these heavy-duty, long-haul trucks have been part of a sustainable transport solution for one of the world’s largest developers and sellers of athletic footwear and sportswear. —Uwe Brinks, CEO DHL Freight.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Two vehicles will continue the operational testing with customers in the first test phase.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) Fuel Cell Business will supply and integrate fuel cell modules into a zero-emission train prototype as part of the FCH2RAIL project in Europe. On the remaining sections of the lines, diesel-powered trains are used. When there are no overhead lines, the energy will come from the fuel cell and battery system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. On 1 June, two members of Honda’s European Research & Development (R&D) team will set out on the journey from Aalst, Belgium. Honda aims to win a new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency in an 8,500-mile (13,679 km) drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries in a 1.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Among its numerous debuts at Busworld Europe in Belgium, Daimler Buses took the wraps off the new Citaro hybrid urban bus. These components have been tried and tested, their comparatively high production numbers lower costs and they also make it easier to supply replacement parts.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2019

RNG is a key part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025, supporting the logistics leader’s efforts to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its ground fleet 12% by 2025. UPS announced an agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As the largest foreign investor in China’s diesel engine sector, Cummins operates 30 facilities in China, including 21 manufacturing sites that produce Cummins engines, turbochargers, filters, emission solutions, fuel systems, alternators and electrical power generation systems.

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Hydrogen China Green Industrial 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2017

As part of this new line, TM4 is launching the SUMO HP HV900, a new motor/generator and inverter combination for the commercial heavy-duty market. The SUMO HP HV900 is currently being used as part of the plug-in hybrid powertrain system being developed in a joint effort with Cummins that was announced in May. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

The team set out from Aalst, Belgium, on 1 June, navigating the continent in a clockwise direction. To ensure accurate monitoring of the route, journey time and distance driven, the record car was fitted with a tracking device, provided by fleet telematics and stolen vehicle recovery expert, TRACKER (part of the Tantalum Corporation).

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Teslarati

AUGUST 26, 2021

A few days ago, Tesla started its Model Y invasion in Europe with its first deliveries in several EU territories, including Germany, Belgium, and Norway. Norway is close to reaching Tesla’s goal for the automotive part of the company. 4 and the Ford Mustang Mach-E. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

Diesel cars still sold slightly more.) Market share grew fastest in established EV markets Finland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In 2023, Europe’s auto market achieved its best sales since the pandemic, spurred partly by strong demand for EVs. of total market share. to 6.8%) and Latvia (6.6%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

HySeas III, jointly led by the shipyard Ferguson Marine and the University of St Andrews, includes Orkney Islands Council; Kongsberg Maritime (Norway); Ballard Power Systems Europe (Denmark); McPhy (France); DLR - German Aerospace Center; and Interferry (Belgium/US) the global trade association for ferry operators and suppliers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

As part of PACCAR’s international hybrid program, the DAF LF Hybrid truck was developed in close collaboration with Eaton, Eindhoven University of Technology and Leyland Trucks Ltd, also a PACCAR company. liter PACCAR FR diesel, which complies with the ultra-low EEV emission requirements as standard, without a soot filter.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

Propane-rich off-gas is produced during Neste’s NExBTL renewable diesel process; the gas is usually recovered during the Stabilization and Recycle stages of the process. The countries where customers will initially be able to buy BioLPG are: Great Britain, France, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and Belgium.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

These were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. This is partly because transport has grown more than expected, and partly because the real-world emissions from diesel vehicles are higher than those estimated when the vehicle emission limit standards were set.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2015

Spicer Powerboost hydraulic-hybrid technology is suited for hydrostatically driven drivetrains, which is why Dana will feature it at Intermat as part of a complete drivetrain system for a compact telescopic boom handler with 2.7- Powerboost system. Click to enlarge. tonne (6k to 8k) lifting capacity.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Ford of Europe has put two giant wind turbines, each with a height of 150 meters, into service at the Ford Genk plant in Belgium. The wind turbines will deliver a significant part of the electrical power needed in the Genk Plant, production home of the Mondeo, S-MAX and Galaxy models. litre Duratorq TDCi engine production line.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Mercedes-Benz is presenting a design study at “Trailer 2011” show in Belgium for an aerodynamic trailer that shows a reduction in wind resistance by up to 18%, with an accompanying decrease in fuel consumption by almost 5%. A rear end taper measuring slightly more than 400 mm in length forms a crucial part of the aerodynamic concept.

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Wind Mercedes Design Fuel 246

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2009

The autothermal reformer, developed by OWI (Oel Waerme Institut) in Aachen, produces hydrogen gas from biofuels such as ethanol, DME (Dimethyl ether), biogas, methanol and biodiesel, but also from regular diesel or gasoline. OCAS is an advanced market-driven material research center based in Belgium. Midroc is owned by Mohammed H.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The company has put two giant wind turbines, each standing more than 150 metres tall, into service at its Ford Genk plant in Belgium. The turbines in Belgium are expected to meet a significant part of the plant’s power needs, where it produces the Mondeo, Galaxy and S-MAX models. 1.6litre engine production line.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

In the case of an average annual mileage of 150,000 km for a long-distance truck, this means a reduction in diesel consumption of around 2,000 liters and more than five tonnes of CO 2 annually. The Aerodynamics trailer began as a study presented by Mercedes-Benz last autumn at the “Trailer” trade show in Kortrijk, Belgium.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2017

On the basis of unadjusted emission totals, the following 11 Member States reported exceedances of their NEC Directive national ceilings for one or more pollutants in 2015: Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Luxembourg; Spain; and Sweden. Six Member States exceeded their NO x emission ceilings in 2015.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2016

EcoBoost engine, in a part-government funded program. Following the Aachen Colloquium, the V-Charge demonstrator vehicle will begin a series of test drives with global vehicle manufacturers and Tier One automotive suppliers in Germany, France, Belgium and the UK. Compared to a current 1.5L version when fitted with a V-Charge unit.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

If the C40 Recharge, built in Ghent, Belgium, is any indication of what is to come, Volvo is off to a solid start with its plans to never put another drop of gasoline in any of its models beginning in 2030. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

inch wheelbase, the Canoo is roughly the same length as compact pickups were more than 20 years ago—when the engine bay was part of the packaging. Austria, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta also signed up. At about 184 inches long, but riding on a 112.2-inch – March 10, Politico.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2013

In Europe, a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) found that the average car sold in the EU in 2012 was 9% more fuel-efficient than the average three years before, due to improved technology and an increase in the share of diesel cars. Diesel vehicles represent 55% of the newly registered vehicle fleet. CFA report.

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