Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The first wave of auditing includes sites in Belgium, Germany, Spain and France with others to follow. To be awarded with ResponsibleSteel certification, each site will undergo a third-party audit with an independent Certification Committee making the final certification decision.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

The companies have also entered into an off-take purchase agreement for battery cells. Different transport application will require different electric powertrains. We aim to make it easy for customers to select sustainable transport solutions. Electrification will play a key part in the shift to a fossil free transport system.

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Sweden Sustainable Transportation Vehicles Li-ion 240

Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

The market share of fully electric trucks and buses is growing at an impressive pace in Europe, according to a new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). In 2023, battery-electric transit buses made up 100% of purchases in Luxembourg, Ireland and Denmark, and 98% in the Netherlands.

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Europe Sale Charging Luxembourg 52

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators such as ride-sharer Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. The savings can be higher (24%) in the case of Parisian drivers.

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Diesel Taxi Re-Charge London 243

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

Energy storage company Leclanché SA and Škoda Electric, a manufacturer of electric drives and traction motors for trolley and electric buses, have signed a Joint Development Agreement and Framework Purchase Contract through which Leclanché will provide Škoda Electric with battery solutions for its electric bus expansion strategy.

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Batteries Battery Supplies Electrical 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2016

Toyota will launch the Mirai fuel cell vehicle in Sweden and Norway this summer, following other European countries that have introduced the Toyota Mirai in 2015 (UK, Germany and Denmark) or early 2016 (Belgium). The Netherlands will follow later this year. The Mirai launched in Japan in December 2014 and in the US in 2015.

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Sweden Norway Netherlands Toyota 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

In recent months Fastned invested in new grid connections and the purchase of faster chargers with a charging power of up to 350 kW. In the past year, the portfolio has been expanded with a large number of locations in Germany and Belgium. —Bart Lubbers, co-founder of Fastned.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2014

The intended global agreement shall contain the options for a future purchase of Renault Kangoo Z.E. is an electrified vehicle that is used to transport DHL Express shipments at the moment in France as well as in Aruba, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. The Kangoo Z.E. Renault ZOE as well as the Renault Twizy.

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Electric Vehicles Climate Protection Vehicles Belgium 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In the EU, transportation laws require vehicles to have an active TPMS. As more European countries, including Belgium, Poland and Turkey, adopt winter tire legislations, TPMS revenues and unit sales will increase in the short and medium term. Consumers are more likely to replace their sensors while purchasing new tires.

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2018 Market North America Turkey 225

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2015

An analysis of new car registration in Germany for 2014 reveals that driver assistance systems are playing an increasingly greater role when it comes to purchasing a car. Automatic emergency braking systems are even more common in Belgium than in Germany. Parking assistance systems are very popular outside Germany as well.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

Seven months before the Olympic torch casts a glow in the City of Light this summer, the cost of getting into the most in-demand sports competitions, not to mention the price of accommodations and transportation, has risen — sometimes by Olympian proportions. Organizers are placing a premium on walking, cycling and public transportation.

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Price France New York Personal 52

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a major expansion driven by the seemingly insatiable demands of AI, the addition of more intelligence in transportation, and national security concerns, among many other things. So if there are— you have power in your purchasing, you have power over how you choose your supply chain.

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Climate Manufacturer Emissions Industrial 75

Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

1997 paper in the journal Transportation Research describes how battery power from EVs in people’s homes would feed the grid during a utility emergency or blackout. And Utrecht city officials want to get ahead of demand for greener transportation solutions. Kempton and Letendre’s. Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images. We Drive Solar.

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Grid Vehicles Solar Netherlands 93

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

The Volta Zero was launched in September 2020; at the end of 2020, Volta Trucks announced what was believed to be Europe’s single largest purchase of full-electric large commercial vehicles with the sale of 1,000 Volta Zeros to Petit Forestier, Europe’s largest refrigerated commercial rental fleet.

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Commercial Vehicles North America Spain 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

EU citizens were the least likely (54%) to say that they would be willing to compromise on purchase price (i.e. Cyprus, Luxembourg, Greece and France were the countries where the largest proportions of respondents were willing to compromise on a car’s speed, size and range, when making a purchase, in order to reduce emissions.

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Cyprus Transportation Malta Greece 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2015

Ballard anticipates receipt of purchase orders under the ESA that will lead to delivery of these fuel cell modules to Van Hool in 2015 and 2016. Van Hool is a Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicle OEM. There are currently 27 Van Hool fuel cell buses, powered by Ballard modules, in public transit operation.

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Fuel Power Powered Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2013

Two separate reports highlight the ongoing improvement in vehicle technologies and the growing trend toward consumers purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles in the US and in Europe. l/100 km) and who intend to purchase a vehicle in the future, expect a seven mpg increase, or to get 31 mpg (7.6 Source: CFA. Click to enlarge.

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