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T&E: Electric bus orders in Europe more than doubled to 1,031 units in 2017; ~9% share of new registrations

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The Netherlands, UK, France, Poland and Germany account for more than half the total number of electric buses in Europe (including orders). T&E performed a total cost of ownership calculation that includes external costs on health (air quality and noise) and climate (GHG emissions), including inputs from CE Delft.

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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In the depths of the 1970s oil crisis, French prime minister Pierre Messmer saw an opportunity to transform his country’s energy supply. After all, the cost of renewables continues to plummet. France continued to export its nuclear power as supplies of politically sensitive Russian natural gas ran thinner.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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Nevertheless, for EVs themselves to become true zero emission vehicles, everything in their supply chain from mining to electricity production must be nearly net-zero emission as well. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. These will also have to be decarbonized.