Green Cars News

OCTOBER 24, 2012

London could soon see the arrival of its first all-electric taxi fleet after one of the capital’s minicab services sealed a deal with Chinese EV manufacturer BYD.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 27, 2012

Electric vehicles could soon become commonplace in the Colombian city of Bogota, after a project was introduced to spearhead an electric taxi fleet. The project was put together by the Clinton Climate Initiative Cities programme, and its partner the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2009

Sweden has long been the envy of Europe in terms of its environmental reputation and now its taxi fleets are getting in on the act. The Taxi Stockholm firm has stepped up its natural gas taxi fleet by ordering 350 natural gas vehicles which will be fuelled by bio-methane - and it is expected that more will follow.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

Dubai is known as one of the most forward-thinking cities in the world, so it’s no surprise that it has been quick to embrace the green car movement. Now, the Sharjah Public Transport Corporation has taken the decision to introduce gas powered taxi and bus fleets.

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Green Cars News

JULY 23, 2014

A Nottingham taxi firm is the latest to make the switch to electric power, with a new fleet of six Nissan LEAF cars. DG Cars showed off its new fleet yesterday, to local journalists as the company readies its fleet to start taking its first fares. According to the Nottingham Post, the cars beg[.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 8, 2014

More than 37,000 fares have made use of the country’s first electric minicab firm, allowing St Austell-based C&C Taxis to clock up no less than 150,000 miles all-electric miles. The Cornish firm added its first LEAF to its 10 strong fleet 12 months ago and has since seen its business soar as r[.]. Electric cars Nissan'

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Green Cars News

MARCH 7, 2014

Taxi Electric will become the first taxi company to have the new Nissan e-NV200 on its books. The Amsterdam-based company already runs a fleet consisting exclusively of Nissan Leaf EVs. The unique selling point of offering an emission-free taxi service has been successful for Taxi Electric since [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2012

A fleet of Nissan LEAF models assumed the role of London taxis last weekend, providing free taxi rides for many London residents and visitors to the capital. The stunt aimed to highlight how the fully-electric ‘taxi’ was six times cheaper to fuel than a conventional petrol-powered car.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 10, 2013

A New York judge has ruled against the city’s plans to create a uniform taxi fleet, just weeks before Nissan was due to start supplying the new NV200 taxis under an exclusive contract. The ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ contract was due to come into force on October 28, 2013, and would have required ever ne[.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2012

An airport taxi service operating out of Bristol Airport has added four Toyota Prius to its fleet. Checker Cars believes the addition of the Prius will support its strategy to reduce vehicle emissions at all sites it operates from.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Extended range electric vehicle powertrain company ALTe ( earlier post ) is tracking to produce a limited number of production-caliber vehicle powertrains by December, and plans to ramp up production in the first quarter of 2013, said CEO John Thomas in a recent interview with Green Car Congress. Earlier post.) —John Thomas.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Los Angeles now has a fleet of low emission, compressed natural gas (CNG) Ford Transit Connect taxis to help the city upheld its State’s reputation for environmental consideration. The first of ten yellow cabs have now been delivered to the Californian city, with a further 40 set to be put into service by 2012. Ordered [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 27, 2014

BYD’s expansion into Europe continues, with the announcement of a new fleet of its e6 electric crossover models for London chauffeur-driven service, Thriev. Following the announcement from the Mayor of London that all new taxis should be zero-emission by 2018, Thriev is ensuring that it remains ah[.]. Electric cars'

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Think of Paris and you’ll no doubt conjure up images of the iconic Eiffel Tower, or perhaps the famed Moulin Rouge. However, these days the French cap.

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2011

London could save four thousand tonnes of CO2 emissions every week if all of the capital’s black cabs were fully electric, new research commissioned by the UK low carbon motor, EcoVelocity reveals. The show set to take place between September 8-11, 2011 at Battersea Power Station, calculated the figure based on the total CO2 emissions [.].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

Ford Australia has produced Falcons since 1960, originally based on the North American Falcon, a compact car Ford produced from 1960-1970.). First, in 2010, Ford will introduce an advanced liquid-injection LPG system for the Ford Falcon, making the Falcon more attractive to private, taxi and fleet markets.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

London Mayor, Boris Johnson has unveiled a plan to ban taxis over the age of ten years from the capital’s streets in a bid to cut air pollution. Taxis are currently responsible for around 35 per cent of road transport PM10 exhaust emissions in central London.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2014

From turning London cabs electric (see Cabbies test London’s new electric range extended taxi) to establishing bio-LNG refuelling stations (see Whitbread joins growing fleet of bio-LNG trucks), sometimes at TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk Green credentials Editor Pick' we’re just plain proud to be British.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 3, 2014

Local authorities across England have the chance to bid for funding to make changes to bus fleets and other vehicles, to help slash transport pollution in their region. Green credentials' Announced yesterday by Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, the new £5 million Clean Vehicle Technology Fund, will help pay for a[.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2011

Residents ofNew York Cityshould prepare for an electric car invasion after the city decided to add 70 electric vehicles to its fleet. The make-up of the electric vehicle fleet includes 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 Ford Transit Connect cargo vans and 10 Navistar E-star utility trucks.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Hybrid car sales may have slumped as the recession continues to take its toll on the car industry, but Ford has made itself the exception that proves the rule.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2012

Hybrid taxi service Climatecars appointed Siemens to install its first charging post as the London-based firm expands its fleet to include new, rechargeable models. Two new Renault [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2009

Now it has been agreed by West Lothian Council that the Toyota Prius can be licensed as a private hire vehicle, West Lothian/Edinburgh based Calder Cabs have become the first company in Scotland to run a fleet of hybrid Toyota Prius. They chose the Prius because it is a hybrid car and has a 1.5-litre Tags: Hybrid cars Toyota.

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Green Cars News

MAY 1, 2011

After introducing an all-electric vehicle taxi test fleet one year ago, BYD has now announced the results of its pilot scheme featuring the F3DM, e6 and the eBus-12.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. Using these times for car battery charging, a typical household electrical infrastructure could support 3 or more PHEVLERs. Frank (2016) Using the Fleet of Long Range Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 8, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 6, 2024. It was another big week of getting up-close time with some of the most anticipated new EVs, while reporting on some of the top stories for green-car shoppers. Why is the $7.5

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Green Cars News

MAY 2, 2009

In fact, the NYPD already has some hybrids in action - they are used by the parking enforcement fleet as well as some of the department’s duty captains. It is believed that 20 of the hybrid cars will be unmarked and two of them will be disguised as taxi-cabs. The pilot programme will be reassessed in a year’s time.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Four electric Smart cars hit the roads of North East England this week as a regional trial was launched to give hundreds of people the experience of driving electric vehicles. ev-test-drive.aspx and they will be added to the mailing list which will give details of how and when people can try out one of the Smart cars.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. presence in the world’s two largest passenger car markets (China and the. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. car’s introduction.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

A fleet of hydrogen-fuelled black cabs could be in service in time for the London Olympics in 2012. A taxi cab, identical to the traditional London black cabs is currently being tested, with the aim that it will be ready for full road trials in time for the capital’s Olympic games. The cab, developed by [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 28, 2009

Johnson intends to introduce a scheme to promote the zero-emission hydrogen fuelled cars modelled on the one introduced in California, by state governor Arnold Schwartznegger. He intends to assemble a fleet of 150 hydrogen cars in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, along with five buses and 20 black taxis.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

American car giant Ford has finally come clean over its electric car plans with news of their developmental BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) car program announced at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Tags: Ford BEV Electric cars Ford Focus.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2009

Oxford commuters are enjoying a ‘fare deal’ with the arrival of innovative smart private hire cars to the city of the dreaming spires. Tags: smart fleet solarcar taxi. After researching the idea and winning the backing of local councillors, he established Solocar in May with four, 71bhp mhd smart passion coupés.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. CTO Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Those were the words of Henry Li, head of Build Your Dreams (BYD) Auto’s export and trade division, as he spoke about the staggering growth of his company which launched one of China’s first electric saloon cars earlier this year. How China plans to dominate the electric car race. Now, BYD is set to conquer America.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 26, 2009

Looking at Japan first, the company has received an award from the Japanese government to conduct a pilot project in Tokyo for the world’s first electric taxis with switchable batteries. It will partner with Nihon Kotsu, the capital city’s largest taxi operator. Design of the facility is expected to begin in 2011.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

This past week was a whirlwind of EV news and developments from FedEx’s plans to electrify its fleet by 2040, VW saying it expects 50% of its US sales to be from EVs, to GM’s likely plans to build a second battery factory with LG Chem, and much more … Automaker/EV Models. – March 8, via Car and Driver.

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