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Electric buses are transforming Europe’s public transportation system faster than many policymakers expected. In 2024, nearly half of all new city buses sold in the European Union were battery-electric, according to a new report from Transport & Environment (T&E).
HEAG mobilo, a transport operator in Darmstadt, Germany, is planning to replace almost its entire bus fleet with vehicles that are 100% electrically driven in the next four years. As a step toward that goal, 24 fully-electric Mercedes-Benz city buses have officially begun operations.
By the end of 2023, Bucher Municipal expects to deliver up to 80 fullyelectric sewer cleaner trucks to cities in Europe. The introduction of more zero emission zones in cities around the world is generating demand for fullyelectric trucks. —Per Lovring, CEO of Bucher Municipal Denmark.
School bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation unveiled a Class 5-6 electric vehicle platform at the 2022 Advanced CleanTransportation (ACT) Expo. The company is building on its nearly century-long expertise of school bus manufacturing to expand its zero-emission transportation solutions to the commercial vehicle market.
Transport for London (TfL) has ordered 20 hydrogen double-decker buses as part of its drive to make London’s transport zero-emission. We all have a role to play in cleaning up London’s toxic air and I’ve always said that TfL should lead from the front. —Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.
million (US$11 million) by the UK’s Department for Transport to support the purchase of 44 fullyelectric buses. This will reduce carbon emissions in York by 2,300 tonnes per year as well as reducing NO x and particulate emissions across the city, but especially within the city center Clean Air Zone.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will install an innovative clean energy microgrid and EV fleet charging system with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to help power the agency’s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet, following a grant that was awarded for the project by the California Energy Commission this week.
Ride-hailing giant Grab is adopting electric vehicles into its taxi fleet in the Philippines and Singapore. Earlier last month, Grab launched its fullyelectric taxi service, “GrabTaxi Electric,” in collaboration with EV Taxi Corp.
Syzygy Plasmonics , LOTTE Chemical and LOTTE Fine Chemical (LOTTE Chemical HQ), and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) announced a joint development agreement to test a photocatalytic reactor for clean hydrogen production. Among other climate-focused goals, the company is setting the stage to advance the hydrogen economy in Korea.
The lease of 10 Proterra Catalyst shuttle buses represents two industry firsts: The shuttle service will be the first in the country to operate a 100% zero-emission electric bus fleet as well as one of the first commercial customers to lease electric buses. —Randy Conner, Acting Commissioner of Transportation.
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6-million grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging systems in the United States that will be powered by a solar and storage microgrid.
Volvo is charging into the electrified vehicle space as part of its quest to achieve a sales target of 50% battery electric vehicles by 2025 and 100% of total vehicle sales being fullyelectric by 2030. The Volvo XC40 Recharge Twin crossover was the company’s first fullyelectric vehicle and has been on the market […].
DHL Freight, one of the leading road freight providers in Europe, and Volvo Trucks have partnered to speed up the introduction of heavy-duty electric trucks to be used for regional transport in Europe. DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks have initiated a project focusing on electric longer distance heavy transports.
Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, has been awarded two grants by the Accelerating CleanTransportation Now (ACTNow) program through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). —Surya Panditi, Head of Enel X North America. (MGL),
The fleet of 40kWh Nissan LEAFs, which can travel up to 168 miles on a single charge and are manufactured in Sunderland, will be offered to drivers as part of Uber’s Clean Air Plan. This deal will help to deliver Uber’s vision for every car on the app in the capital—around 45,000 drivers—to be fullyelectric from 2025.
Exelon Corporation today announced that its six electric and gas utilities will continue advancing transportation electrification to benefit customers and communities by taking major steps to electrify its fleet of vehicles. million megawatt hours of electricity and avoided 8.7 million cars off the road for a year.
continued] The post Volkswagen Sold 383,100 FullyElectric Vehicles in 2024 appeared first on CleanTechnica. The company noted that it has delivered around 500,000 units of the ID.3 3 since it was released, a big event I recall Steve Hanley attended.
A couple of weeks ago, the Compton Unified School District and Durham School Services announced the unveiling of a new fleet of 25 electric school buses. Some of the best sustainable transportation stories are the ones about diesel and gas buses being replaced by fullyelectric ones. Diesel and gas.
The mayor also plans to add 50 more electric vehicles to the city’s fleet of cars, and put the first six fullyelectric taxis on the road, with the goal of making one-third of our taxi fleet electric by 2020. Remember: Clean air means you live longer. —Mayor Bloomberg.
The Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council has reported a milestone — the number of fullyelectric vehicles on roads has surpassed the number of gas cars for the first time ever! continued] The post There Are Now More FullyElectric Cars On Norwegian Roads Than Gas Cars appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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Customers have shared plans to use E-Transit for recreational vehicles, school buses, automotive service, carpet cleaning, service vans and other commercial applications. More unusual applications offered include armored transport, blood donation units and prisoner transport.
Opibus, a Kenyan electric vehicle designer and manufacturer focused on creating products tailored for the region with quality, price and local production in mind, has just unveiled one of Africa’s first fullyelectric vehicles for the mining sector.
MoceanLab will provide mobility services in the City of Los Angeles, and expand its services to autonomous ridesharing, shuttling, multimodal transportation, and personal mobility. With such efforts, Hyundai Motor Group aims to lead the technology development for clean mobility. Left: Hyundai Motor Company, EVP KyoungLim Yun.
Four California Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) from the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast of California are funding—in total, with state financial contributions—$65 million in infrastructure to support the rising number of electric vehicles (EV) in the state. This funding will support thousands of new EV chargers.
The Mesa Fire and Medical Department (in Arizona) will soon receive an E-ONE Vector, a fullyelectric fire truck. The company noted that its new, all-electric […]. REV Fire Group, which is comprised of REV Group, Inc.
Volvo Trucks North America offered a first look at its Class 8 battery-electric project trucks during an exclusive event at TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California. Guests experienced the fullyelectric trucks firsthand for the first time, and learned more about electromobility and its role in freight movement solutions.
Global demand for hybrid-electric and fullyelectric transit solutions is increasing as more legislation is passed setting clean air regulations and transit agencies continue to establish goals for greener fleets.
The Arrival Car will address the global need to shift ride-hailing and car sharing services—with more than 30 million estimated drivers across the ride-hailing sector—to electric to reduce emissions and improve air quality in cities. Uber’s focus is now to encourage drivers to apply for EV Assistance under the Clean Air Plan.
Mazda is finally dipping its toes into the electric vehicle market in North America with the fullyelectric MX-30 and we were invited down to Irvine, California to spend a few hours with it. The compact crossover is aimed at one of the largest vehicle segments and was developed to offer an electric vehicle to […].
More recently, the automaker embraced the fullyelectric future with a commitment to sell only full electric vehicles by 2030. As part of the 2030 plan, Volvo will introduce a new fullyelectric vehicle each year leading up […].
Two of its electric vehicle (EV). continued] The post Volkswagen Planning 30 FullyElectric Models For China By 2030 appeared first on CleanTechnica. Not everything has gone according to plan, but it’s been moving forward — to be honest, at quite a fast clip for a company of its size.
Currently, there is an abundance of electric vehicle types as we all transition to more sustainable transportation. There is a way of framing how some people who are not the earliest adopters become interested in fullyelectric vehicles.
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These new vehicles add to the company’s already robust alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) fleet, which includes fullyelectric, hybrid-electric, compressed natural gas (CNG) and clean diesel. This includes joining partners to plant one million trees each year.
Viking Line’s recently announced fullyelectric ferry, Helios, represents one of the most ambitious maritime electrification projects to date, and offers a powerful indicator of how quickly and fundamentally ferry travel is being transformed by battery-electric propulsion.
We are in a celebratory mood this week, as our factory outside Charleston, South Carolina has now started building our new electric flagship SUV — and the first customer deliveries are scheduled for the second half of this year.
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The Volvo EX30 possesses the smallest carbon footprint of any fullyelectric Volvo car to date1. continued] The post Volvo EX30 LCA Shows Lowest Carbon Footprint of Any FullyElectric Volvo Car to Date appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fullyelectric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fullyelectric.
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