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London study suggests PHEV vans a practical, accessible solution for cleaner air in European cities

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We also know that businesses still have legitimate concerns about the range of fully-electric vehicles, as well as their cost-effectiveness and reliability. Ford recently announced that a new all-electric Ford Transit will join the company’s European line-up of electrified commercial vehicles in 2021.

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Volvo Trucks to demonstrate Volvo VNR electric trucks in California in 2019; commercialize in NA in 2020

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Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric Volvo VNR regional-haul demonstrators in California next year, operating in distribution, regional-haul and drayage operations. Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020.

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Fleet EV Charging Made Easy: EVUp's Partnership with "I'm in the Right" - Not At Fault Car Rental

EVolution

This software allows management to monitor charging patterns, energy consumption, and cost allocation, ensuring optimal fleet management. Transitioning to Fully Electric Fleets "I'm in the Right" charged EVUp with converting all their offices around Australia to support fully electric staff fleets.

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Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

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Will Scargill, Managing Energy Analyst at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, commented on achieving the targets: Achieving major reductions in carbon emissions in this decade requires rapid gains and the best way to achieve that will be through electrification. Speeding up this shift will be vital to meeting climate targets.

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Europe’s sightseeing buses are graduating from vegetable oil fuel to electric and solar power

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Tootbus describes itself as the world’s first clean energy sightseeing bus company, specializing in hop-on hop-off tours around Europe, including Bath, London, Paris, and Brussels. With such large vehicles in consistent operations, Tootbus has made efforts in recent years to decarbonize its business using cleaner alternatives.

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Tritium, Miller providing fast chargers and light-duty EVs for mining industry

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Miller Technology provided BMA with their all-new, fully electric light-duty vehicle, the Relay. It uses an exceptionally efficient and robustly-tested rechargeable energy storage system (RESS). The Relay, designed entirely in-house, can carry a two-ton payload and delivers 1,550 N·m of torque.

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Volvo Buses and Singapore University NTU demo world’s first full size autonomous electric bus

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The fully autonomous electric bus provides a quiet operation with zero emissions. It requires 80% less energy than an equivalent-sized diesel bus. This is Volvo’s first autonomous fully electric bus in public transportation.

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