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UN Sustainable Transport Conference calls for accelerated action to achieve net-zero emissions

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The Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded with a call to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable transport that would result in major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and in improving the lives of millions of people. Progress is insufficient. However, challenges remain.

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France launches new climate plan; Euro 7 lead; targeting ending the sale of vehicles emitting GHGs by 2040

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Nicolas Hulot, France’s new minister responsible for environment and energy, presented the country’s new climate plan at a press conference at the Ministry. The plan at this current level of detail does not specify whether or not that is tailpipe emissions or full lifecycle emissions, factoring in upstream for electric vehicles.)

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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GtCO 2 /year (heavy-duty vehicles) and by 2.0 GtCO 2 /year (light duty vehicles) by 2030. A shift to more electric vehicles is also included. Estimates put the electric-drive share of new vehicle sales at between 7 - 10% by 2030. Fuel efficiency measures could potentially reduce emissions by 0.88

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Electric vehicle driver associations from 28 countries call for all new cars to have a plug by 2030

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Representatives of Electric Vehicle Drivers’ Associations from a range of European countries are heading to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference to support the call for much faster transport decarbonization globally fuelled by renewable energy. “A Promote the voice of EV driver associations globally working with GEVA.

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GFEI report concludes 50% improvement in average fuel economy of entire global light duty fleet by 2050 is achievable; importance of the regulatory and fiscal environments

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A new vehicle fleet average fuel economy level of 4 L/100km by 2030, or something close to it, may be a useful target for most countries to aim at. In some countries it may be necessary to augment the incremental technology improvements described elsewhere in this paper, with widespread use of electric vehicles to reach these targets.

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Press Release: Full-electric Volta Zero embarks on UK customer roadshow

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The electric truck ranges 150 – 200 km (95-125 miles), the Volta Zero will eliminate an estimated 1.2M The Volta Zero will be presented at fully charged OUTSIDE, the leading festival of electric vehicles and clean energy. The full-electric Volta Zero will be displayed within the Commercial Vehicle Zone on 3-5 September.

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Nissan and Enel to launch major V2G trial in the UK; LEAF and e-NV200

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By giving Nissan electric vehicle owners the ability to plug their vehicles into the V2G system, owners will have the flexibility and power to sell stored energy from their vehicle battery back to the National Grid. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) A trial comprising 40 V2G units began in Denmark in January 2016.

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