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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

Green Car Congress

According to the provisional data, the average CO 2 emissions of a new car sold in the EU rose by 0.4 Since 2010, when monitoring started under current EU legislation, official emissions have decreased by 22 g CO 2 /km (16 %). According to the EEA: For 17 EU Member States the average CO 2 emissions were higher than in 2016.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO 2 emissions have stalled for the third year in a row. Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions.

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DB Schenker expands its electric fleet with 36 new FUSO eCanter vehicles

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We are very happy to take our partnership with DB Schenker to the next level with these 36 locally emission-free FUSO eCanter trucks. This announcement represents the biggest eCanter fleet deal to date and I would like to thank DB Schenker for their continued trust in FUSO on our shared mission towards CO2-neutral transportation.

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BMW i and Good Energy partner on green electricity supply in UK

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This partnership includes the provision of 100per cent green electricity to households of BMW customers throughout the UK (with the exception of Northern Ireland).This The partnership with Good Energy helps to displace CO2 emissions from ‘power plants to tailpipe and fulfill the BMW objective of providing truly low carbon driving.

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myenergi lands £30m investment from Energy Impact Partners to drive growth and internationalisation

My Energi

Transportation is responsible for nearly a quarter of the global energy related CO2 and road transport makes up the lion’s share of it. EIP targets the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions,” Moosa said. “We

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Volvo becomes first OEM to qualify four models for UK plug-in grant

Baua Electric

We ended last year with more than 250 electric truck orders secured for the UK and Irish markets. With the (PIVG) now extended to include the FH and FM Electric, there’s an extra incentive for UK fleets to begin the transition.

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ERTOC: optimizing CO2 of shipments down to an individual consignment level

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Javed Akhtar, John Bailey, David Weatherby, Siraj Ahmed Shaikh, David Ireland, Daniel Payne, Luke Antins and Dave Barker (2012) Efficient and Reliable Transportation of Consignments (ERTOC). —Rishi Odhavji, Ricardo project manager for ERTOC. International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) doi: 10.4018/jal.2012040104. 2012040104.

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