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

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Europe’s leading land transport provider is thus strengthening its sustainability strategy and further expanding the use of electric vehicles in its mixed fleets. With these latest vehicles, DB Schenker will become FUSO’s largest electric fleet customer with a total of 41 eCanter vehicles in daily operations.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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Manufacturers will have to reduce emissions of their fleet significantly to meet the upcoming 2020 and 2021 targets. of the new vans fleet (2.4% Higher sales in Poland (+46%), Croatia (+28%) and Hungary (+21%) were accompanied by lower sales in Italy (-6%) and Spain (-5%). grams of CO 2 per kilometer. g CO 2 /km. In 2018, 1.66

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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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The report, which this year for the first time includes an online, interactive country data browser, reviews developments in fuel economy and highlights the changes which have shaped the modern global fleet of light-duty vehicles (LDVs) over a 12-year period. and 9 L ge /100 km, while the best (France and Italy) fell to between 5.2

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

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Compared to 2016, the registrations of diesel cars decreased in all EU Member States except in Italy (+0.6 The countries with the highest proportions of diesel sales included Ireland (65 %) and Portugal (61 %), Italy (56 %). However the share of these categories in the new fleet remains low (1.5 %). percentage point).

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Iveco to deliver first 50 Stralis LNG Euro VI vehicles to LC3

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The Euro VI-compliant vehicles will be used by LC3, a company specializing in temperature-controlled transport and container trucks that has continuously strived to equip its fleet with alternative technological solutions capable of reducing the vehicles’ environmental impact. Lastly, the gas Iveco is about 5 decibels more quiet than diesel.

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FedEx Express and Nissan to begin testing e-NV200 battery-electric van in DC

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FedEx Express and Nissan have conducted similar e-NV200 tests with fleets in Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Brazil. It emits no carbon dioxide, compared to approximately 140 g of CO2/km emitted by gas-powered engines in a similar vehicle. FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., million liters (634,000 gallons US) of fuel.

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Lamborghini outlines massive $1.8 billion plan to shift to electrification

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Known as “Direzione Cour Tauri,” or “Towards Cor Tauri,” the roadmap shows how the Italian automaker plans to begin electrifying its fleet by utilizing its carbon-neutral site at Sant’Agata Bolognese in Northern Italy. Credit: Lamborghini. It will announce two new V12 models later this year.