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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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Mitsubishi Fuso to deliver 20 eCanter trucks to Australia Post

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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation will deliver 20 units of the all-electric eCanter truck to the Australia Post fleet. The organization has the largest electric fleet in the country, with more than 3,000 electric delivery vehicles. Australia Post is a government business enterprise providing postal services in Australia.

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1-year customer field trials of FUSO electric Canter in Portugal show 64% lower costs, 37% reduction in CO2 given local power mix

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Daimler has concluded customer field trials with eight pre-production Fuso Canter E-Cell electric trucks ( earlier post ) in Portugal. All eight vehicles travelled the roads of Portugal and were permanently monitored and analyzed during the one-year field trial. The Canter E-Cell trucks were equipped with platforms and box bodies.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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Diesel vehicles continue to make up the vast majority of the new van fleet, constituting 94% of registrations in 2019. The latter having, however, a smaller effect on the overall average mass of the vans fleet due to their low number of registrations if compared to diesel-fueled vans. g CO 2 /km), Portugal (138.1 g CO 2 /km.

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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% Diesel vehicles continue to make up the vast majority of the new van fleet, constituting 94.7% As in recent years, average emissions were lowest in Portugal (133.7 g CO 2 /km.

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

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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 %). The biggest decrease of diesel cars was registered in Greece and Luxemburg (- 19 and – 17 percentage points).

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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Thus, in 2013 the European Union fleet already collectively met its legal target for 2015. There were 24,000 electric vehicles registered in 2013, which is a small fraction of the fleet but which represents a 71 % increase on 2012 numbers. Around 31,000 plug-in hybrid cars were registered in 2013.

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