Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Thirteen new electric buses have been added to Nottingham’s existing fleet of 45 electric vehicles, turning another two park and ride services into fully zero emission services. These buses are joining the Bilbobus fleet and will operate on several lines. Irizar in Bilbao. The i2e bus has a very low carbon footprint of 8.45

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BYD Sodium Electric Electrical 150

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 24, 2007

Mercedes-Benz has delivered the first of 100 electric Smart ForTwos to fleet customers in the UK. Coventry City Council will be using the electric Smart in its fleet. The energy storage is a sodium nickel chloride battery. Smart Car of America has the most complete report, straight from Daimler, with most of the relevant stats.

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Mercedes Sodium Energy Storage Cars 100

Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. Its sodium oxide value contributions show the worst level of resource efficiency in the entire study.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The electric car features three different battery options, two different Lithium-based (LI) systems – A123Systems and Enerdel as well as a Sodium-Nickel battery Zebra (Mes-Dea). The Renault-Nissan Alliance is building fleet charging stations in Portland and Phoenix. There is significant cause vs. effect debate on CO2.

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Manufacturer Electric Cars Cars i-MiEV 34