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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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SEAT expands the fleet of duo trailers and giga trailers to promote more sustainable logistics

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The company pioneered the use of both trucks in Spain, in the framework of its firm commitment to sustainable road transport. This truck delivers a 22% savings in logistics costs and lowers CO2 emissions by 14%. It expects to open new routes with both trucks in order to take a leap forward in the use of this form of transport.

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

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Compared with 2018, more vans were registered in Lithuania (+25.2%), Greece (+13.7%), Luxembourg (+7.9%) and Germany (+6.6%) while registrations dropped in Iceland (-40.4%), Bulgaria (-35.3%), Malta (-17.2%) and Spain (-17.0%). One of the factors affecting the emission increase of 0.5 in 2018 to 1.3% in 2018 to 1.3% g CO 2 /km. g CO 2 /km.

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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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Electric bus wins: BYD in Nottingham, Irizar in Bilbao

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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. The city of Bilbao, Spain is adding two new electric Irizar i2e buses. These buses are joining the Bilbobus fleet and will operate on several lines.

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AMITRAN project developing CO2 assessment methodology for intelligent transport systems

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Seven organisations are cooperating as part of AMITRAN’s consortium: TNO (coordinator, the Netherlands); PTV – Planung Transport Verkehr (Germany); ERTICO – ITS Europe (Belgium); TECNALIA (Spain); DLR – Germany National Research Center for Aeronautics and Space (Germany); ECORYS (the Netherlands); and TEAMNET (Romania).