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EC Publishes 6 Calls for Proposals for Transport Research within the Seventh Framework Program; €63M for European Green Cars Initiative and Electromobility

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Within that, projects for the European Green Cars Inititative are to receive an indicative (i.e., million) for the European Green Cars Initiative topics, and the remaining €12 million for the rest of the topics. Specific topics outside of the Green Cars Initiative are: AAT.2010.7-17. assessments.

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Tackle emissions from diesel cars, EU ministers told

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Emissions from diesel vehicles must be cut as part of Europe’s efforts to tackle air pollution, EU environment minister Janez Potocnik told a Brussels conference this week.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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The conference was sold out; it was also essentially a PowerPoint-free zone; the basic format relied heavily on brief introductory remarks from sets of speakers representing the diverse stakeholders, followed by questions from attendees. Utilities, some of them will do more of that than others. —Jon Lauckner. —Dan Ford.

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Smart charging to boost Nissan LEAF development

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The Plug-In 2009 Conference and Exposition in Long Beach, California, was marked with an announcement by GridPoint, a provider of smart grid software, that it will provide its latest generation electric vehicle management software to support the deployment of the Nissan LEAF.

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Going green gets easier for van drivers

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The Transport Secretary, speaking at the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership’s annual conference, believes that the database is good news for van buyers. Tags: Green cars Latest news Andrew Adonis Business Link green van database green vans.

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UN calls for us to travel together for Rio+ 20 summit

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As the Rio+20 conference gets underway, the United Nations announce the launch of a new travel initiative as part of its new GreenUp campaign, which launches today. The ‘Let’s Travel Together’ initiative hopes to change the behaviour of travellers and commuters by encouraging car sharing and the use of public transport.

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Vans face 175g/km CO2 cap

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Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: “This legislation is another important step for the EU in combating climate change and reaffirms the EU’s commitment and leadership ahead of the Copenhagen conference. Vanmakers would pay a penalty for every gram of CO2 over the limit.

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