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London launches £110M scrappage scheme to prepare for expanded ULEZ

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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launched a £110-million (US$133-million) scrappage scheme to support Londoners on lower incomes, disabled Londoners, charities, sole traders and business with 10 or fewer employees to replace or retrofit their old, polluting vehicles in order to be ULEZ compliant. Earlier post.)

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Electric-powered Classic Mini Conversion that is Light & Kind to the Wallet & Environment launched in UK

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London Electric Cars (LEC) has launched a classic Mini EV conversion that doesn’t cost the earth From £25,000 excluding local taxes, shipping and donor, LEC can electrify any classic Mini Using any customer donor classic Mini LEC offers a basic 20 kWh conversion with a range of 60 – 70 real-world city miles with upgrades […].

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Mercedes Vito All-Electric Taxi Prototype Launches in London

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Eco City Vehicles PLC (ECV), a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, developed by a consortium of companies including ECV’s manufacturing partner Penso, Mercedes Benz UK and Zytek Automotive. million (US$3.9-million)

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses entering service in London; planned fleet of 8

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The first of a planned fleet of eight hydrogen fuel cell buses in London will start operating on 18 December. The vehicles were specifically designed for Transport for London (TfL) using technology developed by ISE, Wrightbus and Ballard. The buses will form the only hydrogen bus fleet in the UK and the largest currently in Europe.

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VivoPower International PLC Announces Binding Letter of Intent for Electric Vehicle Conversion Partnership with Toyota Australia

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The post VivoPower International PLC Announces Binding Letter of Intent for Electric Vehicle Conversion Partnership with Toyota Australia appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Alitalia and Solena to begin study on conversion of municipal solid waste into biojet

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which has already seen Solena Group cooperate with British Airways for the conversion of municipal solid waste of the London metropolitan area into jet fuel for aircraft operating at Heathrow. The agreement between Alitalia and Solena Group is part of the program called Green Sky. Earlier post.).

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Cambridge study of near-term alternative London bus technologies finds lean-burn CNG most costly with greater climate impact than diesel

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Annual GHG emissions relative to BASE Scenario (BASE Scenario = 949 kt CO 2 e on a 100-year GWP basis) for differing London bus fleet technology options. On the basis of CH 4 exhaust emissions factors, the CNGL Scenario results showed that fully 3% of LB-CNG bus fuel combustion (by mass) is incomplete when averaged over all London buses.

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