Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2017

Ford is launching a multi-million pound project designed to help improve air quality in London. Teaming up with our London partners, we will also be able to trial software and telematics with enormous potential to reduce emissions and costs in the city. —Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2023

This includes a plan to purchase more than 3,500 fully electric last-mile delivery vehicles and the electrification of more than 60 terminals across Canada. Purolator expects to add more than 100 all-electric vehicles to its fleet this year and an additional 150 in 2024. Richmond, B.C.; and Québec City.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2023

Hertz has launched a new public-private partnership initiative, Hertz Electrifies, aimed at accelerating the transition to electric vehicles, while creating economic opportunity and environmental benefits for communities. Electric vehicles are poised to transform the future of mobility.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Tootbus describes itself as the world’s first clean energy sightseeing bus company, specializing in hop-on hop-off tours around Europe, including Bath, London, Paris, and Brussels. With such large vehicles in consistent operations, Tootbus has made efforts in recent years to decarbonize its business using cleaner alternatives.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Elektromotive will complete the installation of its 100th Elektrobay charging station in London by the end of next month. Usage has led to increased demand for electric vehicle charging stations, resulting in additional roadside Elektrobays being introduced across London.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Workhorse claims these vehicles provide nearly 400% fuel efficiency improvement as well as optimum energy efficiency, vehicle performance and a better driver experience. Modec fully electric vehicle with a cab forward design used in London.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Aston Martin unveiled a fully electric concept of its Rapide S four-door sports sedan outside Lancaster House in London—the venue for a meeting between Their Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and President of The People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 10, 2022

The luxury car maker wants to transform its entire marketing communication strategy to support Bentley Motors’ fully electric product portfolio. London-based iX will handle Bentley’s brand campaigns, product launches, brand storytelling, and social/digital marketing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The West Midlands consortium, called CABLED—short for Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Demonstrators—is made up of 13 organizations, led by Arup, a company with experience that crosses all areas that touch this project, from vehicle design to planning, to infrastructure and energy. Electricity providers E.ON London South East Bid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2020

This deal will help to deliver Uber’s vision for every car on the app in the capital—around 45,000 drivers—to be fully electric from 2025. Through the Clean Air Plan, drivers will on average save £4,500, depending on the miles they’ve driven, off the cost of switching to an electric car.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2013

Spark Racing Technology was created in 2012 and is focused on the manufacture of the cars that will compete in the FIA Formula E Championship, the world’s first fully electric racing series that begins in 2014.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Mach-E present at the event was outfitted with the typical yellow and blue emergency vehicle design, and Metro Police Forces in London are requesting a unit for evaluation, as it could be added to the fleet. The Mach-E has been added to a fleet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the department there purchased two units for operation.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 25, 2021

If you’re looking at electric cars , environmental impact is probably high on your list of priorities. There are plenty of benefits of making the switch to driving an electric vehicle (EV). The positive impact on our environment is one of the biggest and best, especially if you have a business that runs a fleet of vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Elektromotive, a leading provider of electric vehicle charging facilities, has been selected as one of the UK companies trialing the smart electric drive ( earlier post ). Elektromotive’s smart electric drive. A market trial of 100 fully electric smarts is running exclusively in the UK. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Car clubs have been a growing fashion in the last ten years or so, and now they are starting to go electric too. With the launch of the UK’s first fully electric car club, E-Car Club in London last month, we take a look at the increasing presence of batt[.]. Electric cars The Green Piece' The Green Piece Column.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Ford revealed the production version of the new Transit Custom plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) at IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hannover, Germany. The Transit Custom PHEV targets an all-electric driving range of 50 kilometers (31 miles), and uses the multi-award-winning Ford 1.0-liter

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MAY 23, 2022

Nothing imbues the sweet romantic life like a Fiat breezing through Italy, especially if it’s the New 500 (fully electric). The elegance of the new LEVC electric taxi (as the more utilitarian electric VN5 van) now offers better fleet management through the MyGeotab dash.

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Teslarati

MAY 7, 2021

Volkswagen is claiming that it can profitably sell a self-driving system to owners of its vehicles, and it will sell it for as little as €7 an hour. Since 2018, Volkswagen has been developing its Modular Electric Drive, or MEB, platform for electric vehicles. “How much is the train ticket?

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MAY 12, 2022

.” Along with the 40 newly-ordered Volvo trucks , four Volvo FM electric trucks will be utilized for regional hauling. It was the first fully-electric commercial heavy truck used for urban logistics in the United Kingdom.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2017

and 12m city buses, articulated or bi-articulated buses and other electric vehicles to serve cities. Irizar e-mobility’s first 100% electric, 18m BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) unit is completing durability and reliability testing prior to its distribution to customers, and it will be launched onto the market at the end of this year.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 3, 2012

As Team GB enjoys a gold rush at the Olympics, the official vehicles of the London 2012 Games are about to get smaller. That’s because BMW, the official automotive partner of the 2012 Games, has decided to extend its range of fully electric vehicles participating at the event.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Combining these sales projections with those for PHEVs, FCEVs, LSEVs and fully-electric vehicles, Roskill expects that close to 70% of new passenger sales will have some degree of electrification by 2027. Non-plug-in hybrids, 48V mild hybrids and 12V micro hybrids are expected to account for further sales.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2012

The most eco-friendly cars around will make the trip from Oxford to London as part of the sixth annual Eco-Rally this weekend.

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Drive Electric

JULY 1, 2021

One of the key things when it comes to cost is the savings you can make on the London Congestion Charge. The congestion charging scheme was first introduced in central London in 2003, aiming to reduce the amount of traffic in the capital. And from 25 October 2021, only battery-electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are eligible.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 16, 2021

It almost seems as though London is against us mere motorists. With some great transport links to take advantage of, having a car in London isn’t always necessary or practical. Unless that is, you drive an electric vehicle (EV). Why are EVs best for London? Cheaper to run. Congestion Charge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

Commercial electric vehicle company Arrival is partnering with Uber to develop an affordable, purpose-built electric vehicle (EV) for ride-hailing drivers. Arrival went public in March; the Arrival Car is the realization of the Small Vehicle Platform (SVP) referenced in the company’s Investor Deck.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

Reaction from customers taking part in the UK trial, including the Metropolitan Police, universities, local councils, architects and energy companies, has proved so encouraging that smart’s parent company, Daimler AG, has confirmed that the smart electric drive will go into small series production, with cars coming to the UK in early 2010. .

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2009

The German carmaker, which owns brands including Mercedes Benz, already collaborates with Telsa over an electric version of their smart car model. The two companies have already been working closely to integrate Tesla’s lithium-ion battery packs and charging electronics into the first 1,000 units of Daimler’s electric smart car.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

To ensure they all remain fully charged for their multiple emissions-free runs up the legendary 1.6-mile mile hill-climb, Brighton-based Elektromotive is supplying the event organisers with four Elektrobays, the world’s only electric vehicle charging station in widespread day-to-day use.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Leading provider of electric vehicle recharging bays, Elektromotive, has been selected as one of the UK companies to trial the new electric version of the smart fortwo. The information will be evaluated by smart as it moves towards small series production of the smart electric drive in 2010.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 21, 2021

BYD UK and Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) jointly confirmed today that their electric vehicle partnership, the UK’s leading electric bus producer, will deliver the UK’s largest-ever electric bus order. Deliveries of RATP Dev London’s latest BYD ADL fleet will begin in the summer.

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 7, 2021

BYD and Levo announced their collaboration to integrate Nuvve’s leading vehicle-to-grid technology with a mix of BYD battery electric vehicles (“BEVs”) and plans for the joint deployment of up to 5,000 BEVs over the next five years.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 12, 2021

Even though electric vehicles (EVs) are more popular than ever, there are still several misconceptions that surround them. As the future is firmly electric, it’s about time we put some of these concerns to bed once and for all. Electric vehicles are too expensive. Electric cars take all day to charge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Venturi Automobiles announced a joint venture with award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio to enter a team in the new FIA Formula E Championship—the first fully-electric race series beginning in September 2014.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 10, 2009

Leading electrical retailer Comet today launches a pilot scheme that offers customers free charging for electric vehicles. Comet’s ‘Plug & Go’ is a response to the increasing popularity of electric vehicles in and around London.

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APRIL 17, 2009

Cartoon Welcome > Themes > Hybrid & Electric > Opinion > EV special III Experience the electric future Annick Driessen, MindsinMotion.net Thursday 16 April 2009 Electric cars will soon be booming, claimed Professor Pier Vellinga in the first of our series on the future of electric vehicles on the Dutch roads.

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Drive Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Are electric cars better for the environment? Fully-electric vehicles produce zero emissions and are far more efficient when it comes to using energy. How much are electric cars? The massive growth in demand for electric vehicles has also helped to bring prices down. In a word, yes.

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