Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2023

Rio Tinto has committed $150 million to create a Center for Future Materials led by Imperial College London to find innovative ways to provide the materials the world needs for the energy transition.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 12, 2009

London belongs to one of the largest cities in the world. London's undergrounds is one of the most developed in the world but also one of the oldest in the world counting over a 100 years. These were on the streets of London for the past 10 years however they were running only on the pedal power.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Transport for London is in the first group of UK customers for the Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle, together with private car service Greentomatocars and hydrogen energy system manufacturer ITM Power. It is fantastic that London will benefit from these new state-of-the-art hydrogen vehicles. —Boris Johnson.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2019

Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) developed a model to determine the lifetime costs (i.e., The authors received funding from the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. 2018.12.008.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2023

Tests conducted by Titirici Group , a multidisciplinary research team based at Imperial College London, have found that a novel carbon nanotube electrode material derived from CO 2 —produced by Estonian nanotech company UP Catalyst ( earlier post )—enhances the cyclability of sodium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2023

This study will measure concentrations of non-tailpipe (NTP) particulate matter across Toronto, Canada to determine how much non-tailpipe pollution people might breathe in everyday life and how to better measure these exposures in the future. and PM 10 , including of NTP and TP emissions, at key selected London trial sites.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

A new study by an expert working group at the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering examines a wide range of possibilities for future, lower-emitting and cost-effective ship powering options. It means that the industry must prepare for the new future and investigate alternative, more economic ship propulsion systems.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 11, 2025

MIT ] CubiX is a wire-driven robot that connects to the environment through wires, with drones used to establish these connections. University College London ] Heres a bit more footage from RIVR on their home delivery robot. EngineAI ] Robots are at the heart of sci-fi, visions of the future, but what if that future is now?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2011

The aim of the project, funded by the German Federal Environment Ministry (BMU), is to optimize the charging strategy to the use of wind energy for the MINI E to achieve the best possible. Also, the final reports of the consortium partners of the firs MINI E Berlin project were presented to the Federal Environment Ministry official.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

Brighton & Hove operates a fleet of approximately 280 modern buses in and around the city of Brighton & Hove which, according to recent Department for Transport statistics, boasts the country’s highest—and consistently growing—number of bus journeys per head of population outside London.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Public transport, cycling and walking: Making cycling and walking more attractive ways to travel and investing in zero-emission public transport of the future. Nature: Protecting and restoring the natural environment, planting 30,000 hectares of trees every year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It found that if crop locations are held constant in the future, total agriculture profits for the six crops will drop by 31%. The extent of these regional changes in agricultural productivity and how they influence future cropping decisions is a central question for the risks of climate change for agriculture and food security.

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MARCH 2, 2009

The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future, which will have its world premiere in London on March 15th 2009 and then be released in UK cinemas on March 20th 2009, followed by other countries. The Greenius says, it’s never too late to wise up.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2014

In the Douglas-Westwood Monday note , Andy Jenkins from the energy research group’s London office observes that the decline in oil prices may impact deepwater production and in particular a key future enabler: subsea processing (SSP). Cost reduction will be required for the further implementation of SSP solutions.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2025

Although the use of robotics is widespread in logistics, few solutions offer the capability to efficiently transport payloads both in controlled and unstructured environments. Four-legged robots are ideal for navigating any environment a human can, yet few have the features to autonomously move payloads. This is where LEVA shines.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2019

During this collaboration, both companies will investigate product development for the future of aircraft electrification. This strategic collaboration builds on our two decades of heritage as we develop and certify controls and energy management systems for the future of flight.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

The group will then use this experience to develop standard tests for assessing the effectiveness of any future battery fire prevention mechanisms, thus assisting the next generation of work on this vital issue. Two HESS will be built—one for lab tests in a controlled environment and one for tests in an Aston Martin vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

However, wind and solar generation is location specific, and it is not as simple as transmitting wind power from Scotland to power homes in London. But, if you look a specific areas in the UK, take London, the daily wind power output could be far lower, and therefore the need will not be 3-4 times, but far greater. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The demonstration machine is to designed to demonstrate General Fusion’s Magnetized Target Fusion technology, creating fusion conditions in a power-plant-relevant environment. General Fusion is based in Vancouver, Canada, with locations in London, UK, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 7, 2025

Tech United ] Autonomous manipulation in everyday tasks requires flexible action generation to handle complex, diverse real-world environments, such as objects with varying hardness and softness. Tech United Eindhoven is working on quadrupedal soccer robots, which should be fun. ReachBot ]

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

The data were collected from the royal research ship RRS James Clark Ross, as part of the Natural Environment Research Council’s International Polar Year Initiative. The bubble plumes were detected using sonar and then sampled with a water-bottle sampling system over a range of depths.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 4, 2025

are partnering to define the future of human-robot collaboration. Suzumori Endo Lab ] No matter the vehicle, traditional control systems struggle when unexpected challengeslike damage, unforeseen environments, or new missionspush them beyond their design limits. Please send us your events for inclusion. DHL and Robust.AI

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Daimler AG selected its plant in Hambach, France as the location of future large-scale series production of the smart fortwo electric drive. The smart fortwo electric drive proves that emission-free driving in an urban environment is already feasible today. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Less than 1% of the vehicles registered every year in the UK are electric and most of these are currently used in London. Today’s launch is a landmark occasion for the UK automotive industry, and this project will begin to examine the points where the vehicles meet the built environment—energy generation, battery charging and driver behavior.

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MARCH 18, 2009

The current generation NiMH PHEV prototype in London. This project has received financial support via the Research Fund managed by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency ADEME, following a call for projects on low-emitting vehicles. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

That Climate Assessment calls for people to act boldly and immediately by responding to impacts already hitting us and by mitigating future catastrophic impacts in order “ to avoid substantial damages to the U.S. economy, environment, and human health and well-being over the coming decades.”. And that list is growing.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Oxbotica has already started work on addressing this challenge with on-road trials taking place in Stratford, East London last September. In fact, our software has been designed to operate not dependent on any infrastructure, so it can understand the vehicle's environment in infinite detail. —Ozgur Tohumcu, CEO at Oxbotica.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As a shareholder, we firmly believe that combining the services into three pillars will strengthen the joint ventures’ impact and focus in a highly competitive, fast-growing environment. In the future, the focus will be on cities that promise long-term profitable growth.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

In addition to its five German locations (Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf and Cologne), DriveNow services are also available in London, Vienna, Copenhagen, Stockholm and—as of this month—in Brussels. In Germany, DriveNow records an average of over half a million journeys every month.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

million) UK-CITE (UK Connected Intelligent Transport Environment) project will create the first test route capable of testing both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure systems on public roads in the UK. The project will also help develop future insurance policies for automated vehicles. million (US$7.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The study, which is also testing Ford PHEVs on the streets of London and Valencia, Spain, aims to better analyse and show the real-world benefits of such vehicles for the environment and for commercial vehicle owners and operators. Ford is extending its European plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) trial to Cologne.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

The 2015-16 Sustainability Report highlights key environmental benchmarks and the ongoing work of the automaker, including its expanded focus beyond vehicle production to developing mobility solutions for the future. Earlier post.). Ford is collaborating with startups and tech companies to design and build mobility services.

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JUNE 24, 2009

The information gained from this project will contribute to the future plans of manufacturers and their partners to develop low carbon vehicles for the mass market. London South East Bid. Individuals can apply to participate in these research trials across the London South East and West Midlands regions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Well established European cities come top of the overall rankings, with Frankfurt in first place, followed by London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. A sustainable city should meet the needs of the present without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

in Greater London, 65% in Hong Kong, and 61% in Tokyo in terms of share of public transport among auto mobility. in Greater London, 65% in Hong Kong, and 61% in Tokyo in terms of share of public transport among auto mobility. The low-carbon development of urban passenger transport will increase the cost.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

FordPass also will allow Ford owners with SYNC Connect technology to remotely start, lock and unlock, and locate their vehicle—capabilities that will play a role in future mobility services. In the future, customers will be able to access both car-sharing and ride-sharing services via FordPass. From experimentation to implementation.

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JULY 31, 2023

At the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics at Automation (ICRA) in London this past May, Raibert gave a keynote talk that discussed some of his specific goals, with an emphasis on developing practical, helpful capabilities in robots. He now leads the Boston Dynamics AI Institute. Why is that?

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