Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2017
ABB will provide two fast-chargers for Scania electric buses in Östersund, Sweden. Östersund was presented with the European Mobility Week Award in 2015 in recognition of the council’s work providing sustainable transport options in the city. This project with Scania and ABB will extend their work in sustainable transport.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Volvo Trucks announced the start of sales of its Volvo FL and Volvo FE electric trucks ( earlier post ) in selected markets within Europe, meeting the increasing demand for sustainable transport solutions in city environments. Sales will start in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2015
Bringing the technology to China this week is part of Volvo Cars’ efforts to demonstrate how self-driving vehicles addresses the global sustainable mobility challenges and contribute to the societal development. Implementing autonomous drive will improve safety, reduce emissions and ease mobility in heavily congested urban environments.
Teslarati
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
As the world transitions to sustainable transportation through electric vehicles (EVs), some are considering ways to reduce EV battery waste. Additionally, the press release notes that Volvo began using Connected Energy’s E-STOR system at its Gothenburg, Sweden facility , which is used to analyze response rates to the electrical grid.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 16, 2017
After two successful years with electric buses on route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the partners in the ElectriCity venture have decided to expand electric bus operations in the city. —Stefan Eglinger, Director of Urban Transport Administration, City of Gothenburg. —Erik Brandsma, Director General, Swedish Energy Agency.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2009
Robert Cervero, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley, shares Dr. Heywood’s view that it will take more than vehicle technology to develop sustainable transportation and believes urban planning needs to play a significant role. Still, Prof. Bandivadekar, A., Heywood, J.,
Drive Electric
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Our submission and inputs relate specifically to accelerating the uptake of e-mobility, but we recognise that decarbonising transport is much wider than that. E-mobility is an important component to a zero emissions transport system, but is still just a component. . There are at least 31 countries and U.S. Japan has a 2035 deadline.
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