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Toyota joins London Hydrogen Partnership

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Over the last few years the LHP has initiated more than £50 million (US$76 million) worth of hydrogen projects, including attracting and rolling-out new hydrogen buses, taxis, scooters, refueling stations, materials handling vehicles and fuel cell Combined Heat and Power units to London.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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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.

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UC Davis, ITDP report finds shared mobility essential for realizing full benefits of electrification and automation

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In contrast, by encouraging a large increase in trip sharing, transit use, and active transport through policies that support compact, mixed use development, cities worldwide could save an estimated $5 trillion annually by 2050 while improving livability and increasing the likelihood of meeting climate change targets. —Fulton et al.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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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. . This link shows details of all such schemes in Europe.

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Better Place Secures $350M Series B Round led by HSBC Group

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We are continuing at a fast and steady pace, and this major company milestone puts us in an unparalleled position to deliver a sustainable transportation system in our initial target markets and beyond.”

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