Financing, Fleet, Taxi and Transportation

Mobility services infrastructure company Via closes Series E round; valued at $2.25B

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

Via , a company that provides digital infrastructure to power public mobility in cities around the world ( earlier post ), has raised a Series E financing led by EXOR. The financing values the company at $2.25 billion and will enable Via to advance its vision of efficient, accessible, and equitable public mobility.

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Axis Bank extends Rs 1 billion loan to Everest Fleet for EVs | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

Axis Bank has extended a loan of Rs 1 billion to Everest Fleet to empower them to purchase electric vehicles to be deployed as green taxis in India. Through this blended finance transaction, we have supported a service model and mobilised development capital.” The loan is for four years.

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Fleet India Financing Climate Change

Geely raises $400M via Green Bonds sale to develop and produce TX5 range-extended electric London taxis

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2016

LTC is also working on several zero-emission model concepts, including light commercial vehicles as part of ZGH’s plans to significantly raise production at LTC and position it as a leading manufacturer of green and environmentally friendly transportation. million (US$25.4 million (US$67.5-million) Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Ltd.

London

London Taxi Green Range

MEG expanding heavy-duty electric truck efforts; succsessful testing of mine vehicle

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

The diesel-powered truck is the backbone of heavy commerce, and despite regulations to reduce emissions in Europe, North America, and Japan since the mid-2000s, it has continued to be a significant contributor to fossil fuel emissions in the transportation sector.

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German government awarding €50M in subsidies to 31 projects for municipal electromobility; issues fourth funding call

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JULY 2, 2018

Andreas Scheuer, German Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, announced the award of around €50 million (US$58 million) in funding for 31 municipal electric mobility projects under the “Clean Air 2017-2020 emergency program”. As part of the fourth funding call “electromobility”, municipal vehicle fleets—e.g.,

2017

2017 Taxi 2020 Concept

India’s electric four-wheeler ride-hailing fleet incentives

Electric Vehicles India

MAY 6, 2021

India’s electric four-wheeler ride-hailing fleet incentives. The ride-hailing segment has witnessed much faster growth than any other transport modes in many cities in India. Let us look in detail at India’s electric four-wheeler incentives for ride-hailing fleets. . billion, $52.5 billion) by 2024. to €115, $13.8

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Fleet India Suzuki Tax

The Kiwi business journey to Carbon Zero

Drive Electric

MARCH 29, 2022

By combining flexibility and experience with industry-leading technology, Fleet Partners offers innovative, cost-effective, tailored solutions designed to meet the needs of every business. Businesses big and small will play a vital role in reducing New Zealand’s carbon emissions through the transition to more sustainable transport.

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Carbon Fleet CO2 Emissions

UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

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JULY 26, 2017

Among the many policy and funding details in the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations , produced by Defra and the Department for Transport is the cessation of the sale of all new conventional gasoline and diesel cars by 2040. —Transport Secretary Chris Grayling. 100M – National road network.

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World Bank/PRTM study finds global value chain shift resulting from vehicle electrification could favor China from technology and supply chain perspectives

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APRIL 20, 2011

A newly released report financed by the World Bank and prepared by consultancy PRTM analyzes China’s New Energy Vehicles Program, as well as the Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles Program, in the context of these megatrends and concludes that the overall value chain shift could favor China from both a technological and supply chain perspective.

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VW Group strategy calls for >30 new BEVs by 2025 with annual EV sales of 2-3M units; mobility services

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2016

We will need 150 gigawatt hours of battery capacity by 2025 for our own e-fleet alone— which would make for a massive procurement volume. Other services such as robo-taxis, carsharing and transport on-demand will then be grouped around this nucleus. After all, battery technology is the key to e-mobility. Earlier post.).

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Sale Future Batteries Battery

24.4 million customers use Daimler’s mobility services

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AUGUST 30, 2018

With car2go, moovel, mytaxi/Intelligent Apps (mytaxi, beat, Clever Taxi and Chauffeur Privé), the mobility portfolio in the segment of Daimler Financial Services counted 24.4 With its MaaS platform, the moovel Group allows cities and transport companies to integrate various mobility providers in a single app. car2go had 3.3

Google

Google Taxi 2019 Portland

OC&C survey finds US consumers lag behind major industrialized countries in embracing electric/hybrid vehicles

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Car-sharing, short-term renting and taxis are largely unappealing to consumers in most Western countries because they want a vehicle “when and where they need it” and “it’s too much of a hassle to pick up a vehicle.”. Nearly 70% of Americans (and Europeans) would not trust an autonomous vehicle.

Industrial

Industrial Industry Hybrid Vehicles

Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand, a key part of decarbonising transport. . Drive Electric has advocated for a comprehensive plan to decarbonise transport for the past two years. Transport .

New Zealand

New Zealand Emissions Petrol Electric

FedEx and VW EV Plans, Second GM Battery Factory – EV Week in Review: Mar 2 – Mar 8

EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

This past week was a whirlwind of EV news and developments from FedEx’s plans to electrify its fleet by 2040, VW saying it expects 50% of its US sales to be from EVs, to GM’s likely plans to build a second battery factory with LG Chem, and much more … Automaker/EV Models. VW expects half of U.S. – March 5, via CNBC.

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Mobility services infrastructure company Via closes Series E round; valued at $2.25B

Axis Bank extends Rs 1 billion loan to Everest Fleet for EVs | Autocar Professional

Geely raises $400M via Green Bonds sale to develop and produce TX5 range-extended electric London taxis

MEG expanding heavy-duty electric truck efforts; succsessful testing of mine vehicle

German government awarding €50M in subsidies to 31 projects for municipal electromobility; issues fourth funding call

India’s electric four-wheeler ride-hailing fleet incentives

The Kiwi business journey to Carbon Zero

UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

World Bank/PRTM study finds global value chain shift resulting from vehicle electrification could favor China from technology and supply chain perspectives

VW Group strategy calls for >30 new BEVs by 2025 with annual EV sales of 2-3M units; mobility services

24.4 million customers use Daimler’s mobility services

OC&C survey finds US consumers lag behind major industrialized countries in embracing electric/hybrid vehicles

Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

FedEx and VW EV Plans, Second GM Battery Factory – EV Week in Review: Mar 2 – Mar 8

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