Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2019

Three months since the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) in London, results of a year-long trial in the capital suggest that plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) commercial vehicles could present the most practical, readily available option for businesses trying to meet clean-air targets in cities. million (US$5.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. Despite an appetite for electrification, many fleet operators face challenges. —Scott Phillippi, UPS senior director of automotive maintenance and engineering.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Limited (CATL) have entered a global battery cell modules supply agreement for electric trucks. The heavy-duty Mercedes-Benz eActros with a range of around 200 km is in intensive customer trials as part of an eActros innovation fleet in Germany and Switzerland with the first customer hand over in 2018.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2012

London is making big claims that its Olympic games held this summer will be the greenest yet. To that end, it was announced last year that BMW would be supplying 4,000 of its low-emissions cars to the event, including 200 electric cars. The company has revealed that the first cars in its huge fleet have now been delivered to London.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2014

Annual GHG emissions relative to BASE Scenario (BASE Scenario = 949 kt CO 2 e on a 100-year GWP basis) for differing London bus fleet technology options. For the lean-burn CNG scenario, this meant considering exhaust and pipeline supply leaks. 2% of total fuel supply based on measurements made on EU and UK pipelines.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Britain’s largest electricity distributor, UK Power Networks, has bought three new Peugeot iOns to join its fleet. The electric vehicles (EVs) will be driven in London and Kent by engineers and technical staff working on connections, maintenance, upgrades and Low Carbon London business.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The Olympic Delivery Authority has granted planning permission for a hydrogen refuelling facility to be built in east London—a major milestone in bringing a fleet of five hydrogen fuel cell buses into service. will supply the hydrogen buses, working with fuel cell supplier Ballard and Wrightbus who manufacture the bodywork.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

The new agreement covers the supply of the complete Gyrodrive system, including the GKN Hybrid Power flywheel as well as GKN’s advanced EVO axial flux electric motor ( earlier post ), a GKN-designed and manufactured gearbox, and installation. Fleets Heavy-duty Hybrids' Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Agility, a leading provider of supply chain services, innovation and investment, also became a first-time investor in Volta Trucks. Agility’s Volta investment is part of its broader strategy of investing in supply chain sustainability and resilience.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Previous Series B investor, Agility, a leading provider of supply chain services, innovation, and investment, also joined the capital raise. B-FLEXION, formerly Waypoint Capital, also became investors in the Volta Trucks journey. It will also fund the continued development of the recently confirmed 7.5-

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The vehicle makes its first appearance as Ford prepares 20 PHEV Transits for the 12-month fleet customer trial in London that begins in late 2017. The PHEV also has an increased payload capacity compared to battery-only electric vehicles, and the ability to offer quick and easy recharging from a standard electricity supply.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tootbus, a prominent sightseeing bus company around Europe, has partnered with electric fleet specialist VEV to deliver more sustainable mobility across its entire operations. In 2021, Tootbus converted its fleet to HVO fuel, which reduces CO2 emissions by 90% compared to traditional combustion.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2010

Transport for London (TfL) has issued a £67-million (US$100-million), four-year international tender for up to 1,300 electric or ultra-low carbon vehicles. In May 2009, the Mayor of London published An Electric Vehicle Delivery Plan for London (EVDP) to stimulate the market for Electric Vehicles within the Greater London area (GLA).

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2012

The 2012 Olympic Games might be based in London this year, but the official car sponsor is distinctly German, with BMW supplying all the official games vehicles. Still, Brits can take some solace that a selection of MINIs make up part of the fleet, adding a traditional touch to the games.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2012

UQM powers test-fleet vehicles by Audi in Germany, Rolls-Royce and the London Taxi Company in the UK, and previously, Saab vehicles in Sweden. UQM is also powering Hino electric city buses in Japan and demonstration vehicles for EV Engineering in Australia.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2018

From spring 2019, Ford, supported by the City of Cologne, will operate a fleet of 10 Ford Transit Custom PHEVs with regional companies in the city to investigate the extent to which PHEVs can help to achieve urban air quality goals. Ford recognizes Cologne as a city of strategic importance regarding future mobility.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Using the charge port located within the front bumper, the Transit Custom PHEV can be charged using a domestic 240 volt 10 amp power supply, achieving full charge in five hours, or a commercial 240 volt 16 amp or 32 amp supply, which can bring the pack to full charge in three hours.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Buzz prototype testing; the pre-production fleet is currently touring Europe. These are final test runs under everyday conditions between Barcelona, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Hamburg and Hannover. The battery supplies a 150 kW (201 horsepower) electric motor that is integrated in and drives the rear axle.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Having previously lived in London, where dash cameras were ubiquitous, he was struck by the absence of such technology in Indian vehicles. I had been in London for around 14 years before that. The fleet owners need to standardize something across their entire fleet. There’s always this gap for third-party people.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 26, 2012

With huge, spectacular and immaculately choreographed opening and closing ceremonies to compete with, London has chosen a different tack for its games: Green. That's why the London Olympic organizing committee has teamed up with BMW, the German maker supplying low-emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2016

BOC’s Aberdeen hydrogen production and bus refueling station is part of the Aberdeen Bus Project and fuels Europe’s largest fleet of hydrogen fuel cell buses. ITM Power has plans and funding already under way to deploy eight refueling stations in and around London, having already opened one station in Rotherham.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

Air Products will supply its hydrogen compression, storage and dispensing technology to fuel the bus with hydrogen produced from an electrolyzer provided by Proton OnSite. The station, which will be part of the MTA’s alternative fuels test program, is to be onstream in April 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2012

After a formal evaluation of available technologies performed by Fluor Corporation on behalf of Solena, Oxford Catalysts was selected by Solena as the sole supplier of FT technology for GreenSky London. The leading partner in the project is British Airways, which intends to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet by 2015.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The buses of London may be seen as iconic and historic, but they could soon be sent hurtling into a greener, modern era. The Olympic Delivery Authority has granted planning permission for a hydrogen refuelling facility that would be built in east London as part of a milestone in bringing a fleet of five hydrogen fuel cell buses into service.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Initial members of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network are : Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Delhi, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Sydney. The four vehicle manufacturers are BYD, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), Nissan and Renault.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2017

The joint venture will offer one of the broadest multistage completions portfolios in the market combined with one of the largest hydraulic fracturing fleets in the industry. Weatherford will contribute its leading multistage completions portfolio, cost-effective regional manufacturing capability, and supply chain. billion in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

British Airways has entered a partnership with Velocys to design a series of waste plants that convert household waste into renewable jet fuel to power its fleet. The airline plans to supply its aircraft fleet with increasing amounts of sustainable jet fuel in the next decade. It would be the first plant of this scale.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

London could soon replace California as the electric car capital of the world. Thanks in large part to Mayor "Red Ken" Livingstone, who enacted London's much criticized congestion charge policy in 2003. nk Global views London as a first market when it relaunches the Th!nk India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The fueling station has been supplied and installed by Air Products, which has also recently provided a station to Transport for London to power one of the largest hydrogen-fueled bus fleets in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The Plugless Power system is supplied by Evatran based in Virginia. and San Francisco); the UK (available in London); and China (available in Shanghai). Installation at Hertz’s corporate headquarters will be completed in February 2012.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

ADL will focus initially on the introduction of the low emission technology to bus fleets in London and Oxford but anticipates rapid deployment across the UK in the next few years. It will also be working closely with GKN to develop the technology for international markets.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2020

The fleet of 40kWh Nissan LEAFs, which can travel up to 168 miles on a single charge and are manufactured in Sunderland, will be offered to drivers as part of Uber’s Clean Air Plan. To meet the increasing demand for electric vehicles in the capital, Transport for London has installed more than 1,000 EV charge points in the last year alone.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

Hertz On Demand in Germany will supply electric vehicles to the car share fleet used by IBM employees to drive between Stuttgart Airport and the company’s campus in Ehningen, about 30 km (18.6 and San Francisco); the UK (London); and China (Shenzhen). miles) away. available to the public in New York, Washington, D.C.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 25, 2021

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. Here we look at how and why EVs can play a major role in your company fleet. Electric fleet pioneers. There are many examples of companies going electric with their fleets. In short, yes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2013

Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell models ( earlier post ) are joining the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LNHE) project. These fuel cell vehicles will be leased to key public and private fleet users in the capital. The ix35 Fuel Cell. Click to enlarge. Under the hood. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Alitalia aircraft fleet, thus ensuring the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and provide a stable supply of fuel. which has already seen Solena Group cooperate with British Airways for the conversion of municipal solid waste of the London metropolitan area into jet fuel for aircraft operating at Heathrow. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2010

Later this week, the UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership will host the inaugural LowCVP Low Carbon Champion Awards, recognizing best recognize best practice in vehicle manufacturers, fuel suppliers, fleet operators and developers of products and services that reduce greenhouse gases from the road transport sector. Innovation Award.

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