article thumbnail

Nanjing, China orders more than 1,000 BYD electric buses and taxis

Green Car Congress

Nanjing, China and Nanjing Public Transportation Group ordered more than 1,000 fully electric transit buses and taxis from BYD Company Ltd. The city will be taking delivery of more than 600 BYD K9 battery-electric Buses, 50 of which were delivered for the city’s Youth Olympic Games in August 2014.

Taxi 239
article thumbnail

Nissan supplies 20 LEAFs to Uber in London for EV trial

Green Car Congress

We are confident this trial will prove a success and that Uber will join scores of taxi and private hire operators across the UK and wider Europe in recognizing the financial and environmental benefits of Nissan’s market-leading electric vehicles.

London 150
article thumbnail

Thriev adding 20 BYD e6 electric cars to London fleet

Green Car Congress

Last month, the Mayor of London announced that from 1 January 2018, all new taxis would have to be zero-emission capable in order to gain an operating licence. Earlier post.).

E6 278
article thumbnail

UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

Green Car Congress

Each of the six vehicle manufacturers—Jaguar/Land Rover, Mitsubishi/Colt, Mercedes Benz/Smart, Tata Motors, LTI and Microcab Industries—are contributing vehicles towards the low carbon scheme, which includes a mix of fully electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell cars. Electricity providers E.ON

Carbon 150
article thumbnail

First public test flight of Airbus electric 2-seat E-Fan aircraft at E-Aircraft Day; precursor to 4-seat extended range version

Green Car Congress

will be a fully electric training aircraft powered only by batteries. Another innovation of the E-Fan is its landing gear, which consists of two electrically-actuated retractable wheels positioned fore and aft under the fuselage, plus two small wheels under the wings. The two-seater version E-Fan 2.0

article thumbnail

EADS demonstrating electric and hybrid aviation propulsion; innovative distributed propulsion series hybrid

Green Car Congress

E-Fan propulsion is provided by two electric motors with a combined power of 60 kW, each driving a ducted, variable pitch fan. The batteries can be recharged in one hour, or they can be rapidly replaced by means of a quick-change system (available on the fully certified version). The length of the aircraft is 6.7

Hybrid 334
article thumbnail

Renault Unveils Four Concept EVs and Quickdrop Battery Switch System; Commits to 100,000 EVs with Better Place

Green Car Congress

It uses electric variable-rate power steering. Photovoltaic cells located on the panoramic roof, dashboard and rear parcel shelf meet part of the car’s energy requirements with a view to complementing the power supplied by the battery. For example, the majority of taxis in and around Paris cover between 140 and 200km a day.

Concept 294