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Zipcar to expand Zipvan cargo van service across North America

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Zipcar is launching the Zipvan service in Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon today, and will roll out the service to its remaining metro markets in North America over the next 12 months. Zipvan started in London and today accounts for more than 10% of Zipcar’s UK operation. Car-sharing network Zipcar, Inc.

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Daimler developing battery-electric version of Econic HD truck; customer testing in 2021, series production in 2022

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Natural gas version of the Mercedes-Benz Econic (Econic NGT) being put through its paces by AWS Abfallwirtschaft Stuttgart. More than 140 FUSO eCanter light-duty trucks are already in use with customer in cities worldwide, including New York City, Tokyo, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon.

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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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They have a long way to go before reaching numbers capable of making a significant contribution to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. London for its part encourages EV adoption by waiving its congestion charge. Still, the IEA noted, electric vehicles only made up 0.2%

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Pacific Gas & Electric/Bay Area Air Quality Management District, "Sparky," by EnergyCS, July 2006 (San Francisco County, CA) Contact sxtg@. by Amberjac/EnergyCS, March 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk San Diego Gas & Electric , Prius by Green Gears (San Diego, CA) July, 2007. Jim Tech Ltd.

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