Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

At this year’s IAA Transportation in Hanover, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is showcasing a wide range of new applications for the eActros. As a tractor unit for heavy-duty distribution transport, for example, it is available with an electric power take-off solution for hookloaders and skiploaders.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2021

Tesla’s longtime Vice President of Legal and Acting General Counsel, Al Prescott, has joined LiDAR startup Luminar. Prescott has worked for years with autonomous cars, acting as a legal expert for companies planning to enter the sector. The post Tesla loses VP of Legal to LiDAR startup Luminar appeared first on TESLARATI.

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MAY 22, 2023

The Mercedes-AMG One blends Formula 1 drivetrain tech with a futuristic body in a surprising road-legal package. & The Sun reported that the car was being transported in a trailer when the truck’s brakes started a fire. & The Sun reported that the car was being transported in a trailer when the truck’s brakes started a fire.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

FO will support the preparation of a battery pack repair scheme, procedures for vehicle dismantling & teardown battery packages and also will make sustainability assessment with LCA tools. Safe transportation and storage of battery components DHL will be responsible for the safe transportation and storage of packs, modules and cells.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 27, 2023

United Kingdom (UK) Transport Minister Mark Harper noted on Wednesday that legislation surrounding automated vehicles (AVs) is currently making its way through parliament, and he expects there to be a legal framework in place for the emerging technology by the end of next year (via Reuters ). Unsupervised FSD is trending well.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Outside of California, the device has been approved for use by commercial fleet vehicles in Michigan, Arizona, and Texas, and 10 additional U.S. Update 14 Oct.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The Alliance to Save Energy has chartered a national commission of business, government and civil society leaders that will work together to develop a pathway and recommendations to reduce energy use in the US transportation sector by 50% by 2050 while meeting future mobility needs. We’re at a fascinating time in the transportation industry.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

million received from the 2016 Volkswagen settlement to significantly increase the number of electric vehicles and other clean vehicles in the state. Covered vehicles include new buses, trucks, locomotives, ferries, tug boats, and cargo handling equipment, as well as the availability of electric vehicle charging equipment statewide.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2024

Credit: Waymo Still, public acceptance of robotaxi operations remains hit or miss , especially after a driverless ride-hailing vehicle from General Motors (GM) self-driving unit Cruise hit, dragged and pinned a pedestrian in San Francisco in October.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive company to meet the demanding legal requirements of UN-R157 for a Level 3 system for conditionally automated driving. The German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has granted system approval for this on the basis of the technical approval regulation UN-R157 (UN Regulation No.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The goal is to develop a ground-breaking autonomous transport project and transform the future of urban mobility to a sustainable and commercial deployment of AD shuttles and bus services. Closed testing of the shuttle vehicles and buses is expected to begin in 2020 and trials will start as early as 2021.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2022

Newly founded Rheinmetall subsidiary MIRA GmbH is pooling the expertise of multiple Group companies in offer a modular, scalable system of certified hardware and software for teleoperated driving—the remote-control of vehicles on public roads. MIRA enables the physical separation of driver and vehicle through teleoperation.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It appears that Tesla is looking to strengthen its legal team in Sweden, with the company posting a job opening for a government affairs specialist for the Nordic region. Interestingly enough, the electric vehicle maker highlighted that the selected candidate must have significant experience with Nordic legislative and regulatory advocacy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

A new CALSTART brief indicates that California’s climate and energy policies are not only helping to protect the environment and improve air quality, but are also helping to accelerate growth of the clean transportation technology industry (CTTI) in the state. CALSTART President and CEO John Boesel.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2021

Germany’s Federal Council has passed the “Law for the Provision of Comprehensive Fast Charging Infrastructure for Pure Battery Electric Vehicles”, or SchnellLG for short. With the Fast Charging Act, we have now created the legal basis to start the Europe-wide tender and thus the construction of the new locations.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

California’s recent announcement of a new ICE vehicle ban after 2035 is facing more criticism outside the state. California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) recently stated that the sale of new ICE vehicles would be banned after 2035. However, many are now reconsidering this relationship due to the ban on new ICE vehicles.

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JULY 13, 2023

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed a new national program to update the regulations surrounding autonomous vehicles this week. Due to the fact that any autonomous vehicle lacking human controls (e.g. Due to the fact that any autonomous vehicle lacking human controls (e.g.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

The new JV will have rights to sell e1NA’s S-Series product for applications in backup power generation, the M-Series for on-board vehicle hydrogen generation, and the L-Series product for EV charging, hydrogen refueling stations, and distributed power generation. Element 1 L/M-Series Hydrogen Generator.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Eliminating fuel vehicles is an important step in the UK’s carbon reduction route, and 2030 is the deadline for the sale of fuel vehicles in the UK. Chris Pateman-Jones, chief executive of Connected Kerb, said the convenience of charging has become a key consideration for consumers when buying electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2020

Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has approved various retrofit systems to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. Vehicle owners who have their vehicles converted can do so not only contributes to improving air quality, they maintain their mobility in particularly polluted regions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2016

On 14 April, the transport ministers of all 28 EU member states signed the Amsterdam Declaration , laying down agreements on the steps necessary for the development of connected, autonomous driving technology in the EU. The signatories pledge to draw up rules and regulations that will allow autonomous vehicles to be used on the roads.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2013

Policies that improve the energy efficiency of urban transport systems could help save as much as US$70 trillion in spending on vehicles, fuel and transportation infrastructure between now and 2050, according to a recently released report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Source: IEA. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

The scrapping of the policy only pertains to battery-operated vehicles. We will be asking our bike taxi captains to convert (to petrol vehicles) or take necessary measures,” said Pavan Guntupalli , Co-founder of Rapido. We applaud the Karnataka government for taking a significant step towards ride-sharing.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

A report released by the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD highlights. The study, entitled “Pedestrian Safety, Urban Space and Health”, was prepared by a Working Group of transport experts and urban planners from 19 countries and the World Health Organization under the leadership of the ITF.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Yesterday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied to a tweet about headlights — yep, headlights. Paul Kelly shared a photo of new Tesla headlights at the Berlin factory and noted that the lights are fully adaptive on the Berlin-built Model Y. In his second tweet, he shared a video. Elon Musk responded and said something that […].

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

2022 was the most profitable year for fossil fuel companies in history, thanks in large part to the disruption of supplies from Russia.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 9, 2022

Charging isn’t always quick and easy when on road trips. While DC fast charging stations like Tesla’s Superchargers or Electrify America are now easy to find along most interstates and many other roads, there are still rural patches where you’ll need to pick up some juice on Level 2 or even plug your car in […].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2020

Testing of two popular Euro 6d-temp diesels by Ricardo, commissioned by the environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E), has found that the periodic regeneration of diesel particulate filters (DPFs) in the light-duty vehicles can generate spikes of particulate emissions of more than 1,000 times the normal rate.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The company will be managed by Alexander Hitzinger, Senior Vice President for autonomous driving in the Volkswagen Group and Member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management responsible for Technical Development at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV). An SDS development site in China is needed to comply with local legal requirements.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2022

The new joint venture, with Anja van Niersen as appointed CEO, is expected to have a significant role in supporting the European Union’s Green Deal for carbon-neutral freight transportation by 2050. It will be a self-standing legal entity, operating under its own corporate identity and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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MAY 6, 2021

There’s a chance that self-driving vehicles will be allowed on the roads in the UK by the end of this year, the BBC reports. Automated lane-keeping systems (ALKS) would be the first type of hands-free driving that is legalized, said the Department for Transport.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

to create a company focused on the development of next generation smart transportation. Nikola has logged more than $10 billion in pre-order leases to date; its joint venture with European industrial vehicle manufacturer IVECO make it a viable competitor to other OEMs. VectoIQ Acquisition Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Tesla’s acquisition of Solar City, earlier post ) as well as into heavy-duty electric vehicles and urban transport. Electrifying major forms of on-road transport. In addition to consumer vehicles, there are two other types of electric vehicle needed: heavy-duty trucks and high passenger-density urban transport.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2013

Autonomous Vehicle Sales by Region, World Markets: 2015-2035. Individual advanced driver assistance features have been available in the luxury vehicle market for some years, but in 2012, functions such as adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning were offered on standard cars for the first time. Source: Navigant Research.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it will begin taking steps to enable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology for light vehicles as the next generation of auto safety. —US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

Philadelphia’s public media organization WHYY, also the local PBS and NPR station, reports that the regional public transportation authority SEPTA has sidelined its entire fleet of 25 Proterra electric buses since February 2020. million federal grant, that she had doubts about “the future of electric vehicle procurement.”. “I

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2020

They promote competitive sustainability and are necessary for green transport, clean energy and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. From 1 July 2024, only rechargeable industrial and electric vehicles batteries for which a carbon footprint declaration has been established, can be placed on the market.

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