Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) is launching the VN5, its new electric light commercial van. VN5 also benefits from a driver-oriented cabin shared with TX, featuring an ergonomic, relaxed and stress-free workspace tried and tested on the streets of London by thousands of cabbies. Six option packs are available.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2016

China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers from London South Bank University (LSBU), School of the Built Environment and Architecture, are investigating the use of metal hydrides to absorb, release and store hydrogen for fuel cell buses. The impact of carbon materials on the hydrogen storage properties of light metal hydrides.” Adelhelm, Philipp & Jongh, Petra.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2010

The Mayor of London, Barclays and Transport for London (TfL) launched the first two Barclays Cycle Superhighways, which aim to help significantly increase the number of Londoners choosing pedal power for their daily commute. —The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Section of a Cycle Superhighway. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Traffic lights for cyclists could soon be trialled in London in a bid to cut the number of cyclists being killed on Britain’s roads. Transport for London is expected to test out the lights in the coming months which could be rolled out to other busy cities if found to improve road safety for cyclists, [.].

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This one was in London''s Westfield Mall, built along the lines of high-end U.S. According to our man on the scene, the lighting was challenging, the acoustics were terrible, and only.' Last Thursday evening, Tesla opened another retail location in its push to expand electric-car sales outside the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds. The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds.

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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. four-wheel light-duty vehicles), with maximum operating CO 2 emissions of 75 g/km. The bulk of the purchase (70%) is anticipated to go to European Vehicle Category M1 (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2010

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and London’s Transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy, unveiled the final design of the New Bus for London, based on the iconic double-decker Routemaster. Earlier post.) A glass ‘swoop’ at the rear and offside pick out the two staircases and provide a dramatic visual effect.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 24, 2023

LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) has announced an enhancement for its TX taxi and VN5 light van, with both vehicles benefitting from a larger and more efficient battery.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

The halfway stage has been reached in the three-year fleet trial of the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid in the London area. Since August 2008, ten light-duty trucks equipped with hybrid drive systems have clocked around 265,000 km (164,663 miles) in eight fleets operated by customers. Fumio Akikawa, head of the Global Hybrid Center.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Overall winner of the second annual Brighton to London RAC (Royal Automotive Club) Future Car Challenge on 5 November was former Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray and his T.27 The event was organized in three different entrants classes and seven vehicle categories—from small passenger classes to light commercial vehicles.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 12, 2009

London belongs to one of the largest cities in the world. London's undergrounds is one of the most developed in the world but also one of the oldest in the world counting over a 100 years. These were on the streets of London for the past 10 years however they were running only on the pedal power.

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Innovation News Network

AUGUST 10, 2022

explains more about the company’s plans to develop hydrogen-powered vehicles for the light commercial market. Based in Vancouver, Canada, and in London, UK, First Hydrogen Corp. Steve Gill, CEO of First Hydrogen Automotive.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

—Janelle London, co-author of the report. Collectively, gasoline superusers burn nearly one-third of all gasoline consumed in the US by light-duty vehicles. Among the findings of the report: Drivers are highly unequal in their gasoline consumption.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

VIA Motors develops and markets extended-range electric (eREV) and all-electric (EV) powertrain systems for most vehicle classes from light-duty through Class 8. Zhejiang Geely Commercial Vehicle (GCV) has two sub brands; the London Electric Vehicle Company and Yuan Cheng Auto. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Current customers of Ashwoods’ Hybrid Transit vans include Riverford Organics, the Environment Agency, Transport for London and the Borders Agency, plus the councils of Camden, Coventry, Gateshead, Hackney, Islington, Leeds and Liverpool. The Ashwoods motor generator unit. Click to enlarge. Stop/start.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Other university partners are University of Birmingham, University College London, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton and University of Warwick. Other academic partners are University of Cambridge, University College London, Lancaster University, University of Oxford and the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

A London council is trailing a switch-off of traffic lights in the area in a bid to cut congestion. Ealing council is to turn off traffic lights at up to seven junctions in the borough, to allow motorists to negotiate their own way across by establishing eye contact with pedestrians and other motorists, The Times reports.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

Tempo by Hilton is offering rooms divided into three zones, including “an enveloping sleep environment” with a Sealy Accelerate temperature-controlled mattress and sound-absorbing acoustics; lights that dim at sunset; and, in some rooms, Peloton bikes, for people who consider exercise their Ambien.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2020

Videos were taken at a variety of locations, light conditions, and weather conditions. The new European regional dataset includes image annotations captured in London (England); Paris (France); Madrid, Toledo, Granada and Malaga (Spain). Similar to the previously released thermal imaging datasets for San Francisco, Calif.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Mach-E present at the event was outfitted with the typical yellow and blue emergency vehicle design, and Metro Police Forces in London are requesting a unit for evaluation, as it could be added to the fleet. The Detroit-based automaker revealed a customized variant of its first EV at the Emergency Services Show in Birmingham.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2009

New hybrid buses in London. Separately, four of 10 new Optare Tempos equipped with the GM-Allison Hybrid EP-System recently became operational in East London—the first buses using the patented two-mode parallel hybrid technology in the UK. The Optare Tempo hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 11, 2022

Many boroughs in inner London are installing chargers in lampposts. There are many factors to be considered when installing EV charging, but perhaps the most important is the ease of getting electricity to the chosen spot. It makes sense on streets full of houses without garages. The power is already available and the posts line […].

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Is there a better way for scientists to shine a light on nerve cells throughout the body? Optogenetics is an interdisciplinary branch of science in which cells are genetically altered to be light-sensitive, making it possible to inhibit or excite cells and to study their function by applying colored light.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Around 150 units of the light-duty FUSO eCanter are already in customer operation in cities around the globe such as New York City, Tokyo, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon. In the United States, the all-electric medium Freightliner eM2 and the heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadia trucks are also in practical customer testing.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2016

employs BOC filling technology to serve passenger cars, light goods vehicles (LGVs) and forklift trucks and offers both 350 and 700 bar refueling. 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

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. In the second step of the overall process, Solena uses the Fischer-Tropsch reaction to transform the syngas into light FT liquids and FT wax.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Today, Li-S is twice as light as Li-ion and has reached only 10% of the sulfur theoretical energy density (2600Wh/kg) at cell prototype level (250-300Wh/kg), with potentially 800Wh/l (600Wh/kg) achievable by improving materials, components and manufacturing. The project will look into four areas with OXIS playing a key part in all of them.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 15, 2024

Driven by renewed interest in commodity assets, copper prices rallied 10% since the start of this year on London Metal Exchange. Codelco is aiming to produce between 1.325 million and 1.390 million metric tons of copper this year, a target that at best would see it lightly overtake its 2023 output of 1.325 million metric tons.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 29, 2010

The three-year fleet trial of the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid has reached the halfway stage in the London area. The trial kicked off in August 2008 when 10 light duty trucks equipped with hybrid drive systems were put to work in the city. They have since clocked around 164,663miles collectively in eight fleets operated by customers [.].

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2022

This beautifully outfitted room is the newly restored Control Room A at the Battersea Power Station in London. For half a century, the electric power hub controlled the flow of current that met one-fifth of London’s electricity demand. Hearing With Light. Power Station Restoration. The hub was decommissioned in 1983.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 10, 2012

The Government has given the green light for a new £17 billion high speed rail link to run between London and Birmingham. The much-debated HS2 plans got the nod of approval this morning from Transport Secretary Justine Greening.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 30, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Infiniti''s electric car is once again given the green light, we drive the Mercedes-Benz CLA, and a new form of lithium anode has been developed--for potentially better batteries. The city of London has decided to charge diesel drivers and drivers of older gasoline vehicles more to.'

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Cars That Think

JULY 26, 2023

He is a cofounder of InterEngineering , a London-based nonprofit dedicated to greater inclusion in engineering. He was the chief weapon engineer on a naval nuclear submarine and helped upgrade London’s first fully autonomous metro system in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Cars That Think

MAY 26, 2023

This work will be presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ( ICRA 2023 ) in London next week. Wing ] Pollen Robotics’ team will be going to ICRA 2023 in London! Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics.

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