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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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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. In the United States, the medium-duty Freightliner eM2 and the heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadia are also currently undergoing practical tests with customers.

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

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of total passenger light-duty vehicles in circulation in 2016. London for its part encourages EV adoption by waiving its congestion charge. Sources: IEA analysis based on EVI country submissions, complemented by EAFO (2017a), IHS Polk (2016), MarkLines (2017), ACEA (2017a, 2017b) and EEA (2017). Click to enlarge.

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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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For the past few years, our company has actually been warning that that freedom of mobility is now actually being threatened particularly in light of four megatrends that are affecting the future of transportation. —Mark Fields. Those four megatrends are: Urbanization and exploding urban populations. It runs through November.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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February 2007 (Washington, DC) Jackson EMC electricity cooperative by EnergyCS, February 2007 (Jefferson, GA), contact ashedd@jacksonemc.com GreenTomato Cars by Amberjac/EnergyCS, February 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk by Amberjac/EnergyCS, March 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk

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