Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The biofuel is being added to the London bus fuel supply chain and will help to power some of the buses. Founded in 2013, bio-bean manufactures a range of products from waste coffee grounds; its Coffee Logs are eco heat logs for stoves, open fires and chimineas, made from spent coffee grounds. The average Londoner drinks 2.3

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MAY 14, 2020

London-based sustainability consultancy Kumi, a market leader in responsible sourcing practices for global supply chains, has launched a due diligence tool called CAHRA Map to enable companies in the minerals and metals sector to identify “conflict-affected and high-risk areas” (CAHRAs). Identifying CAHRAs can be complicated. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has begun a trial to test Suzuki Burgman hydrogen-powered scooters. The 4kW stack from Intelligent Energy offers power for other applications, including range extension for battery-powered electric vehicles, four wheel vehicles and auxiliary power—especially for diesel replacement.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2018

UPS is working with UK-based technology firm ARRIVAL to develop a pilot fleet of 35 electric delivery vehicles (EVs) to be trialed in London and Paris. These zero tailpipe emission, lightweight composite vehicles have a battery range of more than 150 miles (240 kilometers), which is significantly higher than other EVs currently in service.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2018

Germany-based Akasol is manufacturing lithium-ion battery systems for Daimler subsidiary EvoBus. The leading European bus manufacturer plans to launch its new electric Citaro bus ( earlier post ) at the IAA Commercial Vehicles event in September. Series manufacturing of the Citaro electric bus starts this year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2023

The solid electrolyte is not only safer but also results in a higher cell-to-pack ratio, lighter vehicles, higher energy and power density, extended range and fast charging. Ilika will receive a grant of £2.8

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

The KAMAZ 6282 uses lithium-titanate batteries, and has a range of 70 km on one charge. Charging of the electric bus is possible at a temperature range from +45 to -40 ° C. Under the terms of contracts in 2018-2019, domestic manufacturers GAZ and KAMAZ supplied 300 electric buses to Moscow.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2017

Ford is launching a multi-million pound project designed to help improve air quality in London. Ford is the first volume manufacturer to offer PHEV technology in this segment of the van market. Commercial vehicles in London make 280,000 journeys on a typical weekday, travelling a total distance of 8 million miles (13 million km).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Commercial Vehicle Group, to co-develop a medium-duty extended range electric truck. 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. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Five major European bus manufacturers—Daimler Buses (EvoBus), MAN, Solaris, Van Hool and VDL Bus & Coach—last week signed a joint Letter of Understanding at the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking’s (FCH JU) Stakeholders Forum in Brussels. —Gustav Tuschen, Head of Product Engineering at Daimler Buses.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2022

This includes the completion of a fleet of Design Verification prototypes for engineering development and testing, as well as a fleet of Product Verification vehicles that will be evaluated by customers in London and Paris in mid-2022. The 16-tonne vehicle is the first of the four variants which range between 7.5- and 18-tonnes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2022

The consortium brings together operators of the largest UK fleets of vans and trucks and predominant members of the hydrogen industry, including hydrogen producers, hydrogen state suppliers and vehicle manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2014

Nexeon, a UK-based silicon anode company ( earlier post ), has completed the construction and commissioning of its process development and manufacturing facility at its headquarters in Oxfordshire. Nexeon says it is developing a range of materials with differing morphologies and capacities.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As of earlier in the week of 4 September, 3,123 customer vehicles have been manufactured by production partner Magna Steyr, with just under 3,000 handed over to Fisker. In Europe, the Fisker Ocean Extreme has a WLTP range of 707km/440 miles on standard 20" wheels and tires.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2019

According to the London Mayor’s office, 23% of pedestrian and 58% of cyclist deaths in London involved a Heavy Goods Vehicle, despite HGVs making up only 4% of road miles in London. The vehicle can be produced in a range of sizes from 14-18 tonnes. The target manufacturing volume is 2,000 units per year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2009

Launched at the British International Motor Show in July 2008 ( earlier post ) and voted Electric Car of the Year at the Green Fleet awards, the MyCar electric vehicle is now on sale at evstores in London. 2 is developed and manufactured by EuAuto Technologies in Hong Kong—Hong Kong’s first car manufacturer.

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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 27 electric vehicle. Earlier post.). More than 65 low-emission vehicles —some not seen on UK roads before— completed the Challenge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The Faraday Institution will award up to £55 million (US$67 million) to five UK-based consortia to conduct application-inspired research to make step changes in battery chemistries, systems and manufacturing methods. The five new projects are: Next generation electrode manufacturing–Nextrode.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2019

the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions, has purchased Vantage Power and AxleTech’s electric vehicle (EV) systems division. Allison Transmission Holdings Inc., Graziosi, President and CEO of Allison Transmission.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

A new ceramic hollow fiber substrate for catalytic converters designed by Dr. Benjamin Kingsbury and colleagues at Imperial College London could cut the size and precious metal loading of the devices in automobiles while reducing fuel consumption and and manufacturing costs. Kingsbury has founded MicroTech Ceramics Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

UPS will collaborate with Arrival to develop a wide range of electric vehicles with Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS). Arrival is the first commercial vehicle manufacturer to provide purpose-built electric delivery vehicles to UPS’ specifications and with a production strategy for global scale.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Daimler Trucks & Buses and battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. The heavy-duty Mercedes-Benz eActros with a range of around 200 km is in intensive customer trials as part of an eActros innovation fleet in Germany and Switzerland with the first customer hand over in 2018. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

Although mass manufacture has made lithium-ion batteries cheaper, cost and durability remain obstacles to the widespread adoption of battery electrical vehicles. Battery safety (SafeBatt) , led by Prof Paul Shearing of UCL, with researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Newcastle, Sheffield, Warwick, Imperial College London and UCL.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2011

EVO Electric, a developer of advanced electric drive solutions for the automotive sector ( earlier post ), has formed a joint venture with GKN Driveline, part of GKN plc, to develop, manufacture and sell Axial Flux electric motors and drive systems for use in hybrid and electric vehicles. As part of the agreement, GKN will also acquire a 25.1%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We started one year ago at TechCrunch in London with the vision of partnering with cities to improve the efficiency on their streets. The car has a range of more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) according to WLTP-standard and can be charged up to 80% in about 30 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The overall goal is to design and manufacture a lithium-sulfur technology that will enable safe electrification of EV applications. LISA is strongly oriented to the development of lithium metal protection and solid state electrolyte and will incorporate process concepts enabling integration in future manufacturing lines. million (US$8.9-million),

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 5, 2022

London-based Andersen EV is a manufacturer and supplier of customisable, high-end vehicle charge points for the most discerning of customers, and a perfect partner […] The post Jaguar Land Rover partners with Andersen EV for luxury, customisable home charging appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2019

The company has more than 9,000 employees working in research and development, design and manufacturing centers in Shanghai, Beijing, San Jose, Munich, London and seven other locations. NIO officially launched the high-performance long-range electric SUV, NIO ES6, at NIO Day on 15 December 2018.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

UK-based ITM Power signed an agreement with The Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) to deploy a Hydrogen Refueling Station (HRS) at the CEME site in Rainham, UK. ITM Power also just opened the first public access hydrogen refueling station, funded by InnovateUK, at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in South Yorkshire.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Zytek won the award for Most Economical & Environmentally Friendly Multi-Purpose electric vehicle with a 7-seat electric Mercedes Vito taxi ( earlier post ) in the first RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge. We not only finished with range to spare but won our class so we have a lot to celebrate.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2018

The project consortiums are made up of companies including: hofer powertrain, Aston Martin, Ceres Power, Nissan, Artemis Intelligent Power and Danfross and Robbie Fluid, covering a broad range of industries. The projects have the potential to save more than 3 million tonnes CO 2. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2017

The bus—and several others nearing the 25,000-hour operating threshold—are part of a Transport for London fleet of 8 fuel cell buses, all powered by Ballard FCveloCity engines. This is equivalent to operating a bus on a 14-hour daily schedule, 5-days per week for 6.9

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2012

Governments and vehicle manufacturers will need to introduce long-term incentives and price cuts to create a sustainable European market for ultra-low emission vans (ULEV), according to a newly published report by Element Energy, commissioned by the UK Department for Transport. Summary of battery pack cost projections, 2010-2030.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Daimler Trucks & Buses, one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, aims to offer only new vehicles that are CO 2 -neutral in driving operation (“tank-to-wheel”) in the triad markets of Europe, Japan and NAFTA by 2039. Earlier post.) Truly CO 2 -neutral transport only works with battery-electric or hydrogen-based drive.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board, unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid London taxi. Intelligent Energy’s fuel cells feature metallic plate construction, and are designed for low-cost mass manufacture. F to +98.6 °F).

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MAY 25, 2024

Starter episode: “ The 747 is forever, a London NY bridge at JFK T8, Air France lounge joie de vivre, 777 guillotine, the airport game ” Every season of this Wondery podcast consists of several mini-seasons, each exploring the dynamics between two competing brands. stories in aviation history.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Ballard’s fuel cell power modules will be utilized as range extenders for batteries in Solaris electric bus platforms. In 2013, Ballard fuel cell modules delivered greater than 97% availability in buses currently operating in the cities of London and Amsterdam. —Günter Elste, CEO of Hamburger Hochbahn AG.

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