Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2016
Transport for London (TfL) has introduced the first long-range, battery-electric BYD Double-Decker buses into revenue service routes. The batteries can power the bus for over 24 hours and up to 190 miles of typical urban driving on the service routes with a single daily recharging requiring only four hours.
Green Cars News
JUNE 22, 2009
This means you can plug it directly into any UK mains 3 pin plug socket and it will happily recharge. Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, said: “It is absolutely fantastic to see manufacturers like smart leading the way to make the electric vehicle an easy choice for Londoners. The smart ed has its own charger on board.
Green Cars News
JULY 28, 2009
Having already adjusted its road tax system to penalise the heaviest polluters and introduced congestion charges; the Government created a vehicle scrappage scheme earlier this year meant to help more motorists make green choices while boosting the automotive sector. Now it seems that its efforts have been rewarded.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 30, 2009
are rushing out cars that can be recharged at electrical outletsas the U.S. Fuel Cells Fuel cells create electricity in a chemical process thatcombines hydrogen and oxygen, emitting only water vapor.California, which requires big automakers to sell some non-polluting vehicles, rates Clarity a “zero-emission vehicle.” Toyota Motor Corp.
Cars That Think
MARCH 29, 2022
Spinning at up to 25,000 rpm, two permanent-magnet motors independently power the front wheels, or regenerate energy from braking to recharge the batteries. That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MARCH 9, 2009
Along with Tedd Abramson’s Zero Truck in San Diego and Smith Trucks in London, we now have EVI (I keep wanting to write that as EV1:~). can help reduce noise and air pollution caused by diesel and gasoline trucks that idle in parking lots, streets and alleys for hours a day while cargo is being loaded and unloaded.
Wallbox
JANUARY 4, 2021
To put things into perspective, this means you could easily go from Brussels to Paris (316 km) or from London to Liverpool (350 km) without any stops for charging. Another common misconception amongst potential buyers centers around the time it takes to recharge an EV. Is EV charging fast enough?
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