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NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, will expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) ( earlier post ) London-wide. The expansion will come into effect on 29 August 2023 and will operate across all London boroughs up to the existing Low Emission Zone boundary for large and heavy vehicles. Source: Transport for London.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The Board of Transport for London (TfL) approved a production order for up to 600 of New Bus for London vehicles over the next four years. When the final batch of new bus for London vehicles is delivered in 2016, more than 1,000 hybrid buses will be in service on the streets of London. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 13, 2011

The Barclays Cycle Superhighways are 12 radial routes aimed at making it safer and easier to commute by bike between outer and inner London on direct and continuous cycle routes. Source: TfL. Click to enlarge. 1,362 extra cycle training hours delivered.

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MAY 10, 2020

Motorbike insurer Bikesure recently surveyed 1,000 commuters in London to find out how the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has impacted them. The designated Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) was introduced in central London on 8 April 2019. of Londoners changed their usual mode of transport. The survey found that: 65.3%

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MARCH 25, 2012

Mercedes-Benz UK will offer a a £1,500 discount in April off the purchase price of a new Vito Euro 5 taxi in exchange for the driver agreeing to carry Mercedes-Benz advertising for 18 months. —John Mason, Transport for London’s Director of Taxi and Private Hire. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 3, 2016

The City of London Corporation—the municipal governing body of the City of London—has banned the purchase of diesel vehicles for its business, in a drive to reduce public exposure to air pollution. The City of London Corporation’s remit goes beyond City borders.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Transport for London (TfL) added four Mitsubishi i-MiEVs into its fleet as part of Mayor Boris Johnson’s plans to make London the electric vehicle capital of Europe. Report: City of London One of the Most Polluted Places in Europe. TfL intends to purchase up to 120 electric vehicles by 2015. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launched a £110-million (US$133-million) scrappage scheme to support Londoners on lower incomes, disabled Londoners, charities, sole traders and business with 10 or fewer employees to replace or retrofit their old, polluting vehicles in order to be ULEZ compliant. Earlier post.)

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

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APRIL 24, 2013

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, confirmed his decision to introduce a new Ultra Low Emission Discount (ULED) for the Congestion Charge scheme in the city. One of the aims of making the changes is to help tackle the increasing dieselization of London’s car fleet. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 20, 2010

Transport for London (TfL) has placed two notices in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) which will create the UK’s largest procurement frameworks to date for electric vehicles and electric vehicle charge point infrastructure. million) for London and an additional £15.4 million) in London and £25.4

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

GE will purchase 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for its own fleet and through its Capital Fleet Services business—the largest-ever single electric vehicle commitment. In a speech in London in October, General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt said that the company would order “tens of thousands” of electric vehicles soon.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Along with the investment in Arrival, UPS also announced a commitment to purchase 10,000 electric vehicles to be built for UPS with priority access to purchase additional electric vehicles. Future vehicle purchases are contingent on successful tests of initial vehicles. Vehicle purchase prices will not be disclosed.

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JULY 21, 2021

—Janelle London, co-author of the report. The report suggests that EV purchase incentives should be optimized to maximize gasoline displacement and achieve maximum emissions reductions per taxpayer dollar. It’s more equitable as well as more efficient to give these drivers the biggest incentives to switch to EVs.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Starting this Wednesday, Tesla’s electric cars will be available for Uber drivers in London who are looking to purchase or lease a sustainable vehicle. It should be noted that over 4,000 Uber drivers have already switched over to electric vehicles in London. As noted by Elon Musk on Twitter, for example, Hertz’s $4.2

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The Plug-in Car Grant will be distributed directly to consumers at the point of purchase and will be managed in a similar way to the grant made as part of the Government’s scrappage scheme. Cars will be discounted at the point of purchase and the subsidy claimed by the manufacturer to provide a straightforward process for the consumer.

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JULY 2, 2009

The UK Government is establishing a £30 million fund (US$49 million) to encourage the purchase of low carbon emission buses (LCEB). New hybrid buses in London. Five of the GM-Allison-equipped buses are with the East London Bus Group where they will carry passengers on the 276 route between Newham General Hospital and Stoke Newington.

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JUNE 14, 2023

Volkswagen, Stellantis and Glencore are supporting the purchase of the Atlantic Nickel nickel sulfide and the Mineraçao Vale Verde copper mine in Brazil by ACG , a London-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), for US$ 1 billion.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Initial members of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network are : Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Delhi, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Sydney.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Uber drivers in London can now purchase or lease a Tesla as part of a new program that aims to promote electric vehicles.

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JULY 24, 2019

Ballard Power Systems announced a purchase order from Wrightbus, a leading bus OEM and Ballard partner headquartered in Northern Ireland, for 15 FCveloCity-HD 85-kilowatt fuel cell modules to power buses for deployment in Aberdeen, Scotland under the Joint Initiative For Hydrogen Vehicles Across Europe (“JIVE”) funding program.

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

British Airways, which is driving to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, will purchase enough sustainable fuel to reduce lifecycle CO 2 emissions by almost 100,000 tons, the equivalent of powering 700 net-zero CO 2 emissions flights between London and New York on its fuel-efficient Boeing 787 aircraft.

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JANUARY 15, 2022

through its US subsidiary Talon Nickel (USA) LLC, entered into an agreement with Tesla for the supply and purchase of nickel concentrate to be produced from the Tamarack Nickel Project in Aitkin County, Minnesota. Talon Metals Corp., Talon and Tesla will work together to optimize nickel concentrate grades and metal recoveries.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Ford intends its purchase of Livio to accelerate innovation by providing access to each other’s talented engineers and unique intellectual property, as well as enabling both companies to work toward developing an industry standard for smartphone-to-vehicle communications. Last year, more than 1.9

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Fifty-five percent of respondents cited the initial purchase price of electric commercial vehicles as the top barrier. And in London, we were able to find a solution for our charging needs through a collaboration between government and private organizations. Despite an appetite for electrification, many fleet operators face challenges.

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MARCH 10, 2011

According to the survey of 4,760 European consumers, 16% see themselves as potential first movers to buy or lease an electric vehicle, while 53% say they might be willing to consider it, and 31% say they are not likely to consider purchasing or leasing an EV. There is no doubt that electric vehicles are the future of the automotive industry.

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APRIL 8, 2011

Low carbon hybrid-electric buses supported by the Fund are already in operation in London, Manchester, Oxford and Reading. The Government’s Green Bus Fund is a scheme through which bus operators and local authorities bid for grant to help them purchase new low carbon buses. Electric buses supported by the Fund are operating in Durham.

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JUNE 4, 2021

United Airlines announced a commercial agreement with Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic to purchase 15 of Boom’s Overture supersonic airliners, once Overture meets United’s safety, operating and sustainability requirements, with an option for an additional 35 aircraft. Capable of flying at speeds of Mach 1.7—twice

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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.,

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The self-contained plant, likely to be sited in east London, will convert 500,000 tonnes of waste per year into 16 million gallons of green jet fuel through a process that offers lifecycle greenhouse gas savings of up to 95% compared to fossil-fuel derived jet kerosene. —The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. An open access paper on their study is published in Biotechnology for Biofuels. —Littlewood et al. Littlewood et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 18, 2020

This is because of cheaper electricity, lower EV retail prices and higher purchase incentives in France. In London, the Mayor’s EV infrastructure taskforce estimates that 70% of the demand for slow and normal chargers in residential areas will come from Uber drivers alone.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Their local distribution representatives, Praco-Didacol and Motorysa, have also expressed support of the pilot project, helping to secure the confidence of the participating taxi cab companies who will be purchasing the new electric vehicles. The C40-CCI Electric Vehicle Network.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), Britain’s biggest bus and coach manufacturer, has chosen GKN Hybrid Power as a preferred partner and committed to the purchase of 250 of its Gyrodrive electric flywheel hybrid systems ( earlier post ). It will also be working closely with GKN to develop the technology for international markets.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The report notes that on 8 March 2022, the London Metals Exchange (LME) abruptly halted trading in nickel, which had reached $100,000 per tonne. The LME events were a consequence of positions taken by Tsingshan based on expectations of falling prices.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Ballard Power Systems has received follow-on purchase orders for 15 of its 85 kW heavy-duty FCveloCity-HD fuel cell modules from Wrightbus, a leading bus OEM and Ballard partner headquartered in Northern Ireland, to power Fuel Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) planned for deployment in the UK. Ballard expects to ship all 50 modules in 2020.

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MARCH 29, 2010

FedEx already has 10 Modec electric trucks in service in London ( earlier post ), with five more on order for Paris. Another pair of electric vehicles is being purchased from a different manufacturer for delivery to the Los Angeles area later in 2010. Globally, FedEx has more than 1,800 alternative-energy vehicles already in service.

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