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Hamburger Hochbahn to buy up to 530 electric buses from Daimler, MAN and Solaris

Green Car Congress

Daimler Buses will be providing the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro and the new eCitaro G articulated bus. Hamburger Hochbahn AG received the first series-production model of the fully electric driven Mercedes-Benz eCitaro in November 2018 as part of an order for 20 eCitaro units.

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8 ZEV states announce US ZEV sales top 260,000 units

Green Car Congress

A ZEV Showcase accompanying the announcement included the new Toyota Fuel Cell Concept car (which will be formally revealed next month at the LA Auto Show), as well as the Harley-Davidson electric “Livewire” motorcycle and some of the newest commercially available models, including the Tesla Model D and the Mercedes B class EV.

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electric smart ready for production

Green Cars News

This means you can plug it directly into any UK mains 3 pin plug socket and it will happily recharge. The move to electric vehicles, which emit zero pollution on London’s streets, will have a massive impact on cutting carbon emissions to curb climate change whilst improving air quality and noise levels for our citizens.”.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution. CA, NY, MA and other states have had Zero-Emission Vehicle programs since the early 1990s because battery electric vehicles in those states, taking into account power plants, are far cleaner than gasoline cars in reducing urban air pollution and smog.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

Mercedes, Volkswagen, Audi who initially tried to play the H2 game, but now are totally anti-Hydrogen and are investing in battery electric cars. The climate clock is ticking and we have to start hitting polluters where it counts–in the money. Maybe H2 will be okay in large vehicles like trucks.

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The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

Cars That Think

Not likely, counter Mercedes-Benz’s chief technology officer Markus Schäfer and Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo. EVs will/will not create more pollution than they eliminate. Going to scale means not only manufacturing millions of EVs per year but supporting them from recharging to repair. Join the crowd.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Think of the efforts needed to make building the controlled explosions in an internal combustion engine safe, powerful and free from pollution," he says. Importantly, Krovi points out, the EV drivetrain is much simpler because of the reduction in system complexity. Additional vehicle elements are also simplified.