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8 countries commit to increase the share of EVs in their government fleets

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At the Marrakech Climate Change Conference (COP22), eight nations—Canada, China, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the US— signed a Government Fleet Declaration , pledging to increase the share of electric vehicles in their government fleets and calling for other governments to join them.

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Scania leading full-scale autonomous truck platoon project in Singapore; 4-truck convoys

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These will be conducted by Scania and Toyota at their respective research centers in Sweden and Japan, to leverage their existing development work. Autonomous vehicles and platooning are cornerstones of future sustainable transport systems. Scania has recently been engaged as the lead partner in the €5.4-million

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Robert Cervero, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley, shares Dr. Heywood’s view that it will take more than vehicle technology to develop sustainable transportation and believes urban planning needs to play a significant role.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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Our submission and inputs relate specifically to accelerating the uptake of e-mobility, but we recognise that decarbonising transport is much wider than that. E-mobility is an important component to a zero emissions transport system, but is still just a component. . There are at least 31 countries and U.S. Japan has a 2035 deadline.