Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 ABB automated electric bus fast-chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium with public transport authority and operator TEC. The batteries are fast-charged in just a few minutes at the end stops and also by the energy generated whenever the vehicle brakes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

REVIVE will place 15 fuel cell refuse vehicles to be tested in 8 different cities or regions in Europe: Breda, Helmond, Amsterdam, and Groningen (the Netherlands), Antwerp (Belgium), Bolzano and Merano (in South Tyrol, Italy) and Gothenburg (Sweden).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2019

RNG is a key part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025, supporting the logistics leader’s efforts to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its ground fleet 12% by 2025. —Mike Casteel, UPS director of fleet procurement. UPS CNG tractor trailer.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) contributed heavily to this slump. Looking at the remaining five-digit total markets, both Belgium and Sweden saw registrations decline by 20.3%. However, other six-figure markets were not so positive, namely Sweden (down 7.8%), Belgium (down 3.3%), the Netherlands (down 3.2%) and Ireland (down 0.9%).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Volvo’s electric hybrids and ABB’s fast-charging systems are based on a common interface known as OppCharge, whereby the charging stations can also be used by electrified buses from other vehicle manufacturers. Energy consumption is about 60% lower than for a corresponding diesel bus.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

Scania’s ethanol bus features a modified diesel engine running on a mixture of 95% ethanol with 5% ignition improver. The buses will be equipped with Scania’s third generation five-cylinder 270 hp ethanol diesel engines, which meet Euro 5 and EEV emission standards. Earlier post.). Deliveries will begin in August.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. On 1 June, two members of Honda’s European Research & Development (R&D) team will set out on the journey from Aalst, Belgium. Honda aims to win a new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency in an 8,500-mile (13,679 km) drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries in a 1.6

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2018

For the first year since monitoring started, gasoline cars became the most sold vehicles in the EU, constituting almost 53% of sales. Diesel cars made up 45% of the new registrations. Compared to 2016, the registrations of diesel cars decreased in all EU Member States except in Italy (+0.6 g CO 2 /km ) and diesel cars (117.9

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2018

The technology will replace diesel-powered secondary engines used to power (TRUs), which are used to keep food cold on the road. It is extremely powerful, and can cool a vehicle from +15ºC to -21ºC in less than 30 minutes—much faster than a typical diesel-powered system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Two vehicles will continue the operational testing with customers in the first test phase.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

of Australia’s bus fleet is electric). The ICCT reports that 11,000 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles were sold in Europe in 2023, more than double the number sold in 2022, and that 18% of all buses and coaches sold in the EU in 2023 were electric.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

New passenger vehicle registrations totaled almost 13 million units, up 14% compared to 2022. Diesel cars still sold slightly more.) Supply chain issues are now largely under control, and consumers have become accustomed to waiting longer to receive new vehicles. of total market share. to 6.8%) and Latvia (6.6%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

In 2015 Leclanché unveiled its first all-electric bus in Belgium. Now the European e-bus industry is at a watershed moment as proven battery technology and tighter environmental legislation make electric buses economically competitive with diesel. —Anil Srivastava, CEO of Leclanché.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2011

Scania has previously delivered ethanol- and biogas-fuelled vehicles to Keolis, and the new buses will be equipped with engines for the renewable fuels ethanol and rapeseed methyl ester (RME). The majority, 123 urban and suburban buses, will be used in the greater Stockholm area, where Keolis operates for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

The team set out from Aalst, Belgium, on 1 June, navigating the continent in a clockwise direction. To ensure accurate monitoring of the route, journey time and distance driven, the record car was fitted with a tracking device, provided by fleet telematics and stolen vehicle recovery expert, TRACKER (part of the Tantalum Corporation).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2018

Advancing these ideas consistently, the sales of MAN’s first fully electric-powered production vehicle are now underway with the eTGE. Around 70% of light commercial vehicles used in urban areas travel fewer than 100 kilometers per day on average. The average speed reached during this is low.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

PSA Peugeot Citroën and General Electric last week signed a technology and commercial cooperation agreement to collaborate towards establishing reliable business models for Electrical Mobility (EV), which includes both Fixed Battery Electrical Vehicles (FBEV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV). million globally.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The commencement of production follows an extensive two-year field test, with vehicles in the most diverse practical applications in daily use with customers in both the UK and on the continent. liter PACCAR FR diesel, which complies with the ultra-low EEV emission requirements as standard, without a soot filter. DAF LF hybrid system.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Eaton Corporation announced that customers of its hybrid systems have collectively accumulated more than 100 million miles of service, reducing fuel consumption by 4 million gallons of diesel fuel and harmful emissions by 40,000 metric tons.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2010

It is recognized by the industry as a key challenge in commercializing fuel cell vehicles worldwide. UTC Power has provided fuel cell power plants for fleet transportation since 1998 and its fuel cells have powered buses in the United States, Spain, Italy and Belgium. Stack durability matters. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

Today Ballard FCveloCity engines are powering more than 80 buses around the globe: 41 in Europe, including Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland and the U.K.; 24 in the Cities of Foshan and Yunfu, China; 13 in the US, including the states of California, Massachusetts, Michigan and Ohio; 3 in Brazil; and 1 in India.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

05 September 2024 Provisional tariffs on battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) built in China and imported into the EU came into effect in July. and diesel by 42.6%. Diesel was the lowest of the major powertrains with a 6.8% At the end of last year, the country’s government amended its incentive scheme for all-electric vehicles.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

05 September 2024 Provisional tariffs on battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) built in China and imported into the EU came into effect in July. and diesel by 42.6%. Diesel was the lowest of the major powertrains with a 6.8% At the end of last year, the country’s government amended its incentive scheme for all-electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Maxus is presenting a range of zero emission EV80 battery electric vans at the 67 th IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hannover. Maxus is continuing to establish partnerships with large businesses looking to reduce their fleet emissions and vehicle operating costs. Charging time is just two hours while using a DC charger.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2009

Scania’s ethanol bus features a modified diesel engine running on a mixture of 95% ethanol with 5% ignition improver. Scania’s bus sales in Sweden began 2009 very strongly, and some 100 such vehicles have been registered so far this year. Earlier post.) The company has delivered 600 such buses, about 500 of them to Swedish cities.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Venturing out further, like Clean Fleet Report did recently on 1,796-mile road trip , would be a challenge. If the C40 Recharge, built in Ghent, Belgium, is any indication of what is to come, Volvo is off to a solid start with its plans to never put another drop of gasoline in any of its models beginning in 2030.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2013

4-cylinder engines and hybrid vehicles as a percent of cars sold in the US. Two separate reports highlight the ongoing improvement in vehicle technologies and the growing trend toward consumers purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles in the US and in Europe. l/100 km) from their next vehicle. Source: CFA. CFA report.

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