Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that the government will accelerate the ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles, bringing it forward by ten years to 2030, as part of a “Green Industrial Revolution.” The sale of hybrid cars will be allowed until 2035. billion (US$1.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

In 2021, Moscow stopped buying diesel buses for the major surface public transport operator. Next year, Moscow plans to buy 600 more electric vehicles. Batteries are equipped with a temperature control system to prevent vehicles from overheating in summer and freezing in winter.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Auckland (NZ) Transport is beginning a 2-year trial of a 3-axle hydrogen fuel cell bus.The trial will assess operational performance how operating costs compare to diesel and electric buses of similar configurations. The bus carries 43 seated and 31 standing adults.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. The new tug, a Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 to be delivered in 2021, will have a 70-tonne bollard pull, the same as the port’s strongest diesel tug Hauraki , also built by Damen. tCO 2 e.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has renewed calls for scrapping the most polluting diesel cars and giving drivers cash incentives to switch to cleaner vehicles as part of the evidence he gave to the Environmental Audit Committee today. They now feel very hacked off now they’re told they are more polluting.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The first delivery to Lux Bus America in Anaheim, CA will be a Van Hool TD925 repowered double-decker electrified by Lightning eMotors from diesel to all-electric. There are nearly 35,000 diesel motor coaches on the road in the US today, and the vast majority of them are ideal candidates for electrification.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2022

Orange EV’s rental program relieves operators from having to rent expensive and unreliable diesels when extra coverage is required due to seasonal increases, breakdowns with slow repairs, or other demands. Renting is also a great way to try before you buy to experience the Orange EV difference.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 24, 2024

A new survey of electric vehicle owners around the world finds that only 1% of electric vehicle owners would buy a pure gas-powered (or diesel-powered) car for their next vehicle. The survey comes from the Global EV Drivers Alliance (GEVA), and this is GEVA’s first survey on the topic.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

In 2021, Moscow stopped buying diesel buses for the major surface public transport operator. Next year, Moscow plans to buy 600 electric vehicles more and start to purchase articulated e-buses to make the entire city transport fleet eco-friendly. —Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2020

million barrels of renewable diesel per year for five years from a converted California refinery starting in 2022. million barrels per day of heating oils, kerosene and diesel oils. ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Global Clean Energy Holdings to purchase 2.5 As background, globally, in 2019, ExxonMobil sold some 1.9

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Electrek

JULY 23, 2021

Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, which is heavily dependent on diesel vehicles, is going to purchase up to 20 electric buses that will run along two routes. more… The post Houston’s diesel-dependent Metro, which has zero e-buses, will buy 20 appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2020

It is a dramatically lower cost solution for those looking to integrate an electric coach versus buying new and can also net significant operational savings associated with fuel and maintenance cost reductions. A repower is a cost-effective and timely solution for operators. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning Systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

The oil used to fry Fazer Bakery’s May Day doughnuts will be recycled by refining it to produce Neste MY renewable diesel. The amount of diesel that’s made from the oil used to fry every three doughnuts is enough to drive a distance of about one kilometer. There is also one station in Turku selling it, and one in Tampere.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Moscow started to replace outdated diesel buses with electric buses in September 2018. Starting this year we are going to buy the e-buses only—we seek to make our city as clean and harmless for its citizens as we can. —Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport. tons a year. thousand tons.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A new analysis by the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) concludes that diesel cars emit more CO 2 than equivalent cars on a full lifecycle basis—i.e., According to the T&E analysis, an average diesel car produces emits 3.65 According to the T&E analysis, an average diesel car produces emits 3.65 l/100 km (37.3

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This “try before you buy” program provides fleet owners with the opportunity to haul loads with the new truck for up to two weeks. Operators will experience the similarities between natural gas trucks and diesel trucks with respect to power, drivability, fuel range and fuel availability.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

continued] The post New Flyer Low Emission Buses Too Expensive So Winnipeg Buys Diesel appeared first on CleanTechnica. However, it did have a role in a piece assessing Canadian bus manufacture New Flyer’s strategic missteps.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Among the elements in the budget are the launch of a new £400-million (US$530-million) Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund and the provision of an extra £100 million (US$133 million) towards helping people buy battery-electric cars. The money will come from a temporary rise in Company Car Tax and Vehicle Excise Duty on new diesel cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

To help achieve these goals, Harvard pledges to create and implement a Zero-Emission Vehicles Action Plan, which will include steps such as replacing bio-diesel powered buses with electric buses. As a participant in MassEVolves, Harvard supports opportunities to secure cleaner air and a stronger economy across the state.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

When these estimated externalities are factored in, electric buses show a lower 8-year total cost of ownership than diesel, T&E said. According to the T&E analysis there are two key barriers to the electrification of buses in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Medium-sized battery-electric cars are on average 14% cheaper to run than equivalent diesels today, if slow charging overnight near home and/or fast charging at preferential rates are available. T&E’s lifecycle CO 2 emission calculator estimates that today EVs cut CO 2 emissions by two-thirds on average across Europe compared to diesel cars.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Having a low carbon intensity score compared to gasoline, diesel and compressed natural gas. gCO 2 /MJ, and diesel 100.45 The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has carbon intensity values for renewable propane produced from fats/oils/grease residues (all produced by REG Geismar) ranging from 20.50 gCO 2 /MJ to 43.50

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In these 16 years, the manufacturer has delivered 150 buses in total, of varying lengths: 10, 12 and 18 meters, both with diesel and hybrid engines. Solaris has been collaborating with Szczecin since 2004. The latest commission is the first comprising electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Renewable propane also has one of the lowest carbon intensity scores compared to gasoline, diesel and compressed natural gas, thus reducing harmful contributors to greenhouse gases. It features a lower carbon intensity than traditional propane while providing similar performance metrics.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 20, 2021

VW, the world’s largest producer of fossil-powered vehicles (by revenue), has produced a graphic comparing its diesel offerings to its electric ones, showing how across several model lines, the electric models come out way ahead in terms of total cost savings.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

We have optimized the technology from our successful city sewer solution to meet the special requirements for working in urban zones, where regulations regarding CO 2 and diesel emissions have been tightened. In 2021 Volvo Trucks took orders, including letters of intent to buy, for more than 1,100 electric trucks in more than 20 countries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2018

The legal process began in 2015 and eventually involved more than a half million diesel VW, Audi and Porsche vehicles in the US. The financial settlement in this case is the largest ever agreed to by automakers, totaling more than $20 billion, much of which the company spent to buy back affected cars and on other customer compensation.

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The Driven EV News

APRIL 15, 2025

Andrew Forrest's iron ore giant signs huge deal to buy more than 50 autonomous electric drill rigs to replace existing diesel-powered kit. The post Fortescue signs $350m deal to switch diesel drill rigs for electric in pursuit of “real zero” appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2018

Volkswagen has developed and deployed a gasoline engine that offers diesel-like fuel economy but is significantly cheaper to buy. Currently applied in the new Golf and Golf Variant ( earlier post ), the 1.5 TSI ACT BlueMotion delivers 96 kW / 130 PS with combined fuel consumption of 4.8 l/100 km (49 mpg US). l/100 km/h (59 mpg US).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Neste has been at the forefront in reducing transport-related emissions with its Neste MY Renewable Diesel. The new Neste MY Renewable Charging stations have been developed to satisfy customer needs, and they fit seamlessly into the Neste service station network, which buys all of its electricity from renewable energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2020

ACT joins a complex set of rules with which diesel fleet operators must comply. The regulation of diesel engines in California is an ever-changing environment. They aren’t a diesel company building electric yard trucks. Orange EV is an electric yard truck company building electric yard trucks. The difference is clear.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Proterra Transit electric buses save approximately 230,000 pounds of greenhouse gases annually when replacing a diesel bus. The company’s fleet of zero-emission, electric transit buses have displaced more than 140 million pounds of CO 2 tailpipe emissions.

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The Driven EV News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Queensland premier Steven Miles has announced plans to deliver over 400 zero emission buses to replace aging diesel buses in operation on the Translink network. The post Queensland government commits to buy over 400 locally made electric buses appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2021

formerly Grande West Transportation Group), a supplier of electric, CNG, gasoline and diesel vehicles, released specifications for the new VMC 1200, a fully electric Class 3 medium-duty commercial truck. The systems feature a Buy America Compliant 220 kW motor with an Eaton multi-speed transmission. Canada-based Vicinity Motor Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

Tailpipe emissions are reduced by 230,000 pounds of CO 2 annually each time a conventionally-fueled diesel vehicle is replaced by a Proterra electric bus. Proterra Catalyst vehicles have no tailpipe emissions and decrease dependency on fossil fuels.

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The Driven EV News

APRIL 30, 2023

California forces truck fleets operating in shipping ports and rail yards to stop buying diesel trucks from January 2024 and phase out their use by 2036. The post California to ban new diesel trucks from railyards and ports from 2024 in landmark move appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. It was time to buy our first car. I was nervous as this was the first time that I was buying a car, so the experience was new to me. How did it all start?

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