Remove Emissions Remove Installation Remove Taxi
article thumbnail

ZEFER and H2ME deliver 100 hydrogen taxis to Copenhagen

Green Car Congress

Two pan-European projects—the ZEFER (Zero Emission taxi Fleets for European Rollout) and H2ME2 (Hydrogen Mobility Europe) projects, both funded by Europe’s Clean Hydrogen Partnership—have deployed 100 hydrogen taxis in Copenhagen with app-based taxi company DRIVR.

Taxi 418
article thumbnail

Rotterdam using BYD e6 for electric taxi fleet

Green Car Congress

Rotterdam Taxi Centre (RTC), one of the biggest taxi operators in the Netherlands, is switching to electric taxis and has put into service two BYD e6 models, following successful extensive operation with an e6 model. e6 electric taxi. This pure EV can then travel for up to 300 km (190 miles). Click to enlarge.

E6 303
article thumbnail

Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

Green Car Congress

The company also released video footage of successful first taxi tests of the aircraft, designed to evaluate ground handling qualities and the performance of the fuel-cell electric powertrain at low power settings and airspeeds. The Dash 8-300 flying testbed has a megawatt-class hydrogen fuel cell powertrain installed in one of its nacelles.

article thumbnail

Rio launches electric taxi program with Nissan LEAFs

Green Car Congress

The city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is launching an electric taxi program, through a partnership between the Rio de Janeiro City Government, Nissan do Brasil Automóveis (NBA) and Petrobras Distribuidora. In the first phase, two Nissan LEAF taxis will be available in Rio. By the end of the year, 13 more units will be added to the fleet.

Taxi 210
article thumbnail

Taxi version of Mercedes-Benz B-Class with natural gas drive coming soon

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz is presenting the taxi version of the B 200 Natural Gas Drive at the Frankfurt International Motor Show. kg/100 km, corresponding to CO 2 emissions of 117 g/km. From 2014 the B 200 Natural Gas Drive will also be available as a taxi version.

Taxi 210
article thumbnail

Mercedes Vito All-Electric Taxi Prototype Launches in London

Green Car Congress

Eco City Vehicles PLC (ECV), a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, developed by a consortium of companies including ECV’s manufacturing partner Penso, Mercedes Benz UK and Zytek Automotive. million (US$3.9-million)

Taxi 210
article thumbnail

Amazon orders more than 1,800 EVs from Mercedes-Benz Vans

Green Car Congress

The growing online trade and flexible delivery services in recent years not only brought an increase in inner-city traffic, but also lead to increasing local emission-free drives in urbanized areas. The load capacity of 11 m³ can be used without restriction because the batteries are installed under the loading floor.

Mercedes 522