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SoCalGas adding 50 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell EVs to fleet

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The company plans to expand its fleet of HFCEVs to 50 next month, making SoCalGas among the first utilities in the nation to start transitioning to hydrogen. View footage of the Toyota Mirai HFCEVs [link] Each vehicle in our light duty over-the-road fleet is driven an average of 10,000 miles per year.

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easyJet to trial electric taxi system in aircraft; H2 fuel cells, batteries and wheel motors

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European carrier easyJet plans to test an electric taxi system later this year that utilizes a hydrogen fuel cell stowed in the hold, batteries charged by regenerative braking, and electric wheel motors. The energy can then be used by the aircraft when taxiing without needing to use the jet engines. grams CO 2 per passenger kilometer.

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SoCalGas & California Energy Commission funding project to test hydrogen fuel cell technology for harbor craft; led by ZEI

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Once brought to market, the fuel cell technology could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution from thousands of small commercial boats throughout California including patrol, fishing, fire, rescue, ferry, taxi, recreational and other vessels.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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This investment will build on our existing methanol technology, facilitating even more valuable solutions and helping to propel this part of our business in China. In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government.

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China is testing more driverless cars than any other country – ET Auto

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million cars, eight-lane expressways and towering bridges over the muddy waters of the Yangtze River. A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. Baidu also has a joint venture with Zhejiang Geely, called Jiyue, to make robot taxis. Surveys by J.D.

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Manhattan Beach, The South Bay’s Greenest City

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If you’re not, then you’re probably part of the problems we’ve been having and your unhappiness is something I can live with. The new city taxi franchise agreement calls for alternative fuel or high mileage vehicles to replace 25% of the fleet. There’s no good news anywhere on the water horizon.

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Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

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These fuel cell vehicles will be leased to key public and private fleet users in the capital. Two hydrogen fuel stations are already open in London—one of which has public access—with a third to come as part of the LHNE project. Under the hood. Click to enlarge. Hyundai joined the LHP earlier this year. Earlier post.).

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