Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Tesco is launching the UK’s first commercially used fully electric heavy-duty freight articulated (tractor-trailer as opposed to rigid) trucks.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2023

Utility vehicles powered by these low-noise, fully electric motors are very quiet to operate, resulting in reduced sound pollution in pedestrian areas and on city streets. These types of vehicles tend to be operated on set routes, so they are a good fit for the fixed ranges and predictable charging times of electric drives.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

However, Nissan will be able to manufacture the NV200 to run on electric-only power starting in 2017. The City will test the use of all-electric powered taxis starting in 2012 with six fully electric Nissan LEAFs—provided free of charge—to road test electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2021

Trane Technologies is bringing Thermo King’s fully electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to the United States. In partnership with electric vehicle providers, Thermo King is advancing electrification of refrigerated transport to reduce pollutants, emissions and noise as goods are delivered in communities around the world.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

This transition will be achieved through a combination of fully electric vehicles, vehicles with plug-in idle mitigation units and plug-in hybrids. By 2025, all light duty vehicles (LDVs) reaching the end of their life cycle will be replaced with an electric vehicle, with all LDVs being electrified by 2030.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2021

alike, ride hailing needs to go fully electric as soon as possible. Otherwise it’s adding to local pollution issues and global warming. In Europe and in the U.S. And yet the needs of ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft are quite different versus typical personal use.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2023

Cargill has partnered with Kotug International to deploy Kotug’s zero emission E-Pusher Type M and E-Barges—the world’s first fully electric pusher boat and barges—to transport cocoa beans from the Port of Amsterdam, the largest cocoa import port in the world, to Cargill’s cocoa factory in Zaandam, the Netherlands.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The delivery of the three e-trucks is part of a larger partnership between Volvo Trucks and Danfoss, focusing on pioneering sustainable electric transport operations. Nine fully electric Volvo trucks are set to be in operation before 2024. One of the new electric trucks at the Danfoss headquarters in Nordborg.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2019

In March, Cummins began delivering eight Cummins-powered all-electric vehicles to the United States Postal Service (USPS) in California. The fully-electric Cummins PowerDrive equipped vans are expected to reduce fuel and maintenance costs as well as eliminate emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2014

Nanjing, China and Nanjing Public Transportation Group ordered more than 1,000 fully electric transit buses and taxis from BYD Company Ltd. The city will be taking delivery of more than 600 BYD K9 battery-electric Buses, 50 of which were delivered for the city’s Youth Olympic Games in August 2014.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2020

This deal will help to deliver Uber’s vision for every car on the app in the capital—around 45,000 drivers—to be fully electric from 2025. Through the Clean Air Plan, drivers will on average save £4,500, depending on the miles they’ve driven, off the cost of switching to an electric car.

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

World’s first fully-electric autonomous cargo vessel unveiled . The world’s first fully- electric autonomous cargo vessel (ship) has been unveiled in Norway, a step towards decreasing pollution in the maritime industry by introducing zero-emission vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

This is because of cheaper electricity, lower EV retail prices and higher purchase incentives in France. The taxi and ride-hailing markets are best positioned to go fully electric first. Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe, according to the European Environment Agency.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

The eWolf will feature a design that allows the vessel to operate fully electric with full performance capabilities. The eTug will feature a fully integrated electrical package provided by ABB. The eTug’s battery system will be charged at a specially designed, shoreside station developed with Cochran Marine.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Simultaneous Greenhouse Gas and Criteria Pollutants Emissions Reduction for Off-Road Powertrains. Fully Electric Powered, Hydraulic Assisted, Compact Track Loader. Ultra-low Cost, All-SiC Modular Power Converters for DC Fast Charging Equipment Connected Directly to Medium Voltage Distribution System. Eaton Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

We are certainly in revolutionary times, but it is clear that power generation sources will not become fully renewable and transport will not become fully electric for several decades, if ever. Designer” fuels offer the potential for efficiency improvements and near-zero pollutant emission. —Reitz et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

The Kenworth T680s will transport cargo across the Los Angeles basin and to inland cities such as Ontario and San Bernardino while generating zero emissions, other than water vapor, thanks to their fully electric hydrogen fuel cell powertrain integrations co-developed by Kenworth and Toyota.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles. The authors acknowledge funding from Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. 2c07030

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2018

Over the last two decades, fully electric cars have had, let’s say, a slow start. And while hybrid technology has taken off, drivers have been hesitant to accept fully battery-powered tech for a variety of reasons, including a lack of charging stations. Fewer Traffic Jams, Less Pollution. By Haden Kirkpatrick.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Together, we are taking a further step in electrifying urban logistics, contributing to decreased noise and air pollution in major cities across eleven European countries. The FUSO eCanter is Daimler Trucks’ first fully-electric light-duty truck in small-series production.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2020

Daimler Buses will be providing the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro and the new eCitaro G articulated bus. Hamburger Hochbahn AG received the first series-production model of the fully electric driven Mercedes-Benz eCitaro in November 2018 as part of an order for 20 eCitaro units.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2010

The Port of Los Angeles will continue working with Balqon Corporation, another Class 8 electric vehicle manufacturer, through an existing contract to demonstrate the use of its fully electric vehicle. Earlier post.) The CE-CERT laboratories will also guide these evaluations.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 15, 2021

By Eoin Bannon An EU plan to sell 100% emissions-free cars in 2035 will democratise electric vehicles in Europe, green group Transport & Environment (T&E) has said. Cars are responsible for 12% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and switching sales from polluting engines to fully electric is a crucial […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

For Grenoble and the Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, a fully electric car-sharing service has been identified as a solution to meet greenhouse-gas and other air-pollutant reduction targets. The program is funded by a private investment group foundation, le group Caisse des Dépôts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2015

The California cities of Stockton and Porterville have each placed orders with Proterra for its new Catalyst battery-electric bus with funding from the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District. —Donna DeMartino, General Manager/CEO at RTD.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. Automobiles are major contributors to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. million EVs and a fleet of 3.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

Some studies suggest the upstream CO 2 of electricity is greater than for gasoline, but the relative efficiency calculations here implicitly assume they are equal. The most extreme form of the technology—fully-electric vehicles—is often hailed as the solution.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launched a £110-million (US$133-million) scrappage scheme to support Londoners on lower incomes, disabled Londoners, charities, sole traders and business with 10 or fewer employees to replace or retrofit their old, polluting vehicles in order to be ULEZ compliant. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

In 1998 it was reported that a seven hour ride on a 2-stroke jet ski kicked out more pollution than an old model car driving 100,000 miles, according to Eco Watercraft. Barrett said that his company is also looking at individual skis and fully electric boats, for which they will produce prototypes in the next year or so.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

The on-road transportation (ORT) and power generation (PG) sectors are major contributors to CO 2 emissions and a host of short-lived radiatively-active air pollutants, including tropospheric ozone and fine aerosol particles, that exert complex influences on global climate. Unger et al. Click to enlarge. Unger et al. Nadine Unger, Drew T.

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Baua Electric

MAY 2, 2024

The company said Greenwater 01’s inaugural voyage with “zero emissions, pollution and noise has set a new benchmark for transforming the shipping industry towards the goals of low carbon and environmentally friendliness.”

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Plug N Drive

AUGUST 10, 2020

Through this program, Ontario drivers qualify for $1,000 toward the purchase of a used fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The burning of fossil fuels is a significant source of smog and air pollution and EVs are one path toward cleaner air and healthier communities.”. Brigham Foundation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

The car of the future will not just be powered by electricity. This will prevent accidents, reduce traffic congestion and drastically reduce noise pollution and exhaust emissions. The fully electric, fully connected I.D. It will also be digitally connected and will increasingly drive itself.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2017

Peter Slowik and Nic Lutsey analyze the connections among various state and local policies; public and workplace charging infrastructure; consumer incentives; model availability; and the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric (both fully electric and plug-in hybrid).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has accelerated as policymakers across the globe pass regulations to reduce emissions of air pollutants, according to the latest analysis by JATO Dynamics. 2017 represents a turning point in the adoption of electric cars, with sales in key regions increasing significantly.

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Plug N Drive

JANUARY 23, 2020

This program is being offered to encourage drivers to make the switch to low carbon transportation and reduce air pollution. The Scrappage Incentive is in addition to the Used EV Incentive program that launched in April 2019, which provides $1,000 off the purchase of a used fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric car.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We want to create a solution for the typical transport problems that cities face, such as traffic, air and noise pollution, and lack of space, while simultaneously helping them reach their sustainability goals. The MOIA car is a fully electric car that provides space for up to six passengers to fit comfortably.

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