Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2020

Motorbike insurer Bikesure recently surveyed 1,000 commuters in London to find out how the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has impacted them. The designated Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) was introduced in central London on 8 April 2019. of Londoners changed their usual mode of transport. The survey found that: 65.3%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2018

More 3,000 primary school children in polluted areas of London and Luton will have their lung health monitored over a four-year period in a new international study launched by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. —Lead researcher Professor Chris Griffiths from Queen Mary University of London.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2020

Scientists from ExxonMobil, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Imperial College of London have published in the journal Science joint research on potential breakthroughs in a new membrane technology that could reduce emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. Imperial College London. Johnson, Scott J.

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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

JULY 9, 2019

Three months since the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) in London, results of a year-long trial in the capital suggest that plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) commercial vehicles could present the most practical, readily available option for businesses trying to meet clean-air targets in cities. million (US$5.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7 million users in France in 2017.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 16, 2020

London already has the largest electric bus fleet of anywhere in Europe. And now it’s hosting the trial site of the world’s largest vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial site.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The research was presented by Shanon Lim, a research assistant and PhD candidate at King’s College London, UK. It was a collaboration between researchers at King’s and researchers at Queen Mary University of London. The researchers recruited 140 professional drivers from a range of occupations working in central London.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 6, 2021

London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has turned its range-extended electric London taxi into a camper van. European deliveries are scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of this year. LEVC claims this new model, dubbed e-Camper, is the world's first all-electric camper van, but that's a bit of a stretch.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 28, 2024

Last year the city of London expanded its ULEV zone to include the entire metropolitan area, which has lowered air pollution considerably. The post London Clears The Air — Thanks To Low Emissions Zone Policies appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be expanded on 29 August 2023. It will operate London-wide across all London boroughs, up to the current Low Emission Zone (LEZ) boundary. To be clear, this means five million more Londoners will soon breathe cleaner air.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2021

E4Tech, a London-based clean-tech specialist consultancy, performed an independent, strategic scoping study of stationary grid storage application based upon LiNa’s technology. In January, LiNa energy announced a four-year industry-sponsored research program with Imperial College London.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

London-based sustainability consultancy Kumi, a market leader in responsible sourcing practices for global supply chains, has launched a due diligence tool called CAHRA Map to enable companies in the minerals and metals sector to identify “conflict-affected and high-risk areas” (CAHRAs). Identifying CAHRAs can be complicated.

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Electrek

JANUARY 16, 2024

London’s ambulance service already has 42 Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles in its emergency fleet, but now it’s adding 12 bright, shiny all-electric ambulances designed by Ford for emissions-free first response – and the first full-service electric ambulances in the city.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers from London South Bank University (LSBU), School of the Built Environment and Architecture, are investigating the use of metal hydrides to absorb, release and store hydrogen for fuel cell buses.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2022

This milestone confirms the first location where vehicles will be serviced and maintained in Paris, with confirmation of the London Hub location due shortly. The facility offers 2,100 m 2 on a 5,000 m 2 plot and will serve more than 600 trucks per year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Jewel E is one of the first EV buses to meet the latest Transport for London (TfL) bus safety standard specifications and requirements for 2024, including enhanced safety features to give the public, drivers and passengers peace of mind.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

For comparison—in October, there were 300 electric buses in London, 259 in Paris, 200 in Berlin and 164 in Amsterdam, according to Mosgortrans, the major bus operator of the city. This year will see another 300 electric buses put into service, of which more than 200 have already come on line.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2020

Metal particles from the abrasion of brake pads (brake abrasion dust, BAD) may cause inflammation and reduce the ability of immune cells to kill bacteria, similarly to particles derived from diesel exhaust particles (DEP), according to a new study led by researchers at King’s College London. Gant, Thomas Sandstrom, Nuria Camina, Toby J.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) is launching the VN5, its new electric light commercial van. VN5 also benefits from a driver-oriented cabin shared with TX, featuring an ergonomic, relaxed and stress-free workspace tried and tested on the streets of London by thousands of cabbies.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Renault 5 E-Tech electric has truly lived up to its promise of being made for the city after being named “Car of the Year” at the inaugural London EV Show Awards.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2022

This latest deployment of taxis means the wider ZEFER project has achieved its full complement of 180 FCEVs in high-utilization, captive fleets across Europe with deployments in three capital cities (Paris, London and Copenhagen).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

MWh Green Orca Li-ion battery system ( earlier post ) for the electric event vessel Oceandiva London. The 86m long and 17m wide Oceandiva London —the largest floating event venue on the Thames—offers 2,625 m 2 of flexible indoor and outdoor space spread across three decks.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 7, 2023

Go-Ahead London is going for a further 141 battery-electric buses, taking the total number of electric buses to be delivered to the operator during 2023 to 299 vehicles. This new order follows Go-Ahead London’s success in winning contracts for bus routes tendered […]

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The Driven EV News

AUGUST 8, 2024

Geely has reportedly poured £120 million (around $A235 million) into the London Electric Vehicle Company, the producer of London’s famous black taxi cabs. The post Chinese carmaker Geely pours £120 million into London electric cab maker appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and University College London (UCL) have produced graphene via a special, scalable technique and used it to develop hydrogen fuel cell catalysts.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

L-Charge earlier began test operation of the world’s fastest mobile charging station in Moscow and has plans to develop networks in Paris, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam and London. In July, L-Charge presented its rapid mobile charging station for electric vehicles and launched its test operation in Moscow.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2022

Transit Systems is part of Kelsian Group, Australia’s largest integrated multi-modal transport provider and tourism operator, with established urban bus operations in Singapore and London.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2021

The Spirit of Innovation features an electric propulsion system delivering 500 hp+ with the most power-dense battery pack ever assembled for an aircraft, providing enough energy to fuel 250 homes or fly London to Paris on a single charge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

An important factor in DHL’s decision to ramp up the transition to zero-emission vehicles is due to the positive experience it has with using an electric Volvo truck in London since November 2020, making last mile deliveries into the West End shopping district.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2023

Rio Tinto has committed $150 million to create a Center for Future Materials led by Imperial College London to find innovative ways to provide the materials the world needs for the energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

By focusing on one-hour flights, the Wright Spirit addresses the world’s busiest city pairs, such as Seoul-Jeju (world’s busiest route, 14 million passengers annually), London-Paris, Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo, and San Francisco-Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

Cobalt is now trading on the London Metal Exchange ( LME ) at around $79,000 per tonne (US$35.83/lb), Cobalt is an important ingredient in lithium-ion battery cathode production, accounting for about a quarter of the cost of the battery. The price for cobalt spiked to $40 per pound in 2018, but returned to $25 dollars per pound in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2021

The price of copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose to $9,990/t on 29 April, marking a ten-year high and closing in on the record high LME price of $10,147.50/t t on 14 February 2011. In its new Copper Monthly Insights , Roskill said that the ongoing surge in copper pricing is taking impetus from President Biden’s new CO 2 targets.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

Modeling completed by independent researchers from Imperial College London, through Imperial Consultants, has shown that OXCCU’s one-step process significantly reduces SAF cost due to higher selectivity yield in the jet fuel range and a 50% lower capital cost.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

The 4.5Ah prototype was first unveiled by Dr. Yifan Tang, Chief Technology Officer of SERES, at FISITA PLUS 2019, a mobility conference in London, U.K. Yifan Tang, Dr. Ken Ogata and Dr. Chengyu Mao. is a significant step beyond the traditional lithium-ion solutions that have dominated for the past 30 years.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2022

This includes the completion of a fleet of Design Verification prototypes for engineering development and testing, as well as a fleet of Product Verification vehicles that will be evaluated by customers in London and Paris in mid-2022. Volta Trucks will launch first in London and Paris by the end of this year.

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