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In this way, thyssenkrupp is accelerating the start of low-CO2 steel production. With its capacity of 2.5 million metric tons of direct reduced iron, the first plant will be larger than initially planned.
Renault Group has moved into pole position in Europe in terms of low CO 2 emissions, with an average of 114.7g of CO2/km per vehicle (source: AAA-DATA) based on its passenger car sales over the full year 2013.
The Volkswagen Group and Salzgitter AG—which have been partners for more than 60 years— signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which Volkswagen will become one of the first customers for the low-CO 2 steel that Salzgitter AG plans to produce on a new production route at its headquarters in Lower Saxony from the end of 2025.
Kobe Steel will launch “Kobenable Steel” and become Japan’s first provider of low-CO 2 blast furnace steel products with significantly reduced CO 2 emissions during the blast furnace ironmaking process. The company plans to start selling the new products this fiscal year.
thyssenkrupp Steel is supplying low-CO 2 “ bluemint ” steel to its customer Accuride for the production of truck wheels. To improve the carbon footprint of the wheel for the customer Accuride, several parameters in flat steel production have been optimized with regard to sustainability.
A company that installs EV chargers in streetlights claims this is not only a practical way to bring charging to urban areas, but also has a lower carbon footprint than conventional charging installations. That's the conclusion of a study commissioned by U.K.-based based streetlight charging company ChargeLight and conducted by consultancy.
Green hydrogen is a central building block on our way to lowCO2 steel production. In cooperation with its partners Paul Wurth S.A., Tenova SpA, the French research center CEA and Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH, GrInHy2.0 will now continue to build on the success of the initial project.
In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen prolonged the use of petroleum-fueled ICE vehicles. Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. Top, without CCS and CSP; bottom, with CCS and CSP. Credit: ACS, Wallington et al.
The Peugeot 107 was the best-selling, low CO 2 car in the sub 111 g/km category, while the Peugeot 207 was the best-selling, low CO 2 car in both the sub 121 g/km and 131 g/km sectors. 2008 European Sales.
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IVECO, the commercial vehicles brand of Iveco Group, will support EDEKA Minden-Hannover—one of the leading food retailers in Germany—in converting the entire 700-vehicle company fleet from diesel to BioLiquified Natural Gas (bio-LNG) propulsion by 2025.
The Principality of Monaco, proactively seeking ways to combat environmental issues and to replace domestic transportation with low-CO2-emitting electric vehicles, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V. and MC Automobile (Europe) N.V. Earlier post.).
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We stick to our step-by-step plan of transitioning the fleet towards zero-emission transport and we keep investing in comfortable and quiet electric buses which, thanks to lowCO2 emission levels, are locally neutral for the environment. —Anja Wenmakers, the Managing Director of SWB Bus und Bahn.
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Germany-based RENK Group, a manufacturer of mission-critical drive technologies, is supplying three high-speed special gear units via RENK-Maag GmbH , a group company, for compressors for the production of green steel to Siemens Energy Compressors GmbH as part of the “SALCOS” (Salzgitter LowCO2 Steelmaking) project of the Salzgitter AG steel group.
The Latitude project is supported and part-funded by UK Government through the Advanced Propulsion Centre—with balancing contributions by the participating companies in the project—and will also improve the UK’s development and production capabilities of low-CO2 internal combustion engine technology.
One company vehicle operator is speaking out against current London Congestion Charge rules which exclude vans from the Greener Vehicle Discount rules which allow cars under 100g/km CO2 to avoid paying a charge to travel through the capital. Hoist hire company, Plantire currently runs a couple of Vauxhall Corsavan 1.3
Small cars will no longer mean cheap cars as the car market is set for minor revolution, it is predicted. According to Network Automotive, the long established perceived link in car buyer’s mind between vehicle size and prestige is about to be blown apart. The specialist automotive consultancy firm expects that with a host of [.].
France is continuing to establish itself as one of the leading green forces in Europe and now the French environment agency ADEME has awarded €57million via its technology demonstrator to 11 low carbon vehicle projects.
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Peugeot have announced the upcoming plug-in hybrid version of their 3008 SUV will offer an official CO2 rating of just 29g/km – placing it in the lowest Benefit-in-Kind tax rate – as well as an astonishing 300hp.
Fun, sporty, spacious, and lowCO2 emissions – that will be the MINI Countryman ALL4 Cooper D then. We’ve been sent a new road test on the largest MINI on the market by Autobuddy, a leading provider in all aspects of vehicle supply, contract hire and leasing. Written by MotorMistress, Autobuddy’s resident online news reporter, [.].
Other key findings from the report found that in 2021, the average estimated real-world CO2 emission rate for all new vehicles fell by 2 g/mi to 347 g/mi, which was the lowest ever measured. “Real-world fuel economy remained at a record high 25.4 Disclosure: Johnna is a $TSLA shareholder and believes in Tesla’s mission. .
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Volvo has added its new lowest emission engines to its new V40 and V40 Cross Country models; meaning CO2 emissions are now rated as low as 85g/km. Claiming that its new Drive-E powertrains deliver world-class blend of drivability and lowCO2 emissions, the Swedish car brand initially released the [.].
Toyota has today confirmed that the forthcoming Yaris Hybrid will emit just 79g/km of CO2 when it comes to the UK this July. The ultra-lowCO2 figure ensures the supermini will have some of the lowest running costs of any car; qualifying for free road tax, London congestion charge exemption, and for company car drivers, [.].
The car and van rental company, which is the world’s first and only vehicle rental company dedicated to lowCO2 vehicle rental, has now expanded its [.]. The arrival of Green Motion will assure that idea is more than a load of old cobblers.
Skoda has added a new lowCO2 model of its Octavia hatch model called the Octavia GreenLine, with an official CO2 figure of just 85g/km. Powered by a 1.6 litre TDI CR 110PS engine, the new model also boasts official fuel economy figure of 88.3mpg, giving it the highest rating in the Octavia line-u[.].
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