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04/09/2020
Volta Trucks has launched a new purpose-built fully electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle. The company says that it is targeting the same total cost of ownership as a conventional diesel vehicle while offering added benefits. Trials are to begin in the first half of 2021 with the start of production scheduled for 2022.
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04/09/2020
World EV Day on September 9 has been established as a global celebration of all things e-mobility, and of EV ownership. It will be a multi-media festival, coordinated by Green.TV and conducted across a wide range of social media platforms including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.
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03/09/2020
The Advanced Propulsion Centre is looking for industry experts to help develop the 2020 Automotive Industry Technology Roadmaps. The survey - which builds on the 2017 Technology Roadmaps - closes for entries on 6 September.
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02/09/2020
The Local Government Association has published a series of decarbonisation briefings designed to help local councils take action to decarbonise transport.
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01/09/2020
Ricardo, E4tech and the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg (ifeu), have delivered an innovative and comprehensive lifecycle assessment of road vehicles on behalf of the European Commission. As we transition to the electrification of vehicles and other new fuels it is more important to use life-cycle assessment (LCA) approaches in assessing the relative impacts of different options on an holistic basis.
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28/08/2020
A new trade body - the Renewable Transport Fuel Association (RTFA) - has been formed to help achieve rapid action to decarbonise transport through use of bioethanol, biodiesel, biomethane and biopropane. Gaynor Hartnell, former Chief Executive of the Renewable Energy Association will be the organisation's Chief Executive.
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18/08/2020
The Advanced Propulsion Centre has launched a new call (APC17) for a share of £27m funding to support late stage R&D in advanced low carbon propulsion capability in the automotive sector.
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15/08/2020
BP has announced details of a new strategy that it says will reshape its business from being an international oil company focused on producing resources to an integrated energy company specialising in delivering solutions for customers. In related news, BP and six other top oil companies have downgraded their asset valuations by $87bn since the end of 2019.
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29/07/2020
LowCVP's 2020 Annual Conference, 'Reset 2020', which took place online on July 15, was attended by over 700 delegates. The event included a keynote speech by the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps as well as contributions from a wide range of leading transport and environment stakeholders. It enabled opportunities for delegates to visit exhibitions, 'speed network' and interact in speaker sessions through polls and Q&As. Based on the feedback survey over 120,000 delegate miles were avoided compared with a London-based physical event. Conference resources and recordings are now available.
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29/07/2020
LowCVP has held two webinars to disseminate the key outcomes from the Low Emissions Freight and Logistics Trials (LEFT). On behalf of Innovate UK and OLEV, the webinars showcased the results from independent vehicle testing and in-service operational learnings from companies participating in the trials. Resources from the webinars (slide decks and webinar recordings) are now available to LowCVP members.
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