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17/06/2019
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has set out his plans for a major expansion of London’s electric vehicle-charging network. The Mayor plans to bring together the public and private sector to deliver rapid development in the electric vehicle infrastructure in the capital. The plan includes commitments by businesses and retailers to transform EV charging provision in London over the coming years.
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10/06/2019
The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has announced the award of £33m funding for five projects involving 32 organisations to advance the UK's low carbon capability in the automotive sector.
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24/05/2019
Join the Low Carbon Transport: Engineering the Fuels of the Future seminar (9 July) to address developments in low carbon fuels, practical applications in the automotive and marine sectors and efforts to overcome the main engineering challenges to widespread adoption. The seminar will form part of a two-day fuels-focused event and is held in collaboration with the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership's Future Fuels on the Road to Zero conference (8 July) which will focus on fuels policy.
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24/05/2019
Michael Ellis MP has replaced Jesse Norman as minister responsible for 'future mobility' and 'transport and the environment' at the Department for Transport (DfT). Mr Ellis was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport since January 2018. Jesse Norman will move to the Treasury.
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23/05/2019
Transport for London has ordered 20 new hydrogen fuel cell buses to run in the capital. Meanwhile, CNG Fuels has announced that five new biomethane refuelling stations will open to serve HGV fleet operators who want to make the switch from diesel.
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16/05/2019
The Government has announced that Coventry will be home to a new national centre of excellence for the development of the latest electric car battery technology. Meanwhile, it's also been announced that 22 projects will benefit from £25m Government investment to help decarbonise UK transport.
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15/05/2019
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) with support from OLEV and the Energy Saving Trust has launched a new Electric Vehicle Approved (EVA) scheme to certify retailers’ excellence in the electric vehicle sector.
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10/05/2019
A new report from Cenex finds that bidirectional Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) charging, which sees vehicles provide energy from their batteries to the grid when plugged in, delivers greater value and revenues than unidirectional Smart Charging.
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08/05/2019
New labelling on fuel dispensers and nozzles is being introduced as a result of new regulations by the Department for Transport. The new labels - to be introduced by 1st September 2019 - will help drivers to choose the right fuel for their vehicle. The LowCVP is working with the DfT and key industry stakeholders to help ensure a smooth transition.
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02/05/2019
The Committee on Climate Change has published a landmark report which calls for the UK to adopt a world-leading target of Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The report calls for the target for electric cars introduction to be brought forward and for the accelerated introduction of low carbon technologies for other harder-to-electrify vehicle types, such as long-range trucks.
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