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Electric fleets could save UK companies £350,000 a year, says report
As US electric carmaker Tesla Motors sets the European price for its Model S all-electric sedan, a report for British Gas says that UK companies could save £350,000 a year by going electric with their fleet.
IBM to simplify electric vehicle charging and payment
IBM is taking the lead on a project to simplify electric vehicle charging and payment for customers wherever they are in Europe, the company announced this week.
GE’s hybrid bus technology makes it to the next stop
Scientists at GE Global Research say they have made it to the next stop in the route to affordable, clean fuel, zero-emission buses.
Indianapolis becomes first US city to switch to electric fleet
Indianapolis has become the first city in the US to require the purchase of either all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles for its fleet.
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Car manufacturers making progress on EU carbon targets
Carmakers in Europe are on largely track to meet the European Union’s targets for average car emissions, according to the latest figures from the European Environment Agency.
Johnson Matthey and NREL sign up to five-year biofuels effort
Chemicals company Johnson Matthey and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have signed up to a joint five-year effort on biofuels.
BYD takes all-electric taxis to Colombia
Chinese automaker BYD announced this week that the Colombian capital of Bogotá will be trialling the company’s all-electric e6 sedan as a taxi.
Chargemaster overtakes Elektromotive in £8.5 million deal
UK electric vehicle infrastructure provider Chargemaster is to acquire Elektromotive, the first company to introduce public electric vehicle charging stations in the UK nearly ten years ago, in a cash deal worth £8.5 million.
Bankrupt US battery-maker A123 Systems sells assets to Wanxiang
US lithium-ion battery developer and manufacturer A123 Systems, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, has announced that it is to sell its assets to Chinese company Wanxiang’s American subsidiary based in Chicago.
Making trucks more efficient could bring fuel savings
Existing technologies that improve the fuel efficiency of trucks could save owners over $26,000 per vehicle and reduce CO2 emissions by 624 million tonnes, according to new research.