Birmingham City Council is trialling its first eCollect to combat climate change and air pollution.
Category: Air Quality
Mercedes-Benz eActros Longhaul electric HGV launch set for September
Mercedes-Benz Trucks will unveil the eActros LongHaul electric truck for long-distance transport in September at the IAA.
City of York tackles congestion and pollution with Alchera Technologies
York has become the first City in the UK to introduce city-wide real-time transport modelling to help ease congestion and pollution through its Smart Travel Evolution Programme (STEP). Phase one of the programme, which started earlier this year, involved improving…
WCRAQ debate: the need for change
Air quality monitoring, the lack of investment in alternative fueling infrastructure, and the need for greater collaboration on procurement to enable local authorities to access funding were among the topics discussed at the first-ever WCRAQ air quality and emissions reduction debate at the Titanic Centre in Belfast on October 12, 2021.
Editor’s blog – the challenge is urgent, but innovation is rapid
Fleet Vision International, Spring 2022, has been published.
Element 2 and Electra Commercial Vehicles agree exclusive working partnership
Element 2, the UK’s leading hydrogen refuelling business, has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with zero-emission vehicle provider Electra Commercial Vehicles to provide a supply of hydrogen gas and the associated refuelling infrastructure to Electra and its Fuel Cell vehicle customers.
Volvo Trucks becomes the first OEM using fossil-free steel in its trucks
Volvo is now introducing fossil-free steel in its trucks – the world’s first truck manufacturer to do so.
Electra to show the first zero-emission refrigerated hydrogen HGV at the CV Show in a UK first
Electra Commercial Vehicles will be showcasing the first zero-emission refrigerated fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) in the UK during the CV Show at the Solomon stand – 5a46.
Major car manufacturers and industry coalition appeal to the EU to ensure all new cars and vans are zero emissions from 2035
A broad cross-industry coalition, including Ford of Europe and Volvo Cars, is appealing to the EU to ensure all new cars and vans in Europe are zero-emission from 2035 and to establish mandatory charging infrastructure targets.
Study finds hydrogen with battery energy storage can deliver a zero-emission fire engine
Research conducted by ULEMCo, a hydrogen solutions provider, Oxfordshire County Council and Oxfordshire Fire Service has concluded that it is possible to create hydrogen battery-electric fire tenders.