October 2016 – the Little Green blog

Government gears up for zero emission future

5th January 201725th October 2016 by Chris

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“The Modern Transport Bill, first announced in the Queen’s Speech in May, will outline the … …read more…

Any Doubts About the EV Revolution?

5th January 201724th October 2016 by Chris

PodPointChargerOnGreen100 Here’s just a small selection of the news over recent weeks.
Oil groups ‘threatened’ by electric cars: International ratings agency … …read more…

Bremoaning?

5th January 201724th October 2016 by Chris

I’ve been waiting for the dust to settle a bit before commenting but, it seems to me, the dust … …read more…

£10m Charging Investment to Boost Electric Vehicle Uptake

5th January 201714th October 2016 by Chris

The electric vehicle charging network continues to expand as it was … …read more…

Germany Steps Calls For Ban On Gas/Diesel Cars By 2030

5th January 20179th October 2016 by Chris

Germany’s Bundesrat approved a resolution that calls for a ban on new internal combustion engine cars by … …read more…

Deutsche Post Builds Its Own Electric Delivery Van

5th January 20178th October 2016 by Chris

deutschepostevans The new vehicles (1,000 of them) are already deployed in various German cities (replacing … …read more…

Ecology : Electric Vehicles : Political notes and more

October 2015

Oslo, Norway’s capital, like most of the Scandinavian country’s cities and towns, boasts bus-lane access for electric vehicles (EVs), recharging stations aplenty, privileged parking, and toll-free travel for electric cars. The initiative began in the 1990s as an effort to cut pollution, congestion, and noise in urban centres; now its primary rationale is combating climate change. Today, Norway has the highest per capita number of all-electric [battery only] cars in the world: more than 100,000 in a country of 5.2 million people. Last year, EVs constituted nearly 40% of the nation’s newly registered passenger cars. Norway is the clear electric vehicle pacesetter in Europe, which now has about 500,000 electric vehicles.

And the Norwegian experiment shows every sign of accelerating. Earlier this year, Norway opened the world’s largest fast-charging station, which can charge up to 28 vehicles in about half an hour.

Hackney Council has installed the first publicly accessible on-street rapid charging posts for electrical vehicles in London, so increasing the charging options of EV users in the capital.
The three units, which are supplied by APT Technologies a leading innovator in EV charging solutions, are the very latest Tri-Rapid Chargers and are located in Shoreditch, Dalston and Hackney Central.

China leads the world in EV usage, with about 600,000 all-electric vehicles on its roads and an ambitious plan to deploy 5m EVs by 2020.

Wind power generates 140% of Denmark's electricity demand http://bit.ly/1IOI0jV
Unusually high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs – with plenty to spare for Germany, Norway and Sweden too

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