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Project Jolt aims to establish if electric electric trucks can become commercially viable

Project Jolt launched on 26 March and seeks to establish whether electric road freight transport, and in particular 44t, electric trucks (eHGVs), can become commercially viable.

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Grundon Waste Management receives a new DAF XD 450 8x4

Following an initial delivery of a New Generation DAF XD 450 8x4 with Boughton hook-loader body, Grundon Waste Management has said that the DAF XD product range has all the attributes to future-proof its business to 2030 and beyond.

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Dawsongroup vans unveils flagship clean energy fleet electrification facility

Dawsongroup vans has unveiled a flagship clean energy fleet electrification facility at Dawson Road, Milton Keynes developed by E-fleet solutions provider VEV.

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Liverpool City Region orders 58 Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV zero-emission double deckers

Alexander Dennis has taken a firm order from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for 58 next-generation Enviro400EV zero-emission buses.

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Leeds leads the way with electric Mercedes-Benz eEconic bin trucks

Leeds City Council has taken a major step towards cleaner, greener refuse collection by adding the first three battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eEconic trucks to its fleet.

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Debach deliveries go green with new Volvo FE Electric

Warehousing and distribution business Debach has added a new Volvo FE Electric to its busy operation. The company’s first electric truck replaces a similar diesel unit, instantly cutting carbon emissions in a 40-strong commercial vehicle fleet.

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Go Ultra Low schemes nudging fleets towards electric vehicles

The government’s Go Ultra Low initiative is soon likely to nudge fleets in the direction of adopting electric vehicles.

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Low emission vehicles “a colossal opportunity for Britain”

A move to low and zero-emission vehicles as “a colossal opportunity for Britain to play a leading part in an industrial revolution”.

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Turning on to electrics and plug-in hybrids with Formula E

Nearly half of ‘experts’ expect their next car to be a battery electric (BEV) or plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicle – but that figure falls to 1% considering PHEVs and 1% BEVs, plus 7% conventional hybrids across the UK’s population.

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British Gas goes green with Mercedes Vito E-Cells

British Gas has invested in a pair of fully-electric Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell Traveliner people carriers for employees to travel emissions-free between offices around west London.

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