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The City Center In Paris Is Now Designated A Limited Traffic Zone

November 13, 2024 admin 0 Comments carbon emissions, cities, clean transport, France, mass transit / public transit, Paris, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:44:13 +0000

Many citizens in Paris were caught off-guard on November 5 when a new ban on motorists in the first four arrondissements of central Paris came into effect. As they looked around their city neighborhoods, residents could see nearly forty signs for the ‘Zone à Trafic Limité’ (ZTL) — or “limited … [continued]

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At The 2024 Paris Auto Show, The Focus Is On Price

October 16, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Europe, France, leapmotor, Paris, paris auto show, paris motor show, policy & politics, renault, stellantis, tariffs, Volkswagen, xpeng

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 17:30:35 +0000

The theme at the Paris Auto Show this year is lower priced electric cars that can compete with low cost offerings from Chinese manufacturers.

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How Paris Cleaned Up The Seine & Created A Better City For Its Citizens

August 13, 2024 admin climate change, events, olympics, Paris, wastewater treatment, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 16:07:40 +0000

The Seine is an iconic river. With a length of 481 miles, it runs from Burgundy through Paris out to the sea in Normandy. For all its fame, the Seine has a much darker side — it has been a dumping ground for all kinds of waste. Its biggest source … [continued]

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Did The 2024 Paris Olympic’s Decarbonization Efforts Make The Podium?

August 1, 2024 admin Aviation, bicycles, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, decarbonization, electric mass transit, Europe, evtol, green economy, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, olympics, Paris

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:35:38 +0000

The Olympics are upon us again, just as they are every four years. But this time it’s three years, because a global crisis delayed Tokyo’s contribution to the genre. A different global crisis is at least somewhat front and center for the French games. No, not social conservatives being offended … [continued]

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Lime Revs Up The E-Bike Machine For Paris Olympics

July 27, 2024 admin battery swap, battery swapping, bicycles, clean transport, e-bike sharing, electric bikes, electric micromobility, EU, Europe, ev batteries, France, lime, micromobility, olympics, Paris

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:25:56 +0000

Lime is deploying the backdrop of the 2024 Paris Olympics to draw attention to e-bikes and battery swapping, too.

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The Yin & Yang Of Delivery Vans — Electric Vs. Diesel

June 26, 2024 admin british telecom, clean transport, electric delivery vans, electric vans, Electric vehicles, France, green economy, iveco, Paris, uk, UPS

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 02:00:29 +0000

Conventional delivery vans create lots of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Switchung to electric vans is taking longer than expected.

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Hype Taxi Using Massive European Grants To Pay For Champagne-Scale Hydrogen Costs

April 22, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, France, green economy, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Paris, policy & politics, subsidies, tesla, tesla model 3

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:01:44 +0000

In the crazy world of hydrogen-for-transportation plays, some endeavors stand out. Ballard’s $1.3 billion in losses, $55 million a year, since 2000 with no profits ever is one. The $1.2 billion that California received as a hydrogen hub which is going to go down the drain because it’s being spent … [continued]

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Paris Electrified

April 18, 2024 admin cities, clean transport, electric bikes, electric cars, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit, Paris, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:31:37 +0000

About 50 years ago, we lived in Paris for six months. In 1975, my employer, NASA, and the CNES (the French NASA) jointly sponsored me on a 6-month Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) to live in Paris. The French were about to launch their Meteosat (a copy of the ATS 1 … [continued]

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The Best Places In The US & Europe To Vacation With An Electric Car

November 8, 2022 admin AMSTERDAM, Austria, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Europe, europe ev charging, ev charging, ev charging stations, France, Istanbul, Italy, london, market research, netherlands, Norway, Paris, research, Rome, Turkey, uk, Vienna

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 03:30:37 +0000

I wrote a piece earlier today about the best places in the UK to vacation with an electric car — based on the simple metrics of most hotels or Airbnbs with EV charging stations and most hotels or Airbnbs with EV charging stations per capita. The company that created that ranking, Elmo Drive, has also […]