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E-driving in Spain 27-08-2010 (14-12-2009) The Royal Automobile Club of Catalonia (RACC) started this year a mobility campaign, focused on minimizing emissions through more energy-efficient driving.
The use of alternative fuel in Belgrade, Serbia 27-08-2010 (28-04-2010) According the principals of development, keeping the environment is one of the primer goals of a modern city. In the last few years, a big attention has been drown to solving this problem. The polluted air is one of the biggest problems of the overcrowded cities.
The first electric car in Serbia YugoElektra, Serbia 27-08-2010 Joint project for prototype of electric car of »Zastava« from Kragujevac, »Krusik« from Valjevo, »Sever« from Subotica and Electrotechnical Faculty of Belgrade was begun a decade ago in Serbia. Prototype was called YugoElektra, and it have range of 60-80km, max speed is 90km/h, and the time of charging of batteries is about 5h.
Electric cars in Berlin (Germany) 17-07-2010 Since June 2009 the German capital sees 50 electric MINI's povered by certified CO2 neutral electricity. The e-vehicles were given to 50 test drivers to collect experience with electric mobility and the necessary infrastructure. In the project six main partners are joining forces Vattenfall providing energy and charging infrastructure, BMW supporting the introduction of electric Minis, Technical Universities of Berlin, Chemnitz and Ilmenau for scientific support.
Electric boat on the lake of Bourget 31-05-2010 (29-06-2010) In a very touristic area, on the greatest French lake in the Alps, a private company decided to offer boat trips with a high quality of comfort (less noise and odours) and a better protection of the environment.
Tourists using this electric boat are very positive about its advantages, even if they do not choose this boat for environmental reasons.
The overall cost of the boat compared with a classical one is about 80 000 €. A part of this cost is due to the specific conception of the boat. Subsidies from the Region and EDF represented about 15 000 €.
The cost of electricity is about 2 500 €/year, to be compared to a cost of 7 000 €/year with diesel.
Rzeszow - the biggest CNG municipal bus fleet in Poland 08-04-2010 (31-05-2010) Rzeszow - a city in South East of Poland, replaced the outdated municipal transportation buses powered by diesel with modern units fueld by CNG. To allow for comparison of the characteristics of different buses 38 new CNG buses from different manufacturers were bought and two diesel buses were converted to CNG.
Electric and Hybrid Compactors Vehicles in Sevilla, Spain 08-04-2010 (10-06-2010) Sevilla is one of the first cities in the world using vehicles with electric propulsion for the collection of urban waste. The use of bimodal compactors in the historic centre of Sevilla provides important advantages over conventional collection vehicles. The practical benefits of this technology also include lower emissions and environmental noise at low speeds compared to conventional vehicles.
At present, the good experience of the Environmental Department of Sevilla City Council was confirmed by the purchase of another five compactor vehicles, consolidating this bimodal technology
CNG consumption monitoring and Ecodriving training in Cesena and Forlì 30-03-2010 (25-08-2010) AVM SpA is a public transport operator running inter-urban and urban bus networks in the Province of Forlì-Cesena. The company runs around 12 millions bus-km/year with a fleet of over 350 buses. With the support of TRT, AVM designed a tailored pilot action in the framework of the FLEAT project to evaluate the potentials of both ecodriving and sustainable fleet management concepts for consistently reducing its fuel consumption and pollutant emissions.
Bio Bus and cooking oil recycling project in Kilmarnock (UK) 15-02-2010 (02-06-2010) As part of Stagecoach's (one of the largest bus operators in the UK) Bio Bus, a new recycling initiative was launched to East Ayrshire residents - the opportunity to exchange used cooking oil collected from their kitchens, for discounted bus tickets which can then be used on Stagecoach bus services within the Kilmarnock area.
