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Triumph Motorcycles revs up its first e-bike

Business Green

Meanwhile, demand for e-bikes is growing rapidly and analysts are predicting the market could receive a further boost as coronavirus measures encourage more people to avoid public transport and cycle where possible. Triumph is not the first major automotive company to dip into the booming e-mobility market.

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UK poised for £24bn boost from electric cars by 2025, industry report claims

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The shift to electric passenger cars could deliver a £24bn boost to the UK economy over the next five years, but the automotive industry and its supply chains must ramp up capacity 10-fold in order to meet growing demand, a joint government and industry backed report today estimates.

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Trends in mobility and energy innovation with Gabriel Scheer

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Lime, Tier, and Scoot have proven there’s demand for shared scooters, while Dance, VanMoof, and Rad Power Bikes have shown there’s appetite for leasing and owning electric bikes. That said, here’re just a few of the things I’m looking for: Micromobility approaches to moving people and cargo.

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Government promises £2bn active transport blitz, as fears grow over spike in post-lockdown pollution

Business Green

It also unveiled plans to fast track trials for e-scooters rental schemes, in a bid to make it easier for urban commuters to get to work. The new package of measures proposed by DfT over the weekend looks to set to deliver on at least some of the demands put forward by the new group.

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BNEF Electric Vehicle Outlook: Six key lessons for road transport's pursuit of net zero

Business Green

Sales continue to surge in key markets, while scores of producers and users of cars, buses, trucks, and even scooters are now pushing towards ridding their operations of fossil fuel vehicles altogether. Moreover, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology holds massive potential to help ease demand for power if rolled out at mass scale.

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Retooling a shuttered factory to build electric trucks: Q&A with Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns

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Steve Burns: Automotive plants come up for sale very infrequently. They’re industrial, automotive-grade robots and it’s a known science how to program them. We have to come out at the price point, and we’re racing to be first, because first mover advantage is strong and there’s a lot of pent-up demand. Why is this different?”

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How Taiwan is your best choice for sourcing EV solutions

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In the last few years, driven by the severe impacts of climate change and global warming, the shift toward electric and self-driving vehicles in the automotive industry is showing an unstoppable momentum. Visitors can source the latest technologies from suppliers across the automotive supply chain.