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E-scooters: 'Fine balance' needed to ensure green benefits, research finds

Business Green

By replacing short car journeys e-scooters can cut CO2 by up to 90 per cent, but robust regulation needed, Cenex warns. E-scooters are seen as a low carbon form of travel that can help reduce congestion and improve city-centre journey times.

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Unfavorable times for the electric scooter industry

AGreenLiving

Once billed as an environmentally-friendly and enterprising venture, the electric scooter-sharing micromobility business has not lived up to the promising hype but is now looking dismal. Could this be the end for e-scooters? Related: We love electric scooters — but is the Bird trend actually bad for the environment?

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. Katie Fehrenbacher. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 02:00.

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Lyft plans to electrify all of its cars by 2030

GreenBiz

In addition, Lyft operates bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters in certain regions and integrates its app with public transit data. . While EVs can be cheaper to operate, compared to gasoline costs, high battery costs still can make many EVs more expensive than traditional cars. Lyft recently announced a first-quarter loss of $85.2

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'On the cusp of a transport revolution': Green mobility projects secure £90m funding boost

Business Green

Government also seeks views on 'biggest shake up of transport laws in a generation' to harness emerging green transport technologies such as electric scooters. This review will ensure we understand the potential impacts of a wide range of new transport modes such as e-scooters, helping to properly inform any decisions on legalisation.

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Despite the hydrogen hype, electricity will drive net zero transport

Business Green

Cars, buses, trucks, scooters and even planes are going electric, and Britain needs an electricity grid able to cope with it, writes Onward's Ted Christie-Miller. A bi-product of these regulations has been the surge in e-bikes and e-scooters on our roads, albeit illegally in the case of the latter.

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Lime hopes to speed towards net zero with new science-based 2030 goal

Business Green

Company unveils raft of new sustainability commitments as it announces plan to collaborate on low carbon transport and air pollution advocacy and awareness programmes with WWF. Transport choices and availability plays a key role in the carbon intensity of city mobility," she said.