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E-mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Electric Two Wheelers Gaining Momentum

CleanTech Group

The term micromobility, for most, conjures up the image of electric scooters and bike-sharing programs that have become ubiquitous across most of Europe. The post E-mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Electric Two Wheelers Gaining Momentum appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Customized connectors allowed unu to develop an innovative electric scooter that’s easy to recharge and built for urban life 

Charged

Powering Clean Urban Transportation Electric scooters have the ability to transform urban transportation. Taking Charge of the Future What if you could design a scooter that could be charged at home or work? Customer Problem unu wanted to create a user-friendly scooter battery that simplified EV charging.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

The young e-scooter companies also own large "fleets," although not in the traditional sense. . Progressive cities, many in Europe, are building zones in downtown centers that are banning fossil-fuel vehicles and incentivizing zero-emission models. Other types of fleets such as long-haul trucks will take a lot& longer to go electric.

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Despite Volatility, Micromobility Thrives in European Cities

The City Fix

Since the mid-2010s, cities around the globe have witnessed the explosion of free-floating electric bikes, mopeds and scooters on their streets. NUMO, the New Urban Mobility alliance, began tracking this phenomenon in 2019 with the New Mobility Atlas. Between 2019 and.

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Recycling e-waste should be a legal requirement in the EU, says report

Envirotec Magazine

The report by the CEWASTE consortium – led by the Switzerland-based World Resources Forum – says this requirement should apply to certain e-waste categories, including: End-of-life circuit boards, certain magnets in disc drives and electric vehicles, EV and other special battery types, and fluorescent lamps.

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Bloomberg’s new Electric Vehicle Outlook says sales of ICE vehicles peaked in 2017

Charged

BloombergNEF’s annual Electric Vehicle Outlook forecasts trends in electrification, shared mobility and autonomous driving. The first segment to reach the tipping point will be large cars in Europe, which will achieve price parity by 2022. Vehicles other than passenger cars will continue rapidly electrifying in the decade ahead.

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Reversing Beeching and electrifying scooters: £500m fund to reopen train lines closed in 1960s leads raft of green transport initatives

Business Green

Re-opening train lines, building new stations, digitising bus timetables, and legalising electric scooters are among a raft of initiatives being pursued by the Department of Transport (DfT), as its steps up efforts to rebalance the UK economy and decarbonise the country's transport sector.