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CIRCUL-A-THON finalists present solutions for transport, electronics, packaging and healthcare

Envirotec Magazine

Hungry on energy, materials and manpower, vehicle manufacturing presents a formidable appetite for new ideas that will reduce waste, and winners in the ‘transportation’ category showcased some of the latest thinking along these lines. Successful designs submitted in this category included a scooter to be used in India’s taxi services.

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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. The definition of fleet is evolving.

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Future of travel: Government seeks views on rural role for green transport innovation

Business Green

Series of reports and policy documents published by the Department for Transport this week seek to advance 'future of transport' programme and spur new wave of low carbon transport innovation.

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New satellite mapping tool promises to help communities choose active transport

Business Green

A new generation of interactive maps are set to help communities choose active transport options as part of the government's £2bn package to encourage walking and cycling. The XMAP Isochrone tool, can also help planners to understand how existing infrastructure enables or restricts green journeys, he added.

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

Business Green

Government launches £250m emergency active travel fund, but campaigners warn Prime Minister's advice to avoid public transport could fuel car-focused recovery. 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.

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

Business Green

The findings come in a new report released today by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), a joint government and industry backed research and development venture which was set up in 2013 to help accelerate the shift to net zero road transport. Emissions from transport have been rising in recent years," the letter states.

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BNEF: Fossil fuel car sales have likely peaked leaving EVs in pole position for recovery race

Business Green

However, with traditional internal combustion engine car sales set to take an even bigger hit this year, the long-term trend towards electrification of transport is projected to accelerate in the years following the pandemic, according to the influential green energy analyst. per cent to global electricity demand by 2040, BNEF added.