All FCZ Article articles – Page 20
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FCZ ArticleLeeds City Council gets new electric Mercedes-Benz eEconic refuse collection vehicles
Three electric 27-tonne Mercedes-Benz eEconic 6x2 refuse collection vehicles (RCV) have joined Leeds City Council’s fleet.
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FCZ ArticleScania/DHL e-truck ‘interim solution’ while charging network is built
Scania and DHL will test its extended range electric truck this month, which they claimed overcomes the problem created by a current lack of charging points.
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FCZ ArticleFarizon SV vans reach UK shores for the first time
The first batch of Farizon SV vans have arrived in the UK via Felixstowe.
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FCZ ArticleBosch ends hydrogen deal with Ceres
Bosch has announced plans to discontinue work on industrialising power supply systems based on solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), as part of a realignment of operations and investments in hydrogen technologies.
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FCZ ArticleVolvo electric truck fits the bill at Debach
Suffolk-based warehousing and distribution firm Debach has replaced one of its diesel rigids with a Volvo FE Electric after its MD was invited to test drive a model.
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FCZ ArticleDAF Trucks and TotalEnergies agree net-zero collaboration
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between DAF Trucks and TotalEnergies committing both to the development of zero-emission solutions for road transport. The collaboration is designed to leverage DAF’s truck manufacturing experience with TotalEnergies’ background in multi-energy solutions.
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FCZ ArticleHived grows electric parcel fleet with 11 new Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks
Sustainable logistics company, Hived, is adding nine new Mercedes-Benz eActros 600s and two eActros 400 models to its all-electric fleet. Supplied by Motus Truck & Van, the trucks will be put to work on the company’s middle-mile deliveries and supported by infrastructure at Hived’s transport hubs.
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FCZ ArticleOxfordshire awards refuelling site contract for hydrogen fire tender
Oxfordshire County Council has awarded an £825,500 contract for Hydrogen refuelling infrastructure to Hungerford-based Fuel Cell Systems. The infrastructure is part of the Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Range Extended Fire Engine Prototype (Hyer Power) project, which is developing a prototype fire engine. The hydrogen production and refuelling rig will ...
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FCZ ArticleHydrogen filling station granted planning consent
Darlington Borough Council has granted planning permission to Element 2 to build a hydrogen refuelling station - initially for heavy goods vehicles, with the potential to expand into other vehicle classes in the future – at a site inside Teesside International Airport. The 0.78 hectare site will have two refuelling ...
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FCZ ArticleContinental reveals new solution to improve hydrogen fuel cell systems
Continental has created a line for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) cooling systems using synthetic rubber and a mixture of other materials.
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FCZ ArticleUnited Utilities gets four new Volvo FM Electrics under Electric Freightway ZEHID consortium
United Utilities has added four new Volvo FM Electric 6x2 tractor units to its fleet as part of the Electric Freightway zero emission HGV and infrastructure demonstrator (ZEHID) consortium.
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FCZ ArticleZero emission HGV and infrastructure demonstrator progress summit set for 6 March
Innovate UK and the Department for Transport are hosting a progress summit for the zero emission HGV and infrastructure demonstrator programme. Due to take place in London, 6 March, the event will provide a detailed overview of progress in each of the four consortiums so far including eFreight 2030, HyHAUL, ...
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FCZ ArticleV1G v V2G and the vicious circle on vehicle charging
Companies talking about the interaction between battery electric vehicles and the electricity grid often talk about V1G and V2G interactions. What do these bits of jargon mean, and what are the implications for fleet operators? Both refer to more complex interactions than simply connecting the battery vehicle ...
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FCZ ArticleZEN and the art of comparing batteries and hydrogen vehicles
Freight Carbon Zero caught up with Angus Webb, CEO of Dynamon and project lead for ZENFreight to discuss progress for the only multi-fuel consortium in the ZEHID programme.
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FCZ ArticleHVS secures investment from Qatari firm Excelledia Ventures
The hydrogen commercial vehicle manufacturer HVS has secured funding from Excelledia Ventures. This new funding announcement follows cut backs at HVS which we reported on in November.
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FCZ ArticleDynamic on-road charging may be the only way to achieve zero-emission cost parity
No matter whom you might hear it from, if the technology succeeds at all at mass roll-out, hydrogen is at least a decade behind battery electric technology.