Tag: zero emissions

JLR Powers Up Zero Emissions Charging On The Go With First Battery Energy Storage System Using Second-Life Range Rover Batteries

Stuart Mitchell

JLR has partnered with energy storage start-up, Allye Energy, to create a novel Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to provide zero emissions power on the go. A single Allye MAX BESS holds seven second-life Range Rover and Range Rover Sport PHEV battery packs that are simply removed from the vehicles and slotted into customised racks, without unnecessary additional processing. Each BESS can store 270kWh of energy at full capacity, enough to power the average UK household for nearly a month. The BESS, which is the first to use JLR’s second…

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IKEA commits to zero-emission on heavy-duty vehicles

Stuart Mitchell

Electrification of road transport is one of the key solutions to decarbonise the transport industry. Although the electrification of heavy-duty road transport is still in an early stage, it’s accelerating in many countries, together with the increasing availability of renewable energy sources. IKEA’s goal is to become climate positive by 2030. As a big transport buyer with more than 2 million shipments per year, IKEA has the responsibility to reduce its emissions and also the opportunity to show the way and speed up the decarbonisation of the transport industry. At…

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TU/e students develop zero emissions car that captures CO₂ from the air as it drives

Stuart Mitchell

U Eindhoven student team TU/ecomotive has developed a sustainable electric passenger car that captures more carbon dioxide (CO₂) than it emits while driving. It is a prototype, called Zem, that purifies the air through a special filter. By storing the captured CO₂ and then disposing it, Zem can contribute to reducing global warming. The students will continue to improve the vehicle in the coming years, with the goal of making it carbon-neutral for its entire life cycle and eventually hitting the road. The transport sector is a major polluter, producing about…

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European Parliament votes in favour of all new cars and vans sold from 2035 to be zero emissions

Stuart Mitchell

The European Parliament voted in favour of revised regulation on C02 standards requiring that all new cars and vans sold from 2035 must be zero emissions. This puts Europe closer on track to be net zero emissions by 2050 and fulfil its obligations under the Paris Agreement. It is a win for climate, air quality and is what EV100 members have been calling for to allow them to invest in Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) with confidence. Effort from groups to the right of the political spectrum to cut the 2035 mandate…

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City of London’s Beech Street set to become UK’s first 24/7 zero emission street

Stuart Mitchell

The City of London Corporation has backed plans to launch the UK’s first 24/7 zero emission street in a bid to improve air quality in the Square Mile. Beech Street, much of which runs under the Barbican Estate, is now expected to be restricted to zero emission vehicles*, cyclists and pedestrians by Spring 2020, pending final approval by Transport for London (TfL). Exceptions will be provided for emergency vehicles, access to the car parks off Beech Street and for refuse collection and deliveries. Bus route 153, which is fully electric and…

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