Sustainable Mobility
From event reviews and breaking technology news to global policy changes, our bloggers explore the accelerating Clean Revolution in transport.
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SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION IN CITIES PART 3: THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
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- 28 January 2013
LLGA has an history of tackling transport and movement challenges. Good examples include Santiago de Chile, Lavasa (India) and Barcelona, three cities that both found -- and are piloting -- solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of city transport through LLGA. I explore these cities further below.
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Is air quality and noise a bigger driver of EVs than carbon emissions or energy security?
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- 26 March 2012
Reflecting on whether the EV drivers of change are brought home by the real benefits to our cities in terms of air quality and noise, rather than emissions reductions.
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Our future transport is not an extrapolation from today…
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- 20 March 2012
Questioning assumptions around car ownership shows that the likes of BMW may well be able to seize even bigger opportunities with their new car club scheme.
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Nine and a half weeks to happiness
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- 13 March 2012
Electric vehicle take-up should be faster, and I think longer trials to win over potential buyers can drive it. Loan cars, fleet vehicles, a new sales process, or perhaps a marketing campaign to raise awareness of the issues may well accelerate this process.
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Electric vans work for your business now! Go get one while they're hot…
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- 21 February 2012
We launched our Plugged-in Fleets report today (so I may be biased) but we put a lot of effort into ensuring that the report's analysis offers a realistic view of where electric vehicles work - both in duty cycle and financial considerations - within the fleet market
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ActiveE BMW brings us a step further to premium brand EV products
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- 08 February 2012
Recently I was given the opportunity to drive BMW's ActiveE, which is in the public stage two of its journey and follows on from MiniE, now testing the powertrain of the i3.
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PICG extending to PIVG from OLEV
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- 17 January 2012
The new PICG extending to PIVG from OLEV means EV light duty vans clean up in London – and that’s not just in carbon, air quality or noise.
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If 2011 was the dawn of EVs what will 2012 be?
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- 19 December 2011
What a year! It was badged as the dawn of the EV with credible cars appearing, infrastructure, grants, technology, trials and real people buying cars.
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Is WiFi the better comparison for EV charging infrastructure models?
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- 10 November 2011
I have heard far too many times the suggestion that the mobile phone network is the right business model approach to a charging infrastructure, but I want you to consider it as a potentially out of date scenario..
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Everyone’s transport system is better than mine…
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- 24 October 2011
In order to satisfy the big complaint from the private car owner, you have to provide joined-up transport policy and solutions ahead of pressure to change behaviour and driving social change.
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