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Applications for the 2014 MacRobert Award are now open , with a closing date of Monday 20 January 2014. The Award recognises the successful development of innovative ideas in...
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The Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are to invest up to £5.5m in collaborative R&D to promote the use of modelling and...
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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) - formerly The Patent Office - is the official government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights in the UK and is an executive agency of...
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Cenex has announced free showcasing opportunities at LCV2013 in September specifically to encourage small companies involved in developing low carbon vehicles technologies to show their...
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As part of the run-up to the International Transport Forum's 2013 Summit on Funding Transport , the 2013 Transport Achievement Award Call for Applications was launched yesterday in Paris....
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Intelligent Mobility
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Following the launch of the Government's door to door strategy eight months ago a door to door action plan has today been published by the Department for Transport that highlights actions...
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With just under a quarter of all rush-hour traffic in central London now bicycles — and almost two-thirds on some main roads, Transport London, in partnership with seven London boroughs,...
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Ford has publicised some details of how it plans to develop its Blueprint for Mobility by publicising some details of an automated version of its Ford Fusion Hybrid . Ford's Blueprint for...
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The Department for Transport has today invited local authorities to prepare and develop sustainable travel measures for revenue support of up to £1 million under £78.5 million available under...
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Even as measures are being accelerated to protect vulnerable road users following several well publicised accidents, the divisions of opinion (indeed antagonism) in sharing road space has been...
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City Mapper , a free transport app developed by London-based Azmat Yusuf, has today received a very prominent endorsement as Runner Up in Apple iTunes' '2013 App of the Year' Editor's Choice. ...
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Further to our feature on Transport for London's competition to create accessibility apps back in March, the winning apps were announced last Tuesday - on the occasion of International Day...
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9 December 2013 - Alongside the government's Spending Review back in June, the then Secretary of State for Transport presented the report outlying its strategy for roads Action for Roads - A...
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Rail Delivery Group (RDG), a consortium of the owners of Britain's Train Operating Companies, Freight Operating Companies and Network Rail, has announced the winners of the ninth...
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Jaguar Land Rover has announced that next year it will open its first dedicated software R&D facility, to develop vehicle infotainment systems and coordinate collaborative work with a...
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19/11/13 - TransportAPI , the London-based public transport data aggregation and analytics providers for UK transport, has released details of a new data mashup service named ...
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A 'smart motorways scheme' - formerly known as managed motorway - has been proposed by the Highway Agency, designed to cut congestion and improve journey times on parts of the M60 and M62 in...
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As reported in April , a consortium led by BT , DARRT, Aimes Grid Services and Cambridge University were awarded funding from the Technology Strategy Board for an Internet of Things...
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The borough of Haringey has been chosen to trial Britain’s first “Barclays Bike-style” electric cycle hire scheme. A fleet of e-bikes will operate from a network of docking stations in...
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The first entirely electric pay-per-use car club E-Car Club, launches in East London before nationwide roll out this week . E-Car Club will allow businesses to reduce the cost and footprint of...
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Staverton, Wiltshire, based Trapeze Group announced this month it has won a contract from the Brighton & Hove for supplying and installing an integrated ITCS operations control system...
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A plan for new trials of out-of-hours deliveries to businesses across London was announced last week as part of a wider package of works to deliver a freight legacy for London. Presented at...
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Local government and transport ministers have announced proposals for consultation on reform of parking rules, suggested to help with the cost of living and to support local shops . The...
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Another new 'busway' - operated by three bus companies that connects Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Toddington with Luton town centre and on to London Luton Airport that avoids local traffic...
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In 2010, Nottingham was named England's least car-dependent city with, the city claims, award-winning bus services, a European-style embrace of the tram and a bias against out-of-town...
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Citing survey results showing a very strong correlation between transit ridership profiles and market segments having higher proportion of smartphone ownership, Cubic Transportation...
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As part of its policy to Expand and improve the rail network the Department for Transport has today announced a trial Flexible ticketing trial competition to be run next year . The...
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As part of a Civil Service review of government preparedness to identify potential threats, risks, emerging issues and opportunities - last month the Parliamentary Office of Science and...
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Citing research by independent regulator Carplus suggesting that 24 vehicles are absent from British roads for every one car club car, Liverpool city Council has signed a three year...
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The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has announced it will establish a Smart Cities Forum, chaired by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts and Cities Minister...
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Following a competitive process, four Better Bus Areas have been announced by DfT - the successful bids coming from Nottingham City Council, Merseytravel, the West of England Partnership, and...
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Transport Minister, Stephen Hammond, London Mayor, Boris Johnson, and London’s Transport Commissioner, Sir Peter Hendy CBE, today (4 September 2013) announced measures to improve cycle safety...
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A dispute over the cost of building the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway between Cambridgeshire County Council and its contractor BAM Nuttall has been settled with the company agreeing to pay the...
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The government is to invest £2.85 million to trial paperless ticketing as part of a push to deliver smart card technology to rail passengers across the South East . As a result, Train...
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A joint announcement by Siemens and C40 Climate Leaders Group has today announced 29 finalists competing in 10 categories for the inaugural C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Awards. ...
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With a background of up to 30% of urban road congestion being caused by motorists trying to find a car parking space , Westminster City Council has, as reported in Government Computing,...
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Claiming that less than one per cent of bus fares are now paid in cash, Transport for London (TfL) has today launched a public consultation seeking customers' views on proposals to withdraw...
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The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) has issued a last call for entries to this year’s National Cycle Rail Awards , with entries closing at 17.00 on Friday 13 September. ...
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In an interview with Isabel Dedring , London's deputy mayor for transport, the Financial Times last week reported that a new high-speed “rail bagel” line, encircling London is one of several...
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The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has launched a campaign for more and better public transport to make cities better places to work and live. Branded the 'All...
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T-Trans - a consortium of nine partners from seven EU countries aiming to encoure and accelerate market deployment of ITS related innovative products and services, funded by European...
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Go-Ahead plc today announced that, as its bus operators continued to roll-out mobile ticketing, that mobile or m-ticketing has generated over £1 million of revenue in less than 12 months . The...
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Glasgow City Council has launched a section of its website at futurecity.glasgow.gov.uk to promote updates on the city's £24 million Demonstrator programme. Glasgow beat 29 other cities...
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According to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), transport currently accounts for half of global oil consumption and nearly 20% of world energy use, of which approximately...
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The Government has committed to a " trebling " of previously planned spending on roads. But in terms of planning intelligently for the future - such as development and deployment of traffic...
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At a banquet during its Urban Mobility 3.0 conference - that debated the impact of connectivity on the future of mobility in London on 19-20 June - Frost & Sullivan presented its ‘Future...
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The European Commission this month adopted two proposals to require that, by October 2015, cars will be able to automatically call emergency services in the case of a serious crash . The...
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Ford has released some innovation teasers resulting from its participation Safe Intelligent Mobility – Testfield Germany (simTD) , a four-year joint industry research project by leading German...
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Bristol has been awarded the title of European Green Capital 2015, by EU Environment Commissioner at an Award Ceremony hosted by the current European Green Capital, Nantes, on Friday...
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Marks & Spencer (M&S) and DP World London Gateway yesterday jointly announced that M&S is to build a new distribution centre at the new deep-sea container port and logistics park ,...
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Internet of Things platform leader, Living PlanIT (a Swiss software company), and London based automotive and smart transport specialist, Magma Innovations, yesterday announced the formation...
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10 June 2013 - At its World Wide Developer Conference held today, Apple announced new computers, a pending desktop operating system line named after surfing beaches instead of cats, and...
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The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced a new policy concerning vehicle automation , that prioritises vehicle occupant...
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The DfT announced last week announced a second tranche funding from the £190 million Local Pinch Point Fund , first announced in December 2012, to tackle road congestion across England....
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According to a report announced last week by Navigant Research , revenue from smart city technologies will surpass $20 billion in 2020, and is forecast to reach a cumulative total of $117.3...
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Transport for London's passenger countdown information service, developed by provided by IVU.realtime, won an award on Sunday in the category for ‘Information Technologies’ at...
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The survey suggests that commuters want public transport providers to use technology to provide ticketless travel options, embrace social media and use it to communicate with them, and enhance the overall station experience.
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Accenture said that public transportation providers have been underinvesting in infrastructure, and are under immense pressure to be the traveler’s “gateway” to the city.
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Accenture say its findings shows that public transport providers need to deal with customers on their terms -when, where and how they want, and an interaction that is relevant to the situation and their needs.
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Transport safety authorities and car makers in the US are in disagreement about how to deal with the potential conflict between the need to prevent the approximate 3000 deaths due to distracted...
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Research published last month by independent travel consumer group Passenger Focus claims that bus passengers want better information during delays and a more customer-focused approach from bus...
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The Association of Train Operators (ATOC) last week reported that rail passengers are increasingly turning to smartphones to check train times on the move, with the equivalent of at least one...
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Glasgow's Future Cities Demonstrator programme will hold a suppliers' event in the Lighthouse on Wednesday, 29 May at which the aims and requirements of the multi-million pound...
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Stephan Shakespeare, the Chair of the Data Strategy Board, last week published " An Independent Review of Public Sector Information " - a task commissioned last October by BIS and CO...
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The European Commission last week adopted two regulations to promote the roll-out of 'intelligent information services' , such as real-time warnings about dangerous road conditions...
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TransportXtra magazine has reported the findings of the InnovITS "Impact study on intelligent mobility" report that was released at last month's TRAFFEX traffic engineering...
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The Sunday Times reported this week that government Ministers are set to change the rules to allow self-driving cars on Britain’s roads for the first time. According to the (pay...
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The European Commission today announced the results of a review of the Marco Polo programme - which was a 10 year project that helped companies introduce transport services that shift freight...
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ScotRail and Transport Scotland has announced that free wi-fi will be rolled out at 25 ScotRail stations across the country, and all 38 of ScotRail’s Class 380 trains will have wi-fi by...
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European Commission Vice Presidents Kallas and Kroes and Commissioner Oettinger t oday hosted the first meeting of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) “Smart Cities and...
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The environmental group Campaign for Better Transport has today published a report Door to turnstile looking at how football fans get to matches and the problems they experience in getting...
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A report published last Wednesday by a cross-party group of MPs and peers calls for changes to speed limits, better training for children and drivers, improved road junctions and more...
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A report by Carplus, a UK transport NGO supporting the development of car-sharing clubs and ride-sharing services, recently presented a report recommending a ‘car share’ standards...
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SAP AG , the enterprise application software company has introduced TwoGo by SAP® to organise the company car pool. According to the company, the long, solo commutes endured by many...
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Transport West Yorkshire (Metro) Chairman Cllr James Lewis has described plans for a ten-year, £1.4bn programme of investment in West Yorkshire’s transport networks as...
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Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, claimed initial success for London's lane rental scheme, which has seen serious and severe disruption from roadworks in the lane rental areas cut by more...
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Traffex 2013 , the 26th international traffic engineering, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), road safety, parking and highway maintenance exhibition, running at Birmingham's NEC this...
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Campaign for Better Transport today, in it's Campiagns Director's blog, has publicised what it claims is an example of effective efforts to mitigate the amount of new road traffic...
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Transport for London has announced it is trailing a new business version of its 'Countdown' real time bus information service for public displays , that extends availability of its data...
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Energy Efficiency
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Ecotive, a division of Frazer-Nash , unveiled its UK-built electric powered Metrocab taxi, in the presence of London's Mayor Boris Johnson on the 19 December . The Range-Extended...
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Earlier this month, the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership , a public-private partnership working to accelerate a sustainable shift to lower carbon vehicles and fuels and create opportunities for...
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With background issues of "considerable challenges" facing farm and rural transport, the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) last month commissioned a report to study the potential for...
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Transport for London has released details of a trial of biodiesel for ten bus routes operating from Stagecoach's Barking depot . Used cooking oil and other food waste products are being...
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The UK Government has launched a call for evidence on measures to support the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV) between 2015 and 2020. At present the UK is supporting the market...
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Transport & Travel Research, has been commissioned by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) to study the future expansion of the low carbon bus market in the UK, and is seeking the...
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The Automotive Engineering Show 2013 , taking place at the NEC in Birmingham from Tuesday 12 to Wednesday 13 November, features a series of ‘innovation in action’ events that...
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Researchers from the Powertrain and Vehicle Research Centre (PVRC) in the University of Bath's Department of Mechanical Engineering have been awarded £3.2 million of funding...
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Volvo Car Group announced the completion a study of inductive charging for electric vehicles – claiming promising results for the technology for transferring energy via an electromagnetic...
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Reported by the Commission website , and in August by Ricardo , the EU funded Powerdriver collaborative project has completed simulation work and is progressing to production of a...
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Volvo announced that it has helped develop a new concept for lightweight structural energy storage components that could improve the energy usage of future electrified vehicles . ...
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A European Commission-backed Rapid Charge Network project has been announced which will see the installation of a rapid charge network of 74 rapid chargers across more than 1,100kms of major...
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Energy company Ecotricity and Volkswagen Group (UK) Ltd have announced a partnership to offer purchasers of forthcoming Volkswagen and Audi branded electric cars to promote the option...
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In September the Automotive Council published eleven 'roadmaps' to illustrate the advances that are planned in the automotive technology in coming decades . These consensus roadmaps...
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The Energy Saving Trust, the social enterprise that advises on reducing carbon emissions, says its analysis shows that business could save a combined total of almost £200 million if just 10% of...
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The UK's largest trial of electric cars found that 91% of trial drivers said that they would recommend an electric car to others, and 72% said that an electric car would be fine to suit...
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The latest Technology Strategy Board funding awards for Low Carbon Vehicle collaborative R&D projects, IDP rounds 8 & 9, awarded funding for five projects led by, or participated in, by Shoreham-by-Sea based Ricardo.
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Also under Low Carbon Vehicles Proof of Concept IDP 8 funding call, Ricardo's CryoPower engine project - also described as the Split Cycle Engine, has been funded in partnership with the University of Brighton and Hiflux Limited together awarded £430,381.
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At the sixth Drive ‘n’ Ride event, held last week in Brussels to discuss how hydrogen powered fuel cell electric vehicles could help meet European emission targets, a ‘chicken and egg’ scenario...
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The MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation - that procures and supports all the equipment and services for the MOD - has today launched the Land Vehicle Exercise (LVEx)...
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A selection of NVN's previous awards winners were on display inside and outside the LCV 2013 halls, including the Morgan Plus E, developed in partnership with Zytek Automotive and Potenza Technology, shown above.
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The projects, each lasting no more than 6 months, have been funded to develop a range of innovative low carbon solutions for both niche and volume vehicle manufacturers. Investment into the engineering projects has been provided by the NVN (a network of niche vehicle manufacturers, specialist technology and supply chain companies), with backing from the Technology Strategy Board and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV).
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One of the twenty seven low carbon vehicle collaborative research & development grants awarded under the Technology Strategy Board's Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform, that was...
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Last Wednesday at LCV 2013, twenty seven collaborative research & development (CR&D) projects worth more than £45 million were announced as the winners from two Technology Strategy...
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Alongside an exhibit at LCV 2013, last Wednesday Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced it is to lead a research and development programme for a new generation of hybrid and...
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As reported last week, two events are coming up this month related to Technology Strategy Board competitions in the field of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells.
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GKN Driveline has announced details of its All-Wheel Drive System, branded as Land Rover’s ‘ Active Driveline’ as fitted to the enhanced 2014 Range Rover Evoque. A unique ‘disconnect’ all-wheel...
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The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded grants to eleven local authorities from the Clean Bus Technology Fund, which will allow almost 400 buses to be upgraded in other to reduce...
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Cenex has announced the winning entrants for its SME and microenterprise Technology Showcase at LCV2013 , an opportunity for selected small companies involved in developing low carbon...
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Having announced in April that it had joined the London Hydrogen Partnership (LHP) , Hyundai has promised to deliver five of of its Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell models - the first production fuel...
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The Niche Vehicle Network - an association of over 100 smaller vehicle manufacturers, specialist technology companies and supply chain - is to announce the winners of its 2013 Niche Vehicle...
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The Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero Awards - with an entry deadline of this Friday (23 August 2013) - celebrates public and private bodies that operate vehicle fleets that have successfully...
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Arising from a three and half year, Technology Strategy Board funded, project - the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has announced the development of a lead-free, high temperature ceramic...
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Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, that since 2009 has published a directory of UK companies with low carbon automotive capabilities, has published an online version of the directory, opening it up for companies to submit their own details.
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The money will be used for private sector investment in one or more demonstration-scale advanced biofuel plants in order to drive the development of the UK’s biofuel industry.
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Advanced biofuels are made from materials, for example municipal waste and forestry residues, using complex processing techniques. They can produce a wide range of transport fuels including replacements for those used in road transport and aviation.
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Transport Minister Norman Baker said, “I am delighted that we are able to support these innovative technologies and believe that they will bring significant benefits to the UK. There are real opportunities for the UK to take a technological lead, driving growth, creating highly skilled jobs and seeing energy, security and environmental benefits."
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“It is clear that in the long term advanced biofuels will be important in areas that we cannot otherwise decarbonise, such as aviation. This announcement will help put the UK in a good position to meet this demand.”
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The coalition government will provide 75% of the cost of installing new chargepoints.
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The first public use of the Electric Defender is towing the 12 tonne road train up and down the 6% incline from the top of the former china clay pit to Cornwall's most popular tourist attraction.
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The first Electric Defender Unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, the Land Rover Electric Defender is a pioneering research project into the electrification of an all-terrain vehicle.
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AFC Energy, a Cranleigh, Surrey, based developer of low-cost alkaline fuel cell technology has announced the continuous oration of its fuel cell for 12 months, or 8,7600 hours, and running . ...
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The Greater Manchester Electric Vehicle (GMEV) scheme, a new electric vehicle charging point network and pay as you go programme, led by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), went live on...
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The £10 million prize is to encourage commercial and investment opportunities in Britain’s car industry. It will be presented for the technological improvements which enable ultra-low emissions vehicles to run as long as and as far as conventionally fuelled cars, without needing to stop or burn fossil fuel.
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Shell has released a new device called the In-Cab Screen for Shell FuelSave Partner , its advanced telematics system for heavy goods vehicles. The In-Cab Screen tablet, which is connected...
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Included in the Government's spending round, as presented to Parliament last month, was a commitment to continue to support the development of electric vehicles, including by offering a prize of up to £10 million dedicated Research and Development funding to develop long-life battery technology for electric vehicles.
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Details of this and other aspects of the Government's commitment to the transition to ULEVs will be set out in the ULEV strategy later this year.
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However, that prize was dwarfed by a what George Osborne described as "an historic shift in the UK’s approach to roads, underpinned by the biggest programme of investment since the 1970s".
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"By 2020-21 the Government will treble investment in major new road enhancements from today’s levels", as stated in Investing in Britain’s future, the document presented by to Parliament by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
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A study by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the EU Commission's in-house science service, on recent research on electric cars in the EU suggest that better exchange of information and more coordination between projects would result in a better leverage of the €1.9 billion investment, 65% of which comes from public funding.
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Chargemaster Plc , a £3.6 million turnover, Luton-based, provider of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, has announced it intends to raise funds and seek admission of shares to trading...
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ACAL Energy Ltd , a Runcorn, Cheshire, based chemical engineering company, has announced that its FlowCath chemistry and engineering has announced it has managed to run a testbed PEM...
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Atos, an international IT services company, through its international business unit Atos Worldgrid , has launched a Smartphone application to provides drivers of electric vehicles with a...
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Loughborough-based Intelligent Energy and Sheffield-based ITM Power are among a number of companies and bodies that have formed a consortium to plan a hydrogen refuelling infrastructure in...
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At last week's Automotive Cleantech Conference in London, Teva Motors announced - as reported by Cleantech - a partnership with China's second largest truck manufacturer JAC Motor to...
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Prior to this weekend's British F1 Grand Prix, a Financial Times feature observed that the recovery in their balance sheets, as well as its marketing benefits and the chalelenge of...
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Having previously hinting in a Stock Exchange filing that its S model was designed with a swappable battery in mind, last Thursday at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, California, Elon...
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Exeter-based Ashwoods Electric Motors Limited , a spin-out from hybrid vans maker Ashwoods Automotive, has recently entered full production of its own range of Permanent Magnet electric...
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Camcon Automotive , a Foxton, Cambridgeshire, based developer of precision actuation systems, is featured in Automotive Design magazine for its development of a valve operating system that...
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Source London , an electric vehicle charge point network and membership scheme, having achieved a the Mayor of London’s commitment to provide 1,300 publicly accessible charging points has...
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Isis Innovation , Oxford University's technology transfer company, has invited companies to discuss commercial opportunities for a new manufacturing process that promises scalable...
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A comparison of official and "real-world" fuel consumption and "real-world" CO2 emission values for cars in Europe and the United States, published by The International...
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Five bus manufacturers and eight bus operators are to benefit from orders part funded by government for their eco-friendly hybrid, electric and gas buses, with many of the buses being assembled...
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The UK’s first open access Bio-LNG filling station , built by Gasrec , was launched last Thursday (May 23) in an official opening by Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department for...
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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recently published a Standardization Roadmap for Electric Vehicles – Version 2.0 , developed by the Institute’s Electric Vehicles...
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For the purpose of the ETI programme HDVs include marine vessels, HGVs, coaches, buses, tractors, construction machines, quarry machines and mining machines.
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Vantage Power , a Greenford, Middlesex-based startup developing a hybrid-electric powertrain for retrofitting in buses, was last week awarded the winning prize in the 2013 Shell Springboard...
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Ricardo plc has announced it is to work with Electricore , a Valencia, California-based research organisation that has received a $750,000 award from California Energy Commission to perform a...
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As reported in Car Scoops , at the Fortune Brainstorm Green conference in Laguna Niguel, California, Chris Hostetter, group vice president of strategic planning for Toyota USA, told...
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For the third year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has collected EU Member States' data on passenger car registrations , in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 443/2009. All Member...
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UK Power Networks Services - who are responsible for electrical infrastructure services for London's Victoria Line - has commissioned Alstom to supply a trial installation of its Harmonic...
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In what founder Elon Musk said was is an attmept to provide extra peace of mind to owners of its Model S, Tesla has made annual servicing of its Model S optional without voiding the service...
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With a background of one fifth of all CO2 emissions in Europe being produced by cars in use, having increased by 26% between 1990 and 2008, the European Parliament's environment committee...
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Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon last week welcomed the publication of the full UKH2Mobility report on hydrogen vehicles , as well as welcoming Sainsbury’s as a partners in the...
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Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon last week welcomed the publication of the full UKH2Mobility report on hydrogen vehicles , as well as welcoming Sainsbury’s as a partners in...
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A team from the University of Exeter, with support from Shell , has claimed it has developed a method to make a fuel almost identical to conventional diesel fuel using special strains of E....
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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today confirmed his decision to introduce a new, lower, Ultra Low Emission Discount (ULED) for the Congestion Charge scheme . To qualify for a a 100%...
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The first electric cars to emerge from the partnership between Volvo Cars and Siemens, expected this summer, will incorporate a new 22 kW fast-charger - claimed as the world's first on-board...
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Ford motor company announced a £24 million investment programme at its Bridgend engine plant in Wales for production of a new fuel-efficient 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine . ...
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In a deal that includes warehousing at the Port of Liverpool, global cereal company Kellogg is to substantially increase the volume of breakfast cereals it will transport using Peel Ports'...
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Researchers at Queen’s University have announced the discovery of a cheaper method for making a substance similar to graphene , a material discovered in 2004 with potentially exciting...
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Hyundai Motor Company today announced it has joined the London Hydrogen Partnership (LHP), having signed an agreement signed with LHP representatives, including Deputy Mayor, Kit...
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In a joint press release Intelligent Energy , Dyson Technology , Ricardo and TRW Conekt have today announced that Enhanced Fuel Cell Systems, a project part-funded by the Technology...
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To reduce the initial purchase price for the 100% electric car, with its LEAF now in production in the UK, for the first time Nissan is offering buyers the option to lease the battery . ...
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Peugoet has announced the launch next month of an all - electric version of the Partner, the UK’s best-selling small van . The Peugeot Partner Electric launches in the UK on 23...
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Toyota last week reported that Hybrid cars accounted for a record 20% of European Toyota and Lexus sales in the first quarter of 2013 , which, it says, highlights buyers’ increasing...
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Two recent reports on low carbon vehicles have presented strongly positive endorsements for the potential economic benefits, in terms of economy as a whole and UK car manufacturing sector in particular.
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Vessel Efficiency
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According to an article in the Financial Times published on Boxing Day - Rolls-Royce looks to plot a course to the future with drone ships - Rolls-Royce is expecting drone cargo ships to enter...
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£3million competition - Vessel Efficiency 2 ( find out about this competition ) 26 November 2013 - Last Thursday (21 November), Transport KTN hosted the first of a series of networking and...
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The Technology Strategy Board has today (5 November 2013) announced details of its Vessel Efficiency II - better systems at sea competition , designed to build collaboration across the...
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A £190,000 development grant from the Technology Strategy Board has been awarded to Plymouth- based WITT Energy for a device designed to for generate renewable energy from...
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Last October in our Lightweighting section, we reported the light weighting characteristics this, the first modern RNLI all-weather lifeboat - RNLI reveals lighter and faster Shannon class...
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A Royal Academy of Engineering report Future Ship Powering Options: Exploring alternative methods of ship propulsion - published this month - recommends that shipping should adapt current...
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The UK’s first hydrogen-powered ferry, currently operating off Bristol’s Harbourside, was officially launched last Thursday (July 18), to showcase the commercial advantages of this...
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Upon visiting the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) at University College London last week, David Willetts MP highlighted the 'significant' benefits to the economy and environment that...
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The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) last week announced that two south coast companies - ASV Ltd of Portchester and MOST (AV) Ltd of Chichester - have been awarded contracts under...
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The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), a research organisation funded by the ClimateWorks Foundation , has published an Assessment of fuel-cycle impact of LNG in...
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As reported in Maritime Journal , Northamptonshire UK based Axiom Water Propellers has released details of its propeller system for small ships and workboats that offers fuel efficiencies of...
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Rolls-Royce plc has announced it has won a contract to deliver its Azipull propulsion and control system for a new type of ferry which will operate on battery power alone. The vessel is...
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The EU Hybrid Marine (HyMar) Project - a collaborative research project led by the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) funded under the EU's Seventh...
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ACCSEAS, an EU project developing navigation system for the marine industry in the North Sea, announced last week that it has demonstrated technology to automatically counter the threat of GPS...
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Responding to likely action this year from the European Commission to introduce monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from shipping , the European Community...
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Duke University, of Durham, NC, USA, reports the development of a material that can be applied like paint to the hull of a ship to dislodge bacteria by physically moving at the microscopic...
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Neftech has signed a 5 year agreement to treat the auxiliary engines of up to 50 of American President Lines container ships with nano particle additives in order to save on fuel...
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Eco Marine Power (EMP), a Japanese developer of solar, wind and electric marine power & propulsion systems, has announced it will collaborate with Solbian Energie...
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Teekay LNG Partners , stated on their website as being the third largest independent owner of LNG carriers, has ordered two 173,400m 3 LNG carriers from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine...
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Five Maersk Line vessels have undergone a ’nose job’ : getting bulbous bows retrofitted to improve fuel consumption. For one of these, the operation involved moving the new...
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Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the Norwegian classification society, and Process Systems Enterprise Ltd. (PSE), a London based provider of process modelling technology, have announced headline...
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Foreship BlueTech Ltd, a new Helsinki based company formed last month by Foreship Ltd and key employees of BlueTech to specialise in efficient and eco-friendly cargo ship standard designs, has...
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The EU Commission has announced support of over €1.2million from its TEN-T Programme for 50% funding of a study aimed at identifying and addressing barriers to the construction and...
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The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) have announced the renewal and expansion of an innovation cooperation agreement to jointly identify and develop novel...
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Maersk Line , the world’s largest container shipping company, has announced the attainment ahead of schedule of its 2020 target to reducing CO 2 emissions by 25% from its 2007...
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In reporting its fourth quarter results for 2012 , Euronav NV , the Belgian tanker operator and manger outlined some of its current and forthcoming fuel saving measures. Having...
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DNV, the Norwegian risk firm that recently announced a decision to merge with Germanischer Lloyd SE (GL Group), has used a new probabilistic model to analyse predicted pathways to...
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Quadrise , a supplier of a low cost alternative to heavy fuel oil in the shipping, refining, and power generation markets, announced that tests carried out by Mærsk in late 2012 on its...
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On Thursday 10 January 2013, STX Finland Oy’s Turku shipyard delivered the cruise ferry M/S Viking Grace to Viking Line ABP to operate as the most environmentally friendly large...
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Wärtsilä, the Finnnish marine solutions and services provider, has won the contract to supply the main engines and auxiliary generating sets for a new Scottish owned ferry . The RoPax...
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Fjellstrand AS has signed a contract with the ferry operator NORLED for the delivery of its ZeroCat 120 battery powered ferry . The contract comes as a result of NORLED winning the...
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On the first day of the 2013 Tullett Prebon London Boat Show Michael Fallon MP, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, officially launched the Technology Strategy Board's...
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Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has taken delivery of its third Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) 'Vale Saham' in China on 4 January 2013 , which will be used to transport iron ore from Brazil...
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Rail
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The European Commission yesterday adopted a proposal to the European Parliament and Ministers to approve a new public-private partnership named Shift2Rail , that will invest just under €1...
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EIT has announced the first four of eight finalists have been awarded investment of around £2.5m as a result of entering EIT's Radical Train competition . The Enabling Innovation Team...
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The European Space Agency (ESA) - supported by Enabling Innovation Team of the UK rail industry (EIT) , the Satellite Applications Catapult Centre and the Technology Strategy Board ...
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A resource for cyclists has been added to the existing National Rail Enquiries app , supported by funding from the RISE (Rail Innovation Support Engine) scheme. RISE offers...
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Remote condition monitoring (RCM) is, according to The Enabling Innovation Team (EIT), widely used on both trains and rail infrastructure, for example through Network Rail's Intelligent...
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A National Rolling Stock Academy to act as a national ‘hub’ with regional ‘spokes’ located at other train care facilities around the country has been announced. The Northampton based...
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It's noticeable that many commuters these days make good use of their time on the train by interacting with digital devices - some working, many catching up with the previous night's...
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Nomad Digital , a Newcastle upon Tyne-based provider of wireless connectivity solutions for the transportation sector, has been chosen to install the new Eurostar e320 fleet with on-board...
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The rail industry’s Enabling Innovation team held a Final Live Event last Tuesday, on London's South Bank, to announce winners of a £1 million prize-bearing competition for innovative...
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Network Rail's Intelligent Infrastructure programme, which incorporates an Intelligent Infrastructure Management (IIM) system for remote conditioning monitoring from Thales UK, was last month...
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Deutsche Bahn AG, Alstom Deutschland AG, the State of Bavaria and DAL Deutsche Anlagen Leasing have announced the development of the ERI (Eco Rail Innovation) H3 hybrid shunting locomotive...
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The design, engineering and project management consultancy Atkins and Heriot-Watt University are to set up a centre of excellence for High Speed Rail, based at the university's Edinburgh...
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On Friday (28 June 2013) Network Rail published its Technical Strategy - detailing its views on R&D opportunities that arise from acheiving its Strategic Business Plan for the...
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The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), in publishing its assessment of Network Rail’s performance in 2012-13 , highlighted the continued growth of Britain’s railways over the past...
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Eurotunnel last Thursday announced a new system of incentives to financially support railway operators launching new intermodal rail freight services through the Channel Tunnel . ETICA...
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Network Rail Consulting (a subsidiary of Network Rail) and rail industry body RSSB announced yesterday a joint agreement to secure business overseas . The expected benefit for RSSB is new...
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According to research by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) released today young people, the over-60s and passengers with disabilities are helping to increase rail’s share of...
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Transport Minister Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP last week visited the University of Huddersfield to launch The Institute of Railway Research (IRR) - a research unit to be active in the safety...
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Loco2 and The Guardian have announced a partnership branded ' Guardian Trains ', offering a convenient way to search and book train journeys across Europe. The...
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Featuring an interview with Government Minister Ed Vaizy The Financial Times reported last Friday that DfT [Department for Transport] is to take further measures to address data connectivity of...
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Britain's railways are the most improved in Europe , according to a comparison study by the European Commission of the rail networks in all 27 EU countries. The report - a COMMISSION...
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With the commercial attractiveness of natural gas in North America, due to increased effective reserves and reduced cost of production, Canadian National is investigating the practical...
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Spanish rail travellers in over 400 stations can know exactly when to expect their train thanks to a new system, adapting space technology developed by Madrid-based Deimos Space . Since...
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Kaelus , part of Smiths Interconnect , has launched a filter product for GSM-R applications designed to solve the potential problem of public mobile signals interfering with...
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Amadeus, a provider of IT solutions to the tourism and travel industry, has issued a report The Rail Journey to 2020: Facts, figures and trends (and trendy infographic) that predicts...
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Network Rail today set out a plan to deliver government priorities for rail and respond to the challenge to provide a better value railway for Britain and help drive economic growth. ...
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KTN Personal blog
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If the television period drama series Mad Men is an accurate guide to the great American car manufacturer, what they're most scared about is what people think about them.
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Having signed up for a Test Drive of a BMW i3 electric vehicle, I was called today by a BMW representative to confirm my interest, and to refer me to my nearest test drive dealership.
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On 5 September for day two of LCV 2013, Transport Knowledge Transfer Network again running a series of short, informative, and informal presentations at the LCV Forum.
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At the time of writing it is half an hour before Apple Inc is due to present its latest innovations in the mobile technology space - that will no doubt relate in some way or other to use within the car because that's what drivers are choosing to do.
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Last month I discussed how the latest DfT National Transport Survey, showing the number of average trips made per person has fallen to levels not seen since the 1970s, contrasts markedly with projections for traffic growth used to justify the accelerated road spending announced the June Spending Review. The Department for Transport's report to Parliament Action for Roads - A network for the 21st century predicts that by 2040 traffic on strategic roads will have grown by 46%, based upon "central" estimates of population growth, economic growth and the decline in the cost of motoring.
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The Department for Transport has today published its latest official statistics of the UK transport system as measured by the National Transport Survey, showing that the number of average trips made per person has fallen to levels not seen since the 1970s.
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Dan Benjamin's podcast QUIT! does not, in the main, advocate quitting your job, but to regularly evaluate whether you're placed to do whatever would be your best work.
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The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the trade body for the UK automative industry has published two reports of interest this month; a presentation of general facts and figures for the UK automotive sector and it's 12th annual report on New Car CO2 emissions.
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Could Twitter help urban planners improve transport networks?
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So asks The Guardian's Data Store in describing data-mapping expert Eric Fischer's use of geolocated Tweets to find the most frequently travelled routes in various locations.
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