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M Group targets 42% emissions cut and 100% electric company cars by 2030

Infrastructure services provider M Group has launched its first Sustainability Strategy, setting out commitments including a 42% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a move to 100% electric company cars by FY30. The post M Group targets 42% emissions cut and 100% electric company cars by 2030 appeared first on New Civil Engineer.
AGD brings electric Marchetti to UK

AGD Equipment has a new fully electric Marchetti compact crawler crane, the CW23.35 HY, available for hire.
Chessington electric vehicle depot

The Architects’ Journal Chessington electric vehicle depot The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is seeking an architect for a new electric vehicle depot in Chessington, south London [Deadline: 2 October 2026] The post Chessington electric vehicle depot appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Merlin Fulcher
Flannery puts electric Cat to work

Flannery Plant Hire has deployed a Cat 320, delivered by Finning UK & Ireland, debuting the electric medium excavator in the UK.
H E Services goes electric

H E Services (Plant Hire) has added its first fully electric lorry, a DAF FA XD 220, purchased through Channel Commercials, which will be used for its own deliveries from its Strood depot,.

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Fully Charged Show - Why Australia Will Be The World's New Energy Superpower, 27022023

Abundant sunshine, wind and various critical resources give Australia a distinct advantage when it comes to the green energy transition. So can it lead the charge and become a clean energy superpower? Australian correspondent Rosie (from "engineering with rosie") looks at how the country could be charting its path to 100% renewables from wind, solar, storage and interconnectors as well as creating a hotbed of minerals and resources needed for electric vehicles
Fully Charged Show - There's a Massive EV Battery Shortage. THIS is How We Fix It, 17112022

Electric Vehicle batteries are not perfect and are at risk of a supply chain crisis like we're currently experiencing for semiconductors. Substantial action is needed to address raw materials, mining, cell production, battery manufacturing to prevent an EV shortage. Imogen Pierce (Bhogal) delves into this topic. Importantly, there are ways batteries and their supply chain can be made better so that the transition to Electric Vehicles happens on time and as sustainably as possible.
Bloomberg - The Way We Get Everything Is Going Electric, 06052021

There’s a wide world of delivery logistics going on behind the scenes in the U.S., one that's become central to everyday life. And yet, most of us are completely oblivious to its environmental cost. But thanks to a handful of ambitious startups, there’s an electric revolution happening that may be perfectly suited to delivering us a cleaner future.
Neily Makes - Steel Making and Casting (Principles of Metallurgy)

Steel making is the first step in getting steel into a useful form. After steel making casting in a foundry enables a steel producer to get the steel into a useful form this can be done via sand casting in the foundry or in the melt shop via ingot casting or continuous casting. This video takes you through the science of steel making and casting, and look at the processing involved
How will the UK meet its EV ambitions? - Published by PlaceTech and Miriam Prothero

The future of transport looks set to rely largely on electric vehicles, with hybrid plug-in vehicles likely to play a useful role in this transition, writes Miriam Prothero. The UK’s Decarbonising Transport plan is ambitious, requiring all vehicles sold from 2035 to be 100% zero emission at the tailpipe (HGVs from 2040) – along with the already widely publicised prohibition of the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.