Press Release Archive

Listed below are the press releases from CABLED.

For press or media enquiries please contact: cabled@arup.com.

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  CABLED fleet of electric vehicles reduces its transport carbon footprint by a third

  Coventry and Birmingham’s CABLED fleet of electric vehicles reduces its transport carbon footprint by a third

   

  •  CABLED fleet reduces CO2 emissions by one third and reduced fuel costs by over 70%¹
  • Local Driver Edward Jones talks about his experience

  Electric car drivers in Coventry and Birmingham, taking part in the CABLED project, have to date reduced their driving CO2 emissions by one third. The CABLED project is the UK’s largest public study into low carbon vehicles and is due to complete in the summer of 2012. The results will help shape and support future decisions around low carbon transport and infrastructure planning in the West Midlands and nationwide.

   

  Local CABLED participant Edward Jones has saved around 530 kgs of CO2 and nearly £400 in fuel costs in his first nine months in the trial, allowing him to focus on a less carbon intensive lifestyle. 
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  First years findings

  Having collated and analysed a full 12 months of data from electric vehicle (EV) users, CABLED - the UK’s largest study into long-term low carbon vehicle use - reveals:

  ·         Why EVs are a viable urban transport solution

  ·         The implications of habitual charging behaviour

  ·         Patterns of energy use during the trial’s 147,000 mile study
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  Second Data Report

   

  The latest research from the UK’s largest study into long-term low carbon vehicle use reveals:

  ·         an increase in driver confidence

  ·         the first real-world analysis on the cost of ‘refuelling’

  ·         fresh information on charging trends
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  Access to Public Charging Points

  If you are an owner of an electric vehicle in the West Midlands outside of the CABLED program download this document to apply to use the public charging points installed as part of the CABLED program.

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  Birmingham Ready to go Electric

  Today saw the first Birmingham consumers take delivery of their smart fortwo electric drives, as part of the UK’s biggest electric vehicle trials managed by the West Midlands CABLED (Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Vehicle Demonstrators) consortium.

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  UK's Largest Electric Vehicle Trial - First Findings

  The first results of a UK-wide electric and low carbon vehicle testing project are published today. The West Midlands-based CABLED project reports on the first quarter of use of 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicles).

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  Public Charging Points at Bullring

  Birmingham’s first public electric car charging points were unveiled at Bullring today (Thursday), the latest stage of a government-supported eco-vehicle trial in the West Midlands.

  The charging points are housed in a specially designed parking bay on level one of Bullring’s Moor Street car park offering easy access to the centre via the Selfridges bridge link. Parking in the bays – and car battery charging - is free for electric cars.
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  i MiEV Handover

  The first stage of a Government-supported UK-wide project, to trial electric and ultra low emission vehicles begins in the West Midlands. 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs will be given to independent drivers to test over the next 12 months by the CABLED consortium.

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  TSB Launch Release

  Press release for the TSB launch

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