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Equinor contracts for first green-ammonia-fueled supply vessel; 2MW SOFC

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Equinor awarded Eidesvik Offshore a five-year contract with effect from April 2020, when the current contract expires. Viking Energy was the first LNG-fueled vessel in Equinor’s fleet in 2003, and the first vessel with hybrid battery power in 2016. The Viking Energy. Photo: Eidesvik Offshore).

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150 millionth Volkswagen rolls off assembly line at Wolfsburg plant: a Golf GTE plug-in hybrid

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The 150 millionth car—a blue Golf GTE plug-in hybrid— rolled off the assembly line in Wolfsburg on Thursday. There will be 19 new SUVs in total by 2020. family based on the new electric architecture (MEB) marks the start of the Volkswagen brand’s focused electric offensive from 2020. All in all, 21.5

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IHS Markit: global oil demand still growing in the short term despite increasing focus on EVs

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Short-term oil demand is still growing strong and will continue to do so through the end of 2020 despite the market’s increasing focus on electric vehicles and the forecasted future plateau in oil demand, according to new analysis from IHS Markit, a global business information provider. Source: IHS Markit 2018.

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Government of Québec unveils $2.7B climate change action plan; 63% of spending targeting transport

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The Premier of Québec, Jean Charest; the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Pierre Arcand; and the Minister of Transport Pierre Moreau unveiled the Canadian province’s 2013-2020 Action Plan on Climate Change (PACC 2020). GHG emissions in Québec reached their historic peak in 2003 to 6.8% billion (US$2.6

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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

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Hybrids remain below 2% of total vehicle output. China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. South Korea has improved its fuel economy by one third since 2003. mpg US) for 2020.

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New Zealand simplifies Road User Charges system, extends exemption for light electric motor vehicles from 2013 to 2020

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Among the modifications to the RUC, the New Zealand government has extended the current exemption for light electric motor vehicles from the requirement to pay road user charges—enacted in 2009 and due to expire in 2013—to 2020. The exemption applies to any motor vehicle the power of which is wholly (i.e., tonnes or less.

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BYD Han & Tang form reached one millionth supply milestone

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After in July 2020, the Han type was once introduced. Han DM-p In July 2020, the first-generation Han was once formally introduced with 3 natural electrical variations and one hybrid model within the Chinese language sedan marketplace. The primary era Tang DM type was once born on January 2015.

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