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Punch Group acquires GM propulsion engineering center in Turin; global center of excellence for diesel

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Belgium-based Punch Group has acquired GM’s propulsion engineering center in Turin, Italy. The transaction between the two companies includes an engineering services agreement (ESA) to support GM’s global product programs through the end of 2021. —Doug Parks, executive vice president, GM.

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Number of electric buses in Europe has increased from around 200 to 2,200 in 5 years

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Since 2005, Van Hool has built 130 hydrogen fuel cell buses. In its ‘Aiming for Zero’ objective, VDL Bus&Coach is building a new, climate-neutral factory in Roeselare (Belgium), where the first buses will be built from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022. In 2018, Yutong built 60,868 buses, including 24,748 new energy buses.

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JRC Report Concludes Extreme Weather Wont Affect Average Levels of European Crop Output for 2010; Yields Up, Although Acreage Down; Heat and Drought Have Huge Impact on Russia

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The European Commission says cereal production in 2010 will be close to the average recorded since 2005. Russia ranks fourth on the global list of wheat exporters. Very high temperatures were recorded in Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in June and July coupled with low rainfall. year-on-year, and 5.0%

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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We use the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model to evaluate the quantitative utility of FNR observed from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument over three northern midlatitude source regions. —Jin et al. In addition, the 12-year data record of satellite observations show that a location’s circumstances can change. Click to enlarge.

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European Sales of Chevy Spark Begin 1Q 2010 with Two Engines at Launch, LPG Variants

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The mini-car (A car) segment is the fastest growing area of the new car market globally. in 2008 and less than 5% in 2005. Other LPG markets will follow, including France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Poland and a few other countries. Two gasoline engines are on offer at launch with displacements of 1.0

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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Global 2ºC maximal warming limit as compared to past and. The 2 ºC maximal warming limit was cited at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and revisited several decades later, in 1995, by the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Unweltveränderungen (WGBU), Germany’s national advisory council on climate change.

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European release date of Chevrolet Spark revealed

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As the fastest growing segment of the market globally, the mini-car segment represents almost 10 per cent of the total European passenger car market – up from 6.5 per cent in 2008 and less than five per cent in 2005. From the first quarter of the new-year, GM Europe will launch the Chevrolet Spark, an all-new mini-car. and 1.2litres.