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DECEMBER 6, 2013

By February 2014, the companies plan jointly to respond to last week’s call for proposals under the EU Hydrogen Fuel Cell Joint Undertaking, and also plan jointly to respond to other future calls for proposals under the Horizon 2020 program. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 14, 2016

In November, 2014, Hyundai Auto Canada announced it would become the first Canadian automotive company to offer fuel cell vehicles to real-world customers. Hydrogenics has manufacturing sites in Germany, Belgium and Canada and service centers in Russia, China, India, Europe, the US and Canada. Hyundai Auto Canada Corp.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in the common European priority area of batteries. billion in funding.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The success of the Nissan LEAF in Europe has been propelled by consistently strong sales in Norway where the Nissan LEAF, the third-most sold passenger car last year, became the country’s best-selling car at the end of January 2014 with 650 units. Sales of the Nissan LEAF in Norway were up 145% in January compared to January 2013.

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JUNE 10, 2016

As of 2010, all Member States are required to meet their emission ceilings, but preliminary 2014 data and final data for 2010-13 in the EEA’s new briefing NEC Directive reporting status 2015 shows that a number of countries consistently breached their limits for NO x , NMVOCs and NH 3 in all these years.

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DECEMBER 21, 2015

An analysis of new car registration in Germany for 2014 reveals that driver assistance systems are playing an increasingly greater role when it comes to purchasing a car. In 2014, one in two (52%) newly registered cars in Germany was equipped with parking assistance systems, which makes them the most common assistance system in new cars.

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DECEMBER 31, 2013

The results of field trials with genetically modified poplar trees in Belgium and France shows that the wood of the modified poplar trees—down-regulated for cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR), an enzyme in the lignin biosynthetic pathway—improved saccharification yield—i.e., Van Acker et al. Click to enlarge. —Prof.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Tesla plans that by the end of 2014, 100% of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark will live within 320 km of a Supercharger station, with about 90% of the population in England, Wales and Sweden living within the same distance of a charging station.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Toyota will launch the Mirai fuel cell vehicle in Sweden and Norway this summer, following other European countries that have introduced the Toyota Mirai in 2015 (UK, Germany and Denmark) or early 2016 (Belgium). The Mirai launched in Japan in December 2014 and in the US in 2015. The Netherlands will follow later this year.

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MAY 16, 2013

Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) is ramping up production of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid ( earlier post ) by 90% to meet demand, especially in Holland, Belgium and Italy. All in all, Volvo Cars will produce 7,600 plug-in hybrids in 2013, with a 2014 target of 10,000 units.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

As a dress rehearsal for the event, the car will be entered in the six-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) on 2 May. In 2014 we have been competitive immediately with the most complex and innovative race car Porsche has built so far. There is no final decision yet about the driver line-up for this third car.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

The site in Belgium will thus become a key plant for electric mobility at the Volkswagen Group. Audi will transfer production of the Audi A1 from Brussels to Martorell in Spain; in 2014, Audi Brussels produced 115,378 Audi A1 models. The plant will also produce its own battery packs.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Imec, in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), has introduced the first 79 GHz radar transmitter implemented in plain digital 28nm CMOS. After developing receiver functionality (by end 2014), imec aims at building a complete multi-antenna lab prototype by the end of 2015.

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MAY 23, 2019

UPS has used more than 28 million gallons of RNG in its ground fleet since 2014. UPS drives more than 6,100 CNG and LNG vehicles which can be powered by RNG in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. —Mike Casteel, UPS director of fleet procurement.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

By 2014, nearly 38% of vehicles in North America will feature TPMS—a 13% increase from 2011—thus, increasing the addressable market size. In Europe, the TPMS installed base, though much lower, is expected to more than double by 2014 due to supportive legislation. million in 2011 will reach $386.6 million by 2018.

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MARCH 14, 2013

Ballard says that by early-2014, approximately 40 buses in Europe will be powered by Ballard fuel cell modules. These will be used in 5 buses to be deployed in San Remo, Italy; 5 buses to be deployed in Flanders, Belgium; as well as 4 of the buses to be deployed in Aberdeen. By the end of 2012, 14 modules had been shipped to Van Hool.

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JUNE 4, 2015

The project, which is structured around CIMV”s refining process, has been preliminary validated at the industrial pilot stage and had already obtained first European recognition in the framework of the Biocore program (2010-2014).

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

In addition to application in Germany, the PRIMOVE battery and MITRAC propulsion equipment combination has been in successful revenue service on the Hexi line in Nanjing, China since August 2014. Six trams, built by CRRC Puzhen under Bombardier license, operate without overhead cables on 90% of the lines.

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MARCH 25, 2016

Scania will leave from Södertalje, south of Stockholm, driving through Sweden, Denmark and Germany to Maasvlakte II in the Port of Rotterdam, making a stop in Zolder, Belgium and in Zwolle, Netherlands. IVECO will depart from Brussels and DAF from their production location in Westerlo, Belgium. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

In July 2014 ABB announced that it signed a global cooperation with Volvo bus to jointly market fast chargers and buses. ABB will show its fast charging system to the public for the first time in Kortrijk, Belgium at the Busworld 2015 show, where ABB will showcase multiple innovative technologies for public transport.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Sustainable transport initiatives from across the UK, France and Belgium will battle it out to win at the 2014 Eurostar Ashden Awards for the chance to be honoured for their achievements and a share of £30,000 in prize money. Entries for the 2014 Eurostar Ashden Awards for Sustainable Travel are[.]. Green credentials'

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

By March 2014, Tesla plans that more than half of Germany should be covered, with complete coverage by mid-2014. After Norway, the company is putting specific emphasis on Germany where we plan to upgrade to even faster 135 kW Superchargers.

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MAY 2, 2016

A 2014 study by Weinbruch et al. in Belgium. They reported in an open-access paper in the journal energies on their analysis of non-exhaust emissions of passenger vehicles, both conventional (diesel and gasoline) or electric, on air quality levels in an urban environment in Belgium. —van der Gon et al. Hooftman et al.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

The plan, which would significantly improve plant utilization in Europe, includes the following elements: Ford has initiated an information and consultation process with representatives of employees at its Genk facility regarding the company’s intention to close the plant and cease vehicle production by the end of 2014.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Sony announced its intention to commercialize image sensors for automotive use in 2014. In 2015, Sony acquired Belgium-based Softkinetic Systems S.A. Kaz Hirai, Sony Corporation Chief Executive Officer & President, discusses the role of Sony’s automotive image sensors at CES 2018.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

AMITRAN will run for 30 months until April 2014, and is co-funded by the 7 th Framework Programme of the European Commission (DG INFSO). The total project budget amounts to €2.6 million (US$3.4

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JANUARY 18, 2010

The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Staggered implementation: 65% to comply with requirements in 2012; 75% in 2013; 80% in 2014 and 100% in 2015.

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JULY 4, 2017

On the basis of unadjusted emission totals, the following 11 Member States reported exceedances of their NEC Directive national ceilings for one or more pollutants in 2015: Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Luxembourg; Spain; and Sweden. between 2014 and 2015.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Toyota Motor Europe’s (TME’s) Belgium-based Technical Center led the development of the Verso 1.6 D-4D will commence in January 2014 at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey in Adapazari, Turkey—the sole production facility of the Verso range which also produces the latest generation Toyota Corolla. Torque (N·m/rpm).

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Van Hool is a Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicle OEM. In November 2014 Ballard and Van Hool jointly launched a dedicated European Service and Parts Centre for fuel cell buses—called ESPACE—to provide support for Ballard-powered Van Hool buses. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Estonia deciding to buy 500 MiEVs in 2012 or Belgium offering high financial incentives but perhaps not to the right market, noted lead author Will Sierzchula. 2014) “The influence of financial incentives and other socio-economic factors on electric vehicle adoption” Energy Policy doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.01.043i. Sierzchula, W.,

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The research team, which also included scientists from Belgium, Germany and Ukraine, reported its results in Nature Communications. Other research collaborators came from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium and Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Ukraine. 2014) Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms5877. Resources.

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JANUARY 14, 2017

At the Brussels Motorshow in Belgium, Renault Pro+ introduced two new electric light commercial vehicles—New Kangoo Z.E. and Master Z.E.—to —to its line-up, bringing the total to four. The company is also expanding its range of connected services for commercial customers as well as its specialist network. New Kangoo Z.E.

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MAY 2, 2013

Looking at the 134 different car models available in 2013, 64 (49%) include a model that already meets the 2014 mpg CAFE standard. Hungary and Belgium were the only two EU Member States where cars sold in 2012 were on average less efficient than those sold the year before.

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