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Volvo sells 11 electric hybrid buses with 2 ABB automated fast-chargers to Namur, Belgium

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Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 ABB automated electric bus fast-chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium with public transport authority and operator TEC. Start in-service is planned towards the end of 2016. This is the largest order to date for the company’s electric bus system. ABB bus chargers.

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Keolis launches a new 5G autonomous electric vehicle trial in Stockholm

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Keolis, in partnership with Urban ICT Arena, Telia, Ericsson Intel and T-engineering, has launched a new autonomous self-driving, electric minibus trial in Stockholm, Sweden, using 5G technology to control and supervise the vehicle remotely. In 2016, the Keolis Group launched a trial of the first autonomous vehicles in Lyon, France.

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myenergi | Celebrating 5 years of Tech Innovation

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Since launching the business in 2016, we’ve expanded rapidly, thanks to our unique range of eco-smart energy management products – including the world’s first renewable energy-compatible EV charger. . When we founded the business back in 2016, we started with nothing – except, of course, a few good ideas and a serious passion for change.

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Renault boosts range of ZOE EV to 400 km with new 41 kWh pack option

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At the same, ZOE owners can benefit from a range of new connected services and equipment upgrades. Renault and LG engineers have succeeded in increasing storage capacity without making the battery any bigger or much heavier. The ZOE was designed and engineered at the Renault Technocentre in Guyancourt, also near Paris.

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Ford planning to cut 18% of production capacity, 13% of workforce in Europe; anticipating more than $1.5B loss in Europe in 2012

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liter diesel engine in Dagenham that will power future Ford vehicles from 2016. The engine will be developed at Ford’s Technical Centre in Dunton, Essex, one of the largest automotive R&D centers in the UK. This includes plans to add a new next-generation, low-CO 2 , 2.0-liter The arrival of the Ford Mustang in Europe.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Utrecht, a largely bicycle-propelled city of 350,000 just south of Amsterdam, has become a proving ground for the bidirectional-charging techniques that have the rapt interest of automakers, engineers, city managers, and power utilities the world over. We Drive Solar from his Utrecht home in 2016. This is good for the grid.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

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Starting in 2016, the Swedish brand has included plug-in hybrid versions of pretty much every new vehicle it sells in the US. . liter 4-cylinder engine and optional all-wheel drive. The electric XC40 comes from Ghent, Belgium, incidentally. Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in.