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Mercedes-Benz Cars invests €1B in new “Full-Flex” car plant in Hungary; Factory 56 applied to full plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. Overall, the company is investing €1 billion in the new car plant and creating more than 2,500 jobs. This includes passenger cars with a wide variety of body and drive variants.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU) in 2018 increased for the second consecutive year, reaching 120.4 grams more than in 2017. On average, the CO 2 emissions of diesel cars (121.5 g CO 2 /km.

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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The European car market remained stable during 2018, as 15.6 million vehicles were registered—just 346 more than in 2017— according to JATO Dyanmics. Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. It was the best result since 2007, when the market peaked with 16.02 market share.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Car Free Day Japan. Protecting highly important floodplain habitats in Hungary within the Tisza Floodplain. WWF Hungary. Organization. Outside Japan. Climate Change. Trial operation of buses with the goal of operating the first community buses in Vietnam, and conducting educational activities. Biodiversity Conservation.

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Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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The European car market recorded its best H1 performance of the century, with 8.6 million car registrations between January and June—a year-on-year increase of 2.7%. on H1 2017, the growth recorded in Germany, France and Spain allowed the overall market to keep growing. Subcompacts recorded the highest volume with 1.77

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Teijin Frontier to acquire J.H. Ziegler; addressing EV demand

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The company operates five facilities globally, including three in Germany and one each in Hungary and China, and employs approximately 400 staff. It posted consolidated sales of more than €69 million in the fiscal year ending 31 December 2017.

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The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

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Photo by Wallace Chuck on Pexels.com Ford is laying off some 3,500 workers in Germany as the automaker ends the production of the Focus – the once crazily popular car that never managed to get off the ground with its electric version – in 2025. But Ford pulled the plug on European sales in 2017, and 2018 in the US due to weak sales.

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