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Parker Project demonstrates cross-brand V2G in Denmark; more tests of grid services slated

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The Parker Project has used a fleet of four vehicles from Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, PSA Groupe and Nissan to demonstrate that vehicles from different car brands can contribute to supporting the electricity grid with vehicle to grid (V2G) services. —Vincent Cobee, Corporate Vice President at the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.

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T&E study finds cruise ships emitting 10x more SOx in Europe port cities than all Europe’s 260M cars

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An in-house study by environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has found that the luxury cruise brands owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC emitted in 2017 in European seas alone 10 times more SO x than all of Europe’s 260+ million passenger vehicles. million passenger vehicles in a year.

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DB Schenker expands its electric fleet with 36 new FUSO eCanter vehicles

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—Hartmut Schick, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) and Head of Daimler Trucks Asia (DTA). FUSO celebrated the market launch of this commercial vehicle for short-radius distribution in 2017. The FUSO eCanter is Daimler Trucks’ first fully-electric light-duty truck in small-series production.

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GM’s Europe go back anticipated to focus on Nordic nations with EVs

Baua Electric

Alternative Nordic nations come with Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The automaker left Europe’s quantity marketplace in 2017 when it offered Opel/Vauxhall to PSA Workforce, which then merged with Fiat Chrysler to mode Stellantis.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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The US, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Japan, and other countries bolstered efforts to deploy hydrogen fueling infrastructure. Daimler, Ford, and Nissan joined forces to develop a common fuel cell system and launch commercial FCEVs as early as 2017. Light duty vehicles. Several other automakers say they will not be far behind.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. Asked when there might be one million electric vehicles on the road that could also feed their battery capacity back into the grid in a two-way exchange, the panelists generally said between 2017 and 2020.

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