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First tests of non-Tesla Supercharger sessions in the Netherlands shared online

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Tesla officially opened its Supercharger Network to non-Tesla EV owners in the Netherlands on November 1st. Hyundai Ioniq owner Inse van houts shared his experience at a Tesla Supercharger station at Tilburg, the wool capital of the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant.

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T&E: Electric bus orders in Europe more than doubled to 1,031 units in 2017; ~9% share of new registrations

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The number of battery-electric buses ordered in Europe more than doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching 1,031 vehicles, according to a new analysis by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. The Netherlands, UK, France, Poland and Germany account for more than half the total number of electric buses in Europe (including orders).

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London Taxi relaunches as London EV Company; order for 225 vehicles from The Netherlands

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LEVC expects strong demand from its launch market in London once the order book opens on 1 August 2017. RMC, one of the Netherlands’ largest taxi operators, has been appointed as the importer and operator.

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Neste to acquire pre-treatment and storage capacity in the Netherlands for renewable raw materials for NEXBTL renewable diesel

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on the acquisition of a former biodiesel plant in Sluiskil in the Netherlands. The aim is to complete the transaction during the first quarter of 2017. The plant has not been in production since January 2015, and it will enter into pre-treatment and storage use after maintenance work during the second half of 2017.

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Cross-border car2go rentals up 80% in Q1 2017 to 33,000 journeys

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In the first quarter of 2017, the number of cross-border rentals increased by 80% to 33,000 journeys. In addition, German customers are increasingly using the car2go service in European cities in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Austria. An increasing number of travelers are using free-floating carsharing from car2go.

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Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle launches in Sweden and Norway this summer, Netherlands later this year

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The Netherlands will follow later this year. Toyota estimates selling around 30,000 units a year globally in 2020 from 3,000 units in 2017. The Mirai launched in Japan in December 2014 and in the US in 2015. In Sweden, hydrogen is locally produced 100% based on renewable energy, just as in Denmark.

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JRC: e-vehicle market in Europe is slowly gaining momentum, but breakthrough is needed

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A new European Joint Research Center (JRC) analysis on the deployment of electric vehicles (EV) in Europe concludes that although the sector evolved significantly between 2010 and 2017, progress is still small to be characterized as full-scale commercialization. Market share of M1 EV in Europe between 2010 and 2017.

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