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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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It is the latest concrete step towards Volvo Cars’ ambition to have climate-neutral manufacturing by 2025, part of a wider climate plan that aims to reduce the overall carbon footprint per car by 40% between 2018 and 2025. These and other measures are part of the climate plan Volvo Cars launched late last year.

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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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Around 160,000 units of Audi’s first electric model have been delivered since 2018. From 2025, production at all Audi plants will be carbon neutral as part of the company-wide environmental program Mission:Zero. AUDI AG has owned the Belgium site since 2007. 2018 saw the birth of the Audi e-tron.

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EC approves second major battery innovation project; €2.9B (US$3.5B) from 12 member states

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The project, called “European Battery Innovation” (EuBatIn) was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. In 2018, the Commission adopted the Strategic Action Plan for Batteries and has promoted a wide range of initiatives as part of the plan.

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Volvo Cars trucks-to-trains swap significantly cuts emissions in logistics network

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For example, by implementing rail transport it reduced CO 2 emissions by almost 75% on the route between its Ghent, Belgium-based manufacturing plant and a purpose-built depot in northern Italy. Both initiatives form part of the climate action plan that Volvo Cars revealed this year.

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First DAF CF Electric refuse collection truck delivered to ROVA

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As part of a field test comprising four comparable vehicles, the first DAF CF Electric 6x2 refuse collection truck has entered operations with Dutch public waste disposal firm ROVA. It is in our DNA to take care of the future of our planet and the use of low emission vehicles is part of our sustainability plan. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen AG Elli charging network now operating 400,000 charging points in Europe

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Most recently, Elli added about 24,000 Vattenfall stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden along with 1,000 high-power charging points (HPC) operated by Fastned in the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, France and Switzerland. Elli was founded in 2018 and has offices in Berlin, Wolfsburg and Munich.

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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”. The number of Uber drivers in London almost doubled in three years (from 25,000 in 2016 to 45,000 in 2018), accounting for roughly half the total PHV licence number. Uber’s CEO tells us they ‘do the right thing, period.’

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