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Volvo Trucks leading market in Europe and in N America for electric heavy-duty trucks

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Now, its electric product range is being made available in new markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa. In the third quarter of 2023, serial production will also start at Volvo’s largest factory in Ghent, Belgium. In total, the manufacturer has sold almost 5,000 electric trucks in about 40 countries.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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Charged and umlaut continue partnership on 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark

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For the second year in a row, Charged has partnered with the global engineering and consulting firm umlaut to test and compare the user experience at the top DC fast charging networks and bring you the 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark. Ionity secured victory among the CPOs in Austria, Switzerland and Belgium.

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TomTom extends coverage of real-time traffic products for congestion reduction

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The other countries currently covered are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. TomTom also introduced Custom Probe Counts, a traffic product providing an indicator of traffic density for roads globally.

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OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

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Driven by Asian markets, global demand for virgin polyolefins is expected to grow above global GDP by 2030. Demand for recycled polyolefins is expected to grow globally about three times faster than virgin polymers until 2030. OMV’s goal is to become a leading global supplier of specialty polyolefin solutions.

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Joint IEA-NEA report details plunge in costs of renewable electricity; nuclear competitive with other baseload power sources

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Projected Costs of Generating Electricity: 2015 Edition looks at generation costs at more than 180 plants—from large nuclear and fossil-fuel facilities to wind farms to residential-sized solar PV installations—in 22 countries, including Brazil, China and South Africa.

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Volvo joins Tesla in halting EV production due to Red Sea attacks

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Volvo said it would halt production at its factory in Ghent, Belgium, for three days after rerouting ships to avoid potential violence. Global shipping companies, in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, have had to redirect or halt shipping altogether.

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