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Romania orders 123 Solaris electric buses

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iei), with seven local towns and cities as beneficiaries, Solaris has been awarded an order for 123 out of 131 electric buses. he detailed delivery schedules vary for different locations, however all orders are to be completed by the end of 2022. Solaris is already very well-known in Romania. i, Sibiu, Sighetu Marma?iei,

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Ford unveils battery-electric E?Tourneo Courier

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Ford revealed the all-new E‑Tourneo Courier in Copenhagen, Denmark. E-Tourneo Courier is one of 10 all-electric vehicles Ford has committed to offering in Europe by 2024, as it targets zero emissions for all vehicle sales in the region by 2035. The all-new Tourneo Courier with a 125 PS 1.0-liter

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Craiova, Romania orders 16 Solaris articulated electric buses

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Solaris and the Romanian city of Craiova (Romania’s sixth-largest city) have signed a contract for the delivery of 16 18-meter articulated Urbino 18 electric buses. All the electric buses will be delivered in July 2021 at the latest. The driveline in the articulated electric buses will consist of a 240 kW central motor.

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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. Production capacity is planned to be around 250,000 units a year. billion (US$3.4

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EU formally approves sales ban of combustion engine cars by 2035

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A ban on all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles made its way through the European Parliament on Tuesday, February 1. The EU formally approved a law that would ban the sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2035 in an attempt to accelerate consumers’ choice of electric powertrains. I’d love to hear from you!

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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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of the EU market, while electrically?chargeable of total new car sales across the region from October to December last year. All alternatively?powered Overall in 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on gasoline (58.9%, compared to 56.6% of new passenger cars in the EU were electrically?chargeable

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Ford eliminating 3800 jobs in Europe; driven by transition to fully electric powertrains

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The actions are intended to align Ford’s product development organization and administrative functions in Europe with a smaller, more focused, and increasingly electric product portfolio. These changes are driven by the transition to fully electric powertrains and reduced vehicle complexity.