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First Honda Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles arrive in Europe as part of HyFIVE demo

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The first Honda Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles arrived in Europe last week. Honda has always been one of the leaders in the field of hydrogen fuel cell technology, with over 30 years of research and development behind us.

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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

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Honda aims to win a new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency in an 8,500-mile (13,679 km) drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries in a 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. In the Civic Tourer, the 1.6

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$70M H2ME project launches in Europe to deploy 325 fuel cell vehicles and 29 refueling stations

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These initiatives originally brought together the key stakeholders in the hydrogen sector (vehicle manufacturers, hydrogen refueling station providers and Government representatives), to study and to develop strategies to make hydrogen-fueled transport a reality in the respective regions.

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Tesla delivered ~5,500 Model S worldwide in Q3, more than 1,000 to European customers; non-GAAP profit narrows and GAAP loss widens from Q2

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Musk said that Model S gross margin may continue to make slight improvements over the next several quarters as Tesla continues to drive down manufacturing costs. Non-GAAP automotive gross margin (excluding zero emission vehicle or ZEV credits) rose to 21% from 14% last quarter. Excluding ZEV revenue, non-GAAP revenues grew 18% from Q2.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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Austria / 158 / 163 / 16. Manufacturer/ranking 2007/ Average CO2 in 2008(g/km). Honda / 6 / 154. Hungary / 153 / 155 / 10. Czech Republic / 154 / 154 / 8. Slovenia / 156 / 156 / 11. Romania / 156 / 155 / 9. Ireland / 157 / 162 / 13. Netherlands / 158 / 165 / 15. Great Britain / 158 / 165 / 16. Luxembourg / 160 / 166 / 18.

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Partners launch $51M hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and infrastructure project in Europe

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Five different manufacturers will deploy a total of 110 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles at several European locations (Bolzano, Copenhagen, Innsbruck, London, Munich, Stuttgart) and develop new clusters of hydrogen refueling stations. These stations will share internationally agreed fuel and re-fueling standards.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

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While Can-Am offers the smaller, cheaper, and lighter Ryker with powertrains sized at 600 and 900 cubic centimeters, the Spyder F3 and RT come with a liquid-cooled, 1,330cc Advanced Combustion Efficiency (ACE) inline-triple manufactured in Austria by the BRP-owned Rotax. But I’d rather be sitting on the Can-Am in most cases.