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FCA and ENGIE EPS partner on V2G in Italy; second-life batteries

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FCA Italy S.p.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., and ENGIE EPS, and Italian technology player in energy storage, hydrogen and e-mobility, have been awarded with 25 MW of capacity in the context of the tender process held by the Italian grid operator Terna.

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Stellantis slams Italy for not backing EVs, putting Fiat at risk

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Fiat’s new 2024 500e (source: Stellantis) EVs drivers in Italy are a rare breed. Italy has some of the oldest, most polluting cars in Europe, and is lagging way behind other European countries in EV adoption, with an incentive program that has been practically nonexistent. And Tavares said that’s just not going to cut it.

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and ENGIE EPS to create e-Mobility JV

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FCA Italy S.p.A. FCA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., —Mike Manley, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The JV would rely on FCA’s financial resources and industrial footprint and on ENGIE EPS’ technological know-how and intellectual property portfolio.

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Stellantis will get support from sellers in order vehicles in Italy

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The Stellantis supervisor mentioned many of the drivers for automobile transporters are Ukrainian, including that their insufficiency used to be affecting all automakers in Europe. “We asked dealers to give us a hand (…) we immediately found a deal,” Ficili mentioned at the sidelines of an automobile convention in Milan.

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Next-Battery secures strategic relationship with China-based Lvchi Automobile Technology

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Next-Battery , a start-up developing high energy-density Li-ion battery technology, has secured a strategic relationship with Lvchi Automobile Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd. The global design, research and development base of Lvchi is located at the Turin engineering center in Italy.

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New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

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of total passenger car sales in the EU, almost doubling their market share in a year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). This growth was spurred by big gains in key EU markets, most notably in Germany (+149.0%) and Italy (+145.6%). in Italy (the largest EU market for these vehicles).

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New government in Italy plans 1 million electric cars by 2022, could cost $10B

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Italy has been an electric-car backwater in Europe, but a new populist government has dramatic plans to change that. According to a Bloomberg report, the new Five Star government elected in March is calling for incentives to put 1 million electric cars on Italy's roads by 2022.

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