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Coca-Cola will now make local deliveries in Belgium with 30 electric Renault Trucks vehicles

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) will start using 30 electric trucks to make “last mile” deliveries to local customers in Belgium. Through a key partnership with Renault Trucks, the beverage manufacturer is electrifying one-fifth of its truck fleet and creating the largest fleet of electric trucks in Belgium.

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500 Electric Buses For Belgium, 500 Fuel Cell Trucks For China

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Electric buses and trucks are gaining ground in important markets around the world as the more and more diesel engines are retired. The post 500 Electric Buses For Belgium, 500 Fuel Cell Trucks For China appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Umicore opens solid-state battery material prototyping facility in Belgium

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Umicore inaugurated one of the world’s largest and most advanced solid-state battery material prototyping facilities in Olen, Belgium, which will expand and accelerate its innovation and technology development.

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

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Volvo Trucks leads the market in Europe and in North America for heavy electric trucks after the first quarter of 2023. In total, the manufacturer has sold almost 5,000 electric trucks in about 40 countries. Now, its electric product range is being made available in new markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa.

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

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Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. A sluggish overall market, held down by pandemic-related restrictions, meant that overall sales fell by 15.5% in the region for the whole year.

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Dutch report suggests hydrogen exchange could catalyze hydrogen market

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A hydrogen exchange, similar to electricity and gas exchanges, could act as a catalyst for a market for climate-neutral hydrogen, according to an exploratory study, “A Hydrogen Exchange for the Climate”, presented to Eric Wiebes, the Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

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Solaris secures order for 200 hybrid buses in Belgium; BAE Systems drive, ultracap energy storage

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Solaris—one of the leading bus manufacturers in Europe—has secured an order for more than 200 hybrid buses from Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport, the primary bus operator in Wallonia, Belgium. This design allows operators to drive a bus on all-electric power since the motor drives the wheels using stored energy.

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