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Deloitte Survey finds only 4% of global consumers likely to be satisfied with current EVs despite increasing consideration and willingness to buy; higher ICE fuel economy reduces interest in EVs

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Consumers in the United Kingdom and Belgium are the most sensitive to paying a price premium with 71% opposing. More than 50% of all consumers globally indicate they are unwilling to pay any kind of a price premium for an electric vehicle, which includes 65% of American respondents.

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Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost model accounts for 23.3% of Focus orders in April in Europe

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The Euro 19 markets are: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. liter engine with improved fuel efficiency and lower CO 2. Across Europe, more than 4,700 customers ordered a Focus 1.0-liter

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Honda diesel sets new Guinness record for fuel efficiency, averaging 83 mpg US in 8,387-mile drive across 24 EU countries

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i-DTEC for the entire journey were two members of Honda’s European Research & Development (R&D) team, Fergal McGrath and Julian Warren, who took on the challenge to further demonstrate the real-world fuel economy of the Tourer. The team set out from Aalst, Belgium, on 1 June, navigating the continent in a clockwise direction.

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Opel to introduce new Euro 6 1.6 CDTI diesel in Geneva; 57 mpg US in the Zafira Tourer

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CDTI, which will be launched in 2013, to be particularly popular in many markets where its super-low CO 2 emission level of only 109 g/km will make it benefit from a favorable taxation system, e.g. in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Opel expects the new Zafira Tourer 1.6

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TM4 introduces new motor/generator for the commercial heavy-duty hybrid market: SUMO HP HV900

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This new motor/generator will be shown at Busworld Kortrijk, taking place from 20-25 October 2017 in Kortrijk, Belgium. The efficiency of the system reaches 95% and has been developed to match the efficiency of a diesel engine, which is instrumental to optimize fuel savings. Earlier post.)

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Ballard-powered fuel cell electric buses exceed 10M km of revenue service

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Over this period Ballard has worked with 13 bus manufacturers to develop a variety of fuel cell bus configurations that have been deployed in a wide range of climatic conditions and operated under a host of demanding duty cycles.

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Ford Rolls Out New Powertrain Lineup for Europe

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liter engine with 203 PS (200 hp, 149 kW) is being launched in the latest 2010 S-MAX, Galaxy and Mondeo models, which are now in production at Ford’s Genk plant in Belgium. Ford has also updated its Duratorq TDCi diesel engines for 2010 to deliver even higher efficiency, with improved performance, fuel economy and refinement.

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