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Renault Trucks delivers first of 20 electric trucks to Carlsberg Group

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vehicles to Feldschlösschen, a subsidiary of the Carlsberg Group. We are the first company in Switzerland and even Europe to use these environmentally friendly trucks for beverage transport. Renault Trucks provides a comprehensive range of fully-electric vehicles from 3.1 —Thomas Amstutz, CEO of Feldschlösschen.

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Daimler Trucks & Buses targets completely CO2-neutral fleet of new vehicles by 2039 in Europe, Japan and NAFTA

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Daimler Trucks & Buses, one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, aims to offer only new vehicles that are CO 2 -neutral in driving operation (“tank-to-wheel”) in the triad markets of Europe, Japan and NAFTA by 2039. Earlier post.) All other plants will follow. The first hand-off to a customer was in 2018.

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Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

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Audi is once again following its holistic approach here and is participating in the project to promote the development and meaningful implementation of innovative climate protection technologies. Audi has been supporting the development of CO 2 capturing technology from the Zurich-based environmental start-up Climeworks since 2013.

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Member of Swiss National Councils fills up with sunfire solar diesel to call attention to need for regulatory reform

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In an event in Bern, Switzerland, Swiss National Council member and president of the Clean Fuel Now initiative Thomas Böhni filled up his Audi A2 with 100% synthetic diesel (Audi e-diesel) produced by sunfire GmbH to draw attention to the need to remove what he terms unjustified Swiss restrictions on synthetic fuels. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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Volkswagen marked its serious entry into the battery-electric vehicle market with the introduction in Frankfurt of its first two series production EVs: the e-up! into the vehicle floor weighs 230 kg (507 lbs) and comprises 17 modules, each with 12 cells. in Frankfurt. Click to enlarge. and the e-Golf. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).