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Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

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—Hagen Seifert, Head of Sustainable Product Concepts at Audi. Two years ago the two companies built a facility in Hinwil, Switzerland, that filters CO 2 from the air and provides it to the beverage industry, where it is converted to carbonic acid.

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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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The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. eCitaro vehicles were also delivered to Luxembourg and Switzerland. The first hand-off to a customer was in 2018.

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Empa researchers investigating new process for production of synthetic methane

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All these concepts have advantages and drawbacks in terms of energy, operation and economics. Empa researchers hope that this novel process engineering concept will lead to simpler process control, higher efficiency and better suitability for dynamic operation.

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PSI team demonstrates direct hydrocarbon fuel production from water and CO2 by solar-driven thermochemical cycles

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Now, a team from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland has demonstrated the direct production of hydrocarbon fuel—specifically methane—from water and CO 2 by incorporating a catalytic process into STCs. syngas—from water and CO 2. This could potentially make the solar fuel production chain much more economical.

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Tata reveals new 22g/km CO2 range-extended city car

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Indian auto giant, Tata revealed a new four-seat range-extended city concept car at the Geneva Motor Show which could boast emissions as low as 22g/km and a range of up to 559 miles. Called Megapixel, the new model combines a lithium ion phosphate battery with an petrol engine to act as a generator, giving the [.].

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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The CO2-free sorbent can be re-used for many adsorption/desorption cycles. The policy side; test case in Switzerland. A test case for that is emerging in Switzerland, where the government is considering a motion to include synthetic, CO 2 -neutral fuels within the CO 2 fleet emission regulation. (As —Reiner Mangold.

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Lamborghini Breaks Historic Sales Record

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Donkervoort& and a handful of other low-volume manufacturers are hoping to get around European regulations that would force them to halve CO2 emissions by 2030 and go fully electric by 2035. We know this because more than 99 [percent] of the cars we’ve ever built are still drivable, and we know this because we still service them.”

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