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ABB E-mobility opens its largest DC fast charger production facility in Italy

Green Car Congress

The new manufacturing site sets a new benchmark for the sector, producing one DC fast charger every 20 minutes from its seven production lines. ABB E-mobility employs more than 350 R&D experts globally and has a portfolio of more than 350 granted patents.

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

Baua Electric

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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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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By comparison, Chinese per capita CO 2 emissions of 6.8 tonnes are still below the EU-27 average, but now equal those of Italy. At present, the US emits 16.9 tonnes CO 2 per capita per year, more than twice as much as the EU-27 with 8.1 The average figures for China and EU-27 hide significant regional differences.

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Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX covers more than 621 miles on single charge

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Traveling from Sindelfingen across the Swiss Alps and Northern Italy, to its destination of Cassis on the Côte d’Azur, the VISION EQXX electric concept ( earlier post ) from Mercedes-Benz covered more than 1,000 km (621 miles) in everyday traffic on a single battery charge. for the top rating in Class A. which is significantly lower.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." Neutral catachip @ Apr 19th 2009 4:29PM Now only if electronics manufacturers could do the same thing. Who even knows if they are a member of SAE.