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ASML’s threat to leave uncovers deeper concerns in Netherlands Inc – ET Auto

Baua Electric

While the semiconductor equipment maker’s CEO has since ruled out a total departure from the Netherlands, a Reuters review of Dutch blue chip firms has shown that ASML is far from the only one considering its options. “You’d need two hands to count them.” state of Arizona, and BE Semiconductor Industries in Vietnam.

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The Dutch Tax Authority Was Felled by AI—What Comes Next?

Cars That Think

But that’s precisely what happened in the Netherlands in January 2021, when the incumbent cabinet resigned over the so-called kinderopvangtoeslagaffaire : the childcare benefits affair. When a family in the Netherlands sought to claim their government childcare allowance, they needed to file a claim with the Dutch tax authority.

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NITI Aayog bats for incentives for LNG-fuelled commercial vehicles – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This will help lower carbon dioxide emissions and contribute towards the national goal of a gas-based economy by increasing the share of natural gas in the primary energy mix to 15% by 2030, it said in its report jointly prepared with the embassy of Netherlands.

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There is a shortage of charging stations in Europe

Setec Powerr

There are currently 374,000 public charging points in Europe, two-thirds of which are concentrated in five countries – the Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom, while some European countries still do not reach one charging point per 100 kilometers.

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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

Baua Electric

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck wrote to the EU that tariffs on Chinese imports could end Europe’s impressive expansion of green energy, making 90% of the PV market more expensive. “I A government official from the Netherlands told Reuters that the country “wants to cover solar PV imports with the EU’s carbon border tax.”

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

A Pew Research Center survey taken in late 2021 of seventeen countries with advanced economies indicated that 80 percent of those surveyed were willing to alter how then live and work to combat climate change. The San Diego backlash over a mileage tax may be just the beginning. The answer is perhaps some, but maybe not too much.

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ICCT: gap between official and real-world fuel economy figures in Europe reaches ~38%; call to implement WLTP ASAP

Green Car Congress

The gap between official and real-world fuel-economy figures in Europe has risen to about 38%, according to a new report published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). For governments, the growing gap causes significant losses of tax revenues. For the Netherlands alone, the loss in tax revenues could exceed €3.4