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Mobilize launching first commercial V2G service starting in 2024 with Renault 5; France, Germany and UK initially

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In addition to reinjecting electricity into the power grid, the bidirectional charger supports a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function for powering electrical appliances directly from the car. Compared to ZOE, the CMF-B EV platform is 30% cheaper to manufacture. Mobilize V2G will also be available on future Renault electric vehicles.

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Alstom and MOL to explore use of hydrogen technologies for rail transport in Hungary

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The Coradia iLint trains have run more than 200,000 km with zero CO 2 emission in passenger service in Germany and Austria and has been successfully tested in the Netherlands. In addition, Alstom signed an agreement with Snam (Italy’s leading natural gas transport company) in 2020 to develop hydrogen trains and associated infrastructure.

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AKASOL supplies lithium-ion battery systems to Canadian mining equipment provider Medatech

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In addition to noise and heat, the use of combustion engines in underground mines produces a great deal of exhaust fumes. The drilling and anchoring machine produced by mining equipment manufacturer MacLean using a Medatech powertrain is fitted with the AKASOL liquid-cooled battery system, which has a storage capacity of 30.6

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Solingen orders 16 more Solaris Trollino 12 electric trolleybuses

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The energy will be replenished en route and will be fed through the traction lines, by means of the in-motion charging technology supplied by Kiepe Electric. The 1,600 trolleybuses that have been manufactured by Solaris so far service passenger traffic in 17 states across Europe.

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

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million miles) of revenue service. 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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FEV study finds optimizing engine for renewable diesel use reduces fuel consumption and emissions

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The FEV results are based on a comparison between figures from the use of the engine optimized for Neste MY Renewable diesel and the use of conventional fossil diesel in the same engine, optimized for typical European EN 590 fossil diesel operation at Euro 6 emission level. —Markku Honkanen, Head of Technical Services at Neste.

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General Motors set sales records in China in 2014

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In addition, sales of the SRX reached 27,484 units, and sales of the ATS and ATS-L totaled 13,276 units. It also opened its new manufacturing base in Chongqing and signed an agreement for the second phase of production at the facility. Shanghai GM Norsom Motors opened its Phase III manufacturing facility in Shenyang, Liaoning.