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First electric school bus in Poland; Solaris Urbino 12 electric

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The first electric school bus in Poland will carry children to classes in Godzianów near ?ód?. Solaris will supply the electric bus to the Municipality of Godzianów in October this year. The bus will be charged using a mobile charger of 40 kW which will form part of the order.

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Solaris Bus in Polish second-life battery consortium

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and TAURON Polska Energia will implement a project titled “Second Life ESS” with the aim to create a prototype system to store electric energy based on retired electric bus batteries. The project is being co-financed by the National Center for Research and Development (NCBiR) in Poland.

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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. A third project will capture the CO?

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources.

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Chinese battery company takes 22% stake in Valmet Automotive; strategic partnership for EVs

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China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), a leading global provider of battery and energy storage solutions, has taken a 22% stake in Finland-based Valmet Automotive as part of a new strategic partnership in electric automotive solutions. At the end of 2016, CATL employed more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

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Mercedes introducing EQB compact electric SUV in Shanghai

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These batteries are manufactured at the Daimler plants in Kamenz (Germany) and Jawor (Poland). A battery guard in the front area of the battery is able to prevent the energy storage unit from being pierced by foreign objects. The usable capacity of the batteries in Europe is 66.5 kWh/100 km, range 419 km (260 miles).

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Tata AutoComp’s ‘Make in India’ push for EVs | Autocar Professional

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Under the UniEVersal mission, the ‘One Tata’ approach bore fruit rapidly, as other companies under the group played their critical part in this journey. As a group, we have a clear mandate of localisation from our chairman, who led the B20 [part of the G20] and was a flagbearer of ‘Make in India.’

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