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New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

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Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe. Highlights of the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index.

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T&E study finds cruise ships emitting 10x more SOx in Europe port cities than all Europe’s 260M cars

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An in-house study by environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has found that the luxury cruise brands owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC emitted in 2017 in European seas alone 10 times more SO x than all of Europe’s 260+ million passenger vehicles. Cruise ships also emit NO x equivalent to 15% of Europe’s car fleet every year.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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Zero- and low-emission vehicles must be deployed much faster across Europe to achieve the stricter targets that apply from 2020, EEA said. Diesel vehicles continue to make up the vast majority of the new van fleet, constituting 94% of registrations in 2019. g CO 2 /km), Malta (140.7 g CO 2 /km in total). in 2018 to 1.3%

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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Manufacturers will have to reduce emissions of their fleet significantly to meet the upcoming 2020 and 2021 targets. With the 2021 target of 95 g CO 2 /km approaching, much faster deployment of cars with low emissions is needed across Europe, according to EEA. of the new vans fleet (2.4% grams of CO 2 per kilometer. g CO 2 /km.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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Cars sold in Europe in 2013 were collectively 4% more efficient than the year before, according to provisional data from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Thus, in 2013 the European Union fleet already collectively met its legal target for 2015. People in Malta, Denmark and Greece bought the lightest models on average.

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Mobility services infrastructure company Via closes Series E round; valued at $2.25B

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Via’s emergency services and transit network optimization expertise are being utilized across the world in locations as diverse as Berlin, Ohio, and Malta, to support communities impacted by COVID-19. First launched in New York City in 2013, Via’s technology is now deployed globally, including in Europe as ViaVan.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Instead, Maltese authorities told the ship’s captain to wait for vessels from Malta to pick up the migrants. The private, Malta-based vessels picked up the survivors, steamed about 237 kilometers south, and handed over the migrants to authorities in Libya, which was and is in the midst of a civil war, rather than return to Malta, 160 km away.

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