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Nissan trialing eNV200 in Portland

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Nissan is working in collaboration with Portland (Oregon) General Electric (PGE) on a six-week trial to help determine the viability of an electric commercial vehicle in the US market. If we determine that e-NV200 fits into the US commercial vehicle market, we expect that Portland would be a leading driver for sales as well.

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Audi introducing V2I Traffic Light Information service in Europe

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Audi is introducing the vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) service “Traffic Light Information” in Europe. This service is now available at more than 5,000 intersections in the US, for example in cities including Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland and Washington D.C.

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Uber and Wallbox to expand partnership to all of the US

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Additionally, the two companies are actively discussing a potential global roll-out program beginning in Europe and Canada. The roll-out is expected to follow four phases: os Angeles, Portland and Seattle in January. This will be rolled out in four key groups, in order to reach nationwide coverage by the end of April 2022.

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Mercedes-Benz and BMW to sell car-sharing JV SHARE NOW to Stellantis

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Together, both shareholders have developed SHARE NOW into the market leader in Europe and continuously developed it further, including new offers such as long-term car sharing. With the acquisition of SHARE NOW, Stellantis’ mobility subsidiary Free2move would have the opportunity to expand its car sharing efforts further in Europe.

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Daimler Truck North America and partners to form JV for nationwide charging network for MD and HD commercial vehicles

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As in Europe, the lack of a publicly available, nationwide electric charging infrastructure for commercial vehicles in the US, especially for long-haul freight operations, remains one of the biggest barriers for widespread deployment of electric trucks.

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Audi extends Traffic Light Information to Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco

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Initially launched in Portland, Oregon, and Las Vegas, the service has also recently expanded across the US, Canada, and some parts of Europe. Audi vehicles only use data from signals found to have a high level of confidence. Signals continue to be added monthly for Audi drivers using TLI.

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Daimler electric trucks & buses log more than 7M customer kilometers

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The eActros, which has a range of approximately 200 kilometers, has been proving its worth as a locally CO 2 -neutral alternative for urban distribution transport in a wide range of practical applications with various customers in Europe since 2018. Series production is scheduled to start in 2021. The range of the 7.49-ton

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