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Italy says that it’s illegal for Alfa Romeo to call its new EV the Milano

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If it’s not made in Italy, it can’t sound Italian. Italy’s industry minister Adolfo Urso, according to Automotive News Europe , slammed Stellantis for the decision to build the EV at the company’s Tychy plant in Poland – meaning the car will be the first Alfa Romeo to be entirely built outside of Italy.

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Tesla-incited EV price war gets one less participant

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The Tesla-incited price war that has caused electric vehicle prices to be slashed nearly across the board in 2023 has one less participant, as Stellantis boss Carlos Tavares said on Thursday that the company has no intention of getting involved. Tesla Model Y price cuts have brought costs below U.S. GM is one of them.

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Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

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Read more: World’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm beats expectations in the face of extreme storms To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system. Get started here. – ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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ACEA study finds 100-fold increase in zero-emission trucks needed in EU fleet in 10 years to meet goals

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This includes establishing CO 2 -based road charges, energy taxation based on the carbon and energy content of fuels, a sound CO 2 emissions pricing system and, most importantly, a dense network of charging and refueling infrastructure suitable for trucks. years), followed closely by Italy (12.6 of vans in the EU are battery electric.

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Breaking: US, other G7 countries to phase out coal by early 2030s

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The G7 – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US, plus the EU – are meeting in Turin, Italy. The US is in line with the G7 average (16%), while the other G7 members have mostly already phased out coal: France (0.4%), the UK (1.4%), Canada (5%), and Italy (5.3%).

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EIA: Global trade in liquefied natural gas grew by 4.5% in 2021

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Bcf/d in 2021 primarily because of record-high LNG spot prices in Asia. Lower LNG imports in Europe contributed to record-low natural gas storage inventories during 2021, even as prices reached record highs. The United Kingdom and Italy reduced LNG imports more than other European countries between 2020 and 2021, by 0.3

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T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

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The report also finds: Seven of the 10 most polluting routes taken by private aircraft within Europe lie on the UK-France-Switzerland-Italy axis. Despite the disproportionate climate impact, private jets are untaxed in most European nations because of exemptions from the EU’s carbon pricing scheme (EU ETS) and untaxed kerosene.

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