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Malbork, Poland purchases six electric buses made by Solaris

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Representatives of the municipal operator MZK Malbork (Poland) and Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. At the end of each day the buses will be connected to plug-in charging devices at the bus depot. Poland is the fifth country in the European Union as regards the number of electric buses on the roads.

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17 Solaris e-buses to join public transport fleet in Grudzi?dz, Poland; 25% of fleet electric

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dz, Poland signed a contract for the delivery of 17 Solaris electric buses. Their energy storage facilities are adapted to low-power charging using a plug-in connector as well as fast Opportunity Charging. Poland is an extremely important market for the bus maker when it comes to sales of its electric buses.

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey to become Toyota’s first European plant to produce plug-in-hybrid vehicles and batteries

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Available in hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions, the new Toyota C-HR will also be the first plug-in hybrid passenger car to be produced in Turkey. In addition, TMMT will be Toyota’s first European plant to start producing plug-in hybrid vehicles, and the first to be equipped with a battery production line. market share.

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Boles?awiec orders two Solaris 8.9m electric buses and chargers; 28th city in Poland with Solaris e-buses

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The energy needed to drive the vehicle will be stored in Solaris High Energy batteries with a total capacity of 160 kWh and it will be supplemented via a plug-in connector. Worth a gross of nearly 4.8 million PLN (US$1.1 million), the contract will be carried out in February 2021. Two Urbino 8.9 d Komunikacji) in Boles?awiec

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. Like Plug In America, the Alliance is calling for every new light-duty passenger vehicle sold in their countries to have a plug by 2030.

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Yet another study shows plug-in hybrids aren’t as clean as we thought

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A new report by the European Commission adds yet another real-world data point showing that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles create much more emissions than we previously thought – by an average of 3.5 Gaps fell between 176% (Finland), up to 287% (Poland). times more than lab testing indicates. The problem is… that doesn’t happen.

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Radom buys 9 more electric Solaris buses

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biorstwo Komunikacji (MPK) in Radom, Poland has ordered 9 additional Solaris Urbino 12 electric with the pertinent charging infrastructure. At night, it will be possible to use conventional plug-in charging at the bus depot. The operator Miejskie Przedsi?biorstwo Worth nearly 28.5 million PLN (US$7.7

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