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bp Statistical Review shows 4.5% drop in primary energy consumption in 2020; mainly driven by oil

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Production only increased in a few countries, mainly Norway (260,000 b/d) and Brazil (150,000 b/d). bbl in 2020—the lowest since 2004. World oil production fell for the first time since 2009 by 6.6 million b/d in 2020 driven by both OPEC (-4.3 million b/d) and non-OPEC (-2.3 million b/d). million b/d. million b/d). The US (-2.3

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Norway-US Project Developing Diesel/Biodiesel, Cool Flame Reformer and Solid-Acid Fuel Cell APU

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Norway’s Nordic Power Systems (NPS) and California-based SAFCell Inc., The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway under its RENERGI program. An assembly plant in Høyanger, Norway, is scheduled to open in early 2012 with Industrial Development Corporation of Norway (SIVA) as contractor. SAFCell Inc.,

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Preh acquires power electronics company ePower from Kongsberg Automotive

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Global automotive supplier Preh GmbH is acquiring ePower, a business unit of Kongsberg Automotive ASA in Norway. Within the Joyson Group of companies, Ningbo (China), which was founded by Jeff Wang in 2004, Preh forms the Automotive Electronics Division. Joyson is now one of the world’s 100 largest automotive suppliers.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Chairman retires from Drive Electric

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When we started we focussed on thought leadership, and looked to Norway in particular for inspiration. The State of the Nation report shows that by 2035, a household with two EVs will have 51% lower household energy bills.

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Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point

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For example, in 2004 they posed as representatives of Dow Chemical and promised that the company would clean up after the Bhopal Disaster, leading to a temporary $2 billion drop in the company’s market cap. The prank highlights the absurdity of Toyota’s electrification claims by taking them to the next level.

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Norwegian Investors Rally to Revived Think Electric Car

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Many of Norway's tycoons and heirs are making significant investments in the company which is planning production of as many as 10,000 cars by 2009. Ford ultimately followed the lead of the other automakers, and began to destroy the cars in 2004. Ford had promised the cars would be returned to Norway at leases' end to be sold.

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Scania Delivering 85 Ethanol Buses to Stockholm Suburbs; E95 in a Diesel Engine

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The order from Busslink is Scania Sverige’s largest single bus transaction in the Swedish market since 2004. In recent years, Scania has also delivered ethanol buses for commercial service in Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Norway and elsewhere. The company has delivered 600 such buses, about 500 of them to Swedish cities.

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