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Deutsche Post now automatically offsetting all CO2 emissions from mail transport

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Since 2007, Deutsche Post and DHL have offered their GoGreen service as a way to offset—through certified climate protection projects—the CO 2 emissions generated by their shipping operations. For the past ten years, every private-customer parcel shipped within Germany has automatically been shipped “GoGreen”.

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Bosch trialing Neste renewable diesel; aims to offer renewable and synthetic fuels at all company filling stations in Germany

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diesel; the company’s partner Toolfuel distributes it in Germany. On top of that, Bosch aims to make synthetic and renewable fuels available for company cars and internal delivery vehicles at all its company filling stations across Germany. This is three times the amount of carbon dioxide Germany emitted in 2016.

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Van Hool to build 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal (Germany); largest fuel cell bus order in Europe to date

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Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. Van Hool has been building hydrogen buses for the American market since 2005 and for the European market since 2007.

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Kia Motors intends to join the Clean Energy Partnership to promote fuel cell electric vehicles in Germany

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has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with members of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) to help promote fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) in Germany. billion) and covers the period 2007-2016. Kia Motor Corp. The combined budget for the Program amounts to €1.4 billion (US$1.9

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Volkswagen to offer refreshed Tiguan with new plug-in hybrid powertrain in Europe

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The world première of the first generation Tiguan took place at the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt in 2007. In 2008, Volkswagen manufactured more than 150,000 units, making it the most successful SUV in Germany. Later that year, the first Tiguan came to market.

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BMW Group plans joint venture for MINI electric vehicles in China; LoI with Great Wall Motor

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Around 560,000 BMW brand vehicles were delivered to customers in China in 2017—more than in the next two largest markets, the US and Germany, combined. Between 2007 and 2017, production in Germany increased by close to a quarter to around 1.15 million vehicles per year.

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Mercedes-Benz to invest ~€500M to produce electric compact EQ model at Hambach plant

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In 2007 smart launched a battery-powered vehicle as a pioneer in e-mobility and has been producing electric smarts in series since 2012. In Germany the smart brand is the market leader among all-electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2018. Shortly after, the EQC will also be produced at BBAC, the joint venture of Daimler and BAIC.

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