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Nissan will commence Smart Grid trials in partnership with multinational energy manufacturer and distributor, ENEL. Endesa first showcased its V2G technology in 2008 in Smartcity Malaga, the Enel Group testing ground for smart cities. Earlier post.).

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MAY 17, 2010

in April compared to the same month last year, according to figures from the ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.Over the first four months of 2010 the market expanded by 4.8% in comparison to January-April 2008. By contrast, markets expanded in France (+1.9%), the UK (+11.5%), Belgium (+20.3%) and Spain (+39.3%).

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JULY 15, 2009

million vehicles, according to the latest Economic Report from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). Van (-57%) and truck production (-56%) dropped even more than the manufacture of passenger cars (-31%). over the whole year 2008. in the last quarter of 2008. In Austria, production went down by 69.2%.

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APRIL 30, 2020

This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. This result follows declines in January and February, taking the quarterly volume down to 3.04 million units.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

A 2008 NREL evaluation of the first generation of fuel cell buses in service in Hartford found that while the experience for operators and riders with the fuel cell bus had been positive, there had been a number of specific problems and limitations that resulted in bus availability consistently below the 85% target. Earlier post.).

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MAY 1, 2020

Impacts to global auto demand in the wake of COVID-19 have rapidly progressed to severity levels higher than the 2008-2009 recession, and significant uncertainty around prospects for a meaningful recovery remain. In Europe, COVID-19 lockdowns remain firmly in place for Italy, Spain, France and the UK, though show signs of easing in Germany.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

to 112,087 units, according to figures from the UK’s SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders). This would be some 410,000 units off the 2008 total and almost 685,000 units down on 2007. Alternatively fuelled vehicle (AFV) demand showed a particularly sharp decline, down 47.4%, in part reflecting strong growth in 2008.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

6,028 people were questioned across six European countries; Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. These include: simTD (Safe Intelligent Mobility – Testfield Germany)—a joint research project supported by the German government that began in 2008. The survey was carried out between July and August 2012. billion (US$5.2

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MARCH 6, 2009

The sedan and the five-door Fiesta hatchback are both built at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company manufacturing facility in Nanjing. The Fiesta was Ford’s second best-selling vehicle in Europe’s main 19 markets in 2008. China is the world’s first market to introduce the four-door Fiesta sedan.

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MAY 30, 2012

This can be partially explained by the fact that there was a sharp 7.3% (or -365 million tonnes) decrease of emissions between 2008 and 2009. Spain, Greece and Portugal again reported lower GHG emissions in 2010. The EU remains fully on track to meet its Kyoto target, according to the EEA. below 1990 levels in 2010.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

possibility of pinholes created during the manufacturing and/or winding process, and therefore reduce the possibility of winding failure. Vehicle testing commenced in April 2008. conducted at full load in September, at the Jerez circuit in Spain, yielding the following results: Lap times were reduced by ~0.4 Rotor Design.

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AUGUST 20, 2011

Ford was the first vehicle manufacturer in Europe to offer production passenger vehicles with Flexifuel technology, and the Focus Flexifuel model was launched in Sweden in 2001. The largest European market will be Sweden, where sales of the Focus Flexifuel totalled more than 10,000 units from 2008—2010. The Ford Focus 1.6

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JULY 15, 2009

In the first quarter of the year, production fell to just 3.4million vehicles according to new statistics from the Economic Report from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). This was followed by France, down 46 per cent, Spain down 40.2 per cent over the whole of 2008. per cent, Italy down 38.6 per cent.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

League table results: Ranking 2008. Country/Average CO2 2008(g/km)/AverageCO2 2007/Rank 2007. Spain / 148 / 153 / 6. Car makers – Ranking by average CO2 in 2008. Ranking in 2008. Manufacturer/ranking 2007/ Average CO2 in 2008(g/km). Portugal / 138 / 144 / 1. France / 140 / 149 / 4.

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APRIL 21, 2010

At present, 17 of the 27 EU Member States levy CO 2 -related taxes on passenger cars, and 15 governments provide tax incentives for electrically chargeable vehicles, according to the newly published European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Tax Guide 2010. In 2009, the market share of cars emitting 120 gCO 2 /km had risen to 25%.

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