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Audi Hungaria starts operation of Europe’s biggest solar roof installation

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In 2012 Audi’s Hungarian plant opened a geothermal facility to supply most of its heat requirements. r in Hungary is engaged in decarbonization by means of three mechanisms. The second measure is the supply of geothermal energy. Audi Hungaria is the biggest user of industrial geothermal energy in Hungary.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars invests €1B in new “Full-Flex” car plant in Hungary; Factory 56 applied to full plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars. Three of them are currently being established.

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Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant to produce compact electric EQ vehicles; 3rd center of competence for EQ models in Germany

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In 2015, Rastatt plant management and works council reached an agreement for competitiveness and future development and agreed to produce the next Mercedes-Benz compact car generation in Rastatt. With highly flexible structures, the plants already can produce vehicles with different drive types on the same line. Earlier post.)

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IFQC annual ranking of gasoline sulfur standards sees progress around the world; US drops to 46th

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A 10 ppm average gasoline sulfur limit is likely in the US by the fall of 2015, while we expect Beijing to implement a 10 ppm limit as early as 2012. Environmental damage to forests, crops and water supplies can also result from long-term, high-sulfur emissions. —Kiuru-Griffith, Executive Director of IFQC.

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Bosch supplying factory equipment for battery production; €250M business by 2025

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Bosch’s role is to supply automated assembly lines for welding and gluing the battery cells. Electric “tailwind” for bicycles comes from Hungary: since 2015, the Bosch plant in Miskolc has been manufacturing high-performance e-bike batteries that feature an extended range and a long service life.

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Solaris to deliver another 48 trolleybuses to Budapest

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The vehicles will be fitted with an additional battery power supply that will allow them to drive without being connected to overhead wires. The execution of this order began in 2015. Solaris buses and trolleybuses have been present in Hungary since 2002. At first, operator BKK ordered an extra 36 trolleybuses.

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How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

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We have guaranteed ourselves an uninterrupted power supply for weeks and months,” said Kudrytskyi yesterday. "We Ukraine can now import up to 2 gigawatts of European power over links from Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary, enabling it to conserve domestic reserves of coal and hydropower. The move simultaneously looped in Moldova.

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