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MAHEPA consortium marks latest flights of HY4 fuel cell hybrid electric aircraft

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The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) presented the HY4 project at the International Trade Fair World of Energy Solutions in Stuttgart in 2015. In 2016, the aircraft made its first flight ( earlier post ).

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JATO Dynamics: growth slowdown in Euro auto sales in March; SUVs still lead

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over the first three months of 2015, according to JATO Dynamics. share this segment registered in March 2015 and during the first quarter of last year. However, it was also the brand to post the highest market share drop, with its March share reaching its lowest since September 2015 at 10.29% (vs. 11.97% in Q1 2015).

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EEA: Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016

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g of CO 2 /km reduction (-1.2%) compared to 2015 constitutes the smallest annual improvement recorded over the last decade. million new passenger cars were registered—an increase of almost 7% compared to 2015. Registrations increased in all EU Member States except in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

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Cooperation between Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance deepening in 2016

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Launched in 2014, the smart two-seater is built at Daimler’s Hambach plant, France, whereas both four-seater vehicles are produced at Renault’s plant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. In 2015, Daimler and Nissan announced the joint development of the first Mercedes-Benz pickup truck.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler partnership solid and expanding; 12 projects on three continents

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The smart fortwo is being built at smart’s Hambach plant in France, while the Twingo and the smart forfour are being produced at Renault’s plant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Construction of a jointly-owned facility in Aguascalientes, in the immediate vicinity of an already existing Nissan plant, will begin in early 2015.

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Daimler/Renault-Nissan collaboration expanding

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In addition, Infiniti will offer a vehicle using components from Daimler’s compact car architecture starting 2015. Production will begin soon on the new two-seater smart at the smart plant in Hambach (France) and of the four-seater smart and the Renault Twingo successor model at the Renault plant in Novo Mesto (Slovenia).

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Mediterranean migration hit international headlines in 2015 when the Syrian civil war helped drive up numbers to around 1 million people. But the post-2015 rules ballooned its budget. After the 2015 border crisis and in the wake of court rulings against European countries’. It is a problem of the entire society.”

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