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APRIL 30, 2022

As this was the second fire on an electric bus of the same Bluebus 5SE series of the Bolloré brand in less than a month, the RATP has made the decision as a precautionary measure, in liaison with Ile-de-France Mobilités, to withdraw from operation the 149 electric buses in this series.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

In France, which liberalized the taxi market in 2015, the number of reported PHV drivers doubled in three years (from more than 15,000 in 2016 to 30,000 in 2019). The number of Uber drivers in London almost doubled in three years (from 25,000 in 2016 to 45,000 in 2018), accounting for roughly half the total PHV licence number.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Renault is supporting the announcement made by the SyDEV (Vendée department association for energy and plant) concerning the plan to deploy 350 charging stations in public areas across 191 municipalities in France between 2014 and 2016.

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JUNE 12, 2015

Ford will return to Le Mans in 2016 with the all-new Ford GT supercar ( earlier post ) to compete in the LM GTE Pro class, commemorating the 50 th anniversary of Ford’s 1966 overall victory. The new Ford GT race car for WEC and Le Mans competition unveiled today at Le Mans, France. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 17, 2021

Italy, Poland, Germany, the UK, Spain and France, which buy 70% of the urban buses sold in Europe, lag behind. For example, the Dutch government specified in 2016 that all newly-procured buses must be zero-emission from 2025, and from 2030, all buses in use must be zero-emissions.

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AUGUST 21, 2022

If, for example, one French and three Swedish institutions contributed to a paper, France received 25% of the credit and Sweden 75%. In 2016, China passed the United States to become the world leader in the number of published papers, according to the report in Science. Using that measure, China accounted for 27.2%

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MAY 27, 2021

The new PEUGEOT e-EXPERT Hydrogen will first be offered to professional customers (direct sales), in France and Germany, from the end of 2021. It will be produced in France, in Valenciennes, and then transformed in the Stellantis competence center dedicated to hydrogen technology in Germany, in Rüsselsheim.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

This represents a market share of 47.5%, with gasoline going below the mark of 50% for the first time since 2016. Both Germany and France recorded percentage increases of more than 400% each. Gasoline car sales posted an even stronger drop (-24.3%), going from more than 1.7 million units last year to 1.3

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JANUARY 30, 2020

The project will generate around 200 high-skilled jobs in France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region to develop, qualify and commercially scale up new, high-performance lithium-ion batteries. That would represent production of one million batteries a year, or around 10-15% of the European market.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

The success marks a milestone for the development of China’s nuclear power, making China the fourth country to master its indigenous Generation III nuclear power technology following the US, France and Russia. Generation IV design are still emerging, and are not expected to be operational before the 2020s. 2016.01.017 (open access).

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JANUARY 17, 2024

In France, Tesla Model Y prices were cut by up to 6.7%, up to 7.7% BYD ATTO 3 (Source: BYD) VW has also been slashing prices on the ID line in France, Belgium, Germany, and Norway, among other countries. While VW beat Tesla in Germany, it trailed by a long shot in EV sales in France. However, Tesla lost its No.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The number of battery-electric buses ordered in Europe more than doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching 1,031 vehicles, according to a new analysis by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. The Netherlands, UK, France, Poland and Germany account for more than half the total number of electric buses in Europe (including orders).

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Although Germany takes the lead from France in terms of technology for this latest report, China is catching up quickly and ranks second in terms of technology for the first time. France drops to fourth place, while Japan drops from fourth to fifth place. France is ranked second ahead of a strongly growing South Korean market (+189%).

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JULY 22, 2014

The vehicle will be manufactured by Renault in France starting from the second quarter of 2016. The styling of the Fiat vehicle will be developed by Fiat and will feature unique and distinctive elements on the model, branded Fiat Professional.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The all-Renault R110—an evolution of the R90, developed in just two years—is made in France at the make’s Cléon plant in Normandy and was designed by engineers working out of the Renault Technocentre, southwest of Paris, as well as in Cléon. More than one electric vehicle in two sold in France in 2017 was a ZOE.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Efforts to improve the fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the European Union (EU) stalled in 2017 compared to 2016, according to provisional data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). grams (g) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) per kilometer more than in 2016. g CO 2 /km ) is reducing compared to 2016. Source: EEA.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

increase in sales compared with 2016. below the record-breaking figure from 2016. more than in the same period in 2016. In France (-7.3% In cumulative terms, deliveries in both markets are at least on a par with 2016, when Audi UK and Audi France broke new sales records. to 3,174 units.

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MARCH 31, 2016

The investment will cover the building of 30 CNG stations in France and up to nearly 70 LNG stations in several European countries. ENGIE is also engaged in the promotion of LNG as a marine fuel, with a bunkering vessel designed in partnership with NYK and Mitsubishi Corporation to be operational by end of 2016 in Zeebrugge, Belgium.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Following the official release of real-world fuel consumption figures for 30 Peugeot, Citroën and DS models in July 2016, the PSA Group; the NGOs Transport & Environment (T&E) and France Nature Environnement (FNE); and Bureau Veritas are fulfilling their commitments and publishing the test protocol , as well as a spreadsheet tool.

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

emissions increase in 2017 from 2016. in 2017 from 2016. Twenty-two Member States have emitted less than their annual greenhouse gas emission targets under the ESD set for 2016. Poland and France also saw large growth in emissions. Power generation continues to drive emission reductions in the trading system.

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APRIL 11, 2022

The agency awarded SpaceX an unusually expensive $112 million contract in November 2016 to launch SWOT on a Falcon 9 rocket in April 2021. Nonetheless, SWOT’s parts are sent to CNES facilities in France for final integration. NASA announced its original decision more than half a decade ago.

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JUNE 18, 2020

This is because of cheaper electricity, lower EV retail prices and higher purchase incentives in France. It kicked off last November in the US, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and the UK. In Paris, the fleet of ride-hailing drivers tripled in the past four year, from around 10,000 in 2016 to about 30,000 today.

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JUNE 22, 2017

France, however, has moved past Germany to take the lead in technology, according to the index. The index assess the relative competitive position of the seven leading automotive nations (Germany, France, Italy, the US, Japan, China and South Korea) on the basis of three key indicators: technology; industry; and market.

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MARCH 4, 2020

France was the only market to see better results, as its average fell from 112.0 Despite this positive change, their emission levels were still higher than the averages they recorded in 2016 and 2017. Pure electric cars have a 2% market share in France, this being the highest share among all five major markets. g/km last year.

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APRIL 25, 2017

Continental, in partnership with the French national weather service Météo-France, is testing a swarm weather service based on its eHorizon technology. Continental is currently testing eHorizon.Weather in more than 200 vehicles in France to adapt and further improve the technology through direct user feedback. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 15, 2016

The latest figures for Europe’s top 5 markets—Germany, UK, Italy, France and Spain—show further positive results for March 2016. The SUV boom continued at an impressive pace, with the segment gaining even more market share, with sales growth of 22% during March, and an overall 25% increase in Q1 of 2016.

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MAY 9, 2017

million) for its R&D activities at its Evry site, its pilot plant in Pomacle (both located in France), and its demo plant in Leuna (Germany). assessment of the sustainability and environmental benefits by the Energy Institute at the University of Linz (Austria). Global Bioenergies will receive funding amounting to €4.4 million (US$4.8

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In December 2015 the consortium applied for European funding under the Horizon 2020 program and in April 2016 the proposal was positively evaluated by Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), a public/private partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

By comparison, in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, taxes accounted for more than half of the total price for both 1990 and 2015. million b/d in 2016; the previous record was 9.29 Japan’s gasoline taxes were nearly half of the price in those years. million b/d set in 2007.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

Global electric vehicle sales increased by more than 50% from 2016 to about 1.2 Cumulative electric vehicle sales and 2017 sales shares in electric vehicle capital cities. Source: The ICCT. million in 2017, according to the ICCT findings.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The offshore installation is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2016. Thus, Technip’s operating center in Paris, France, will execute this project with the support of the Group’s offices in Accra, Ghana. Together, those two contracts have a combined value of approximately US$1.23

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APRIL 1, 2014

ZSW projects that, given maintaing growth rates at the same level, there will be more than 1 million electric vehicles on the road by the beginning of 2016. The US, Japan and China are leading the market, according to the analysis, followed by France, Holland, Norway and Germany.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

In the first half of 2016, Renault sold more than 15,000 electric vehicles (excluding the Twizy), an increase of 32% on the previous year. In France, half of all electric cars are Renaults. Renault’s main markets for electric cars are France, Norway, the UK, and Germany.

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JUNE 28, 2016

The winners will be announced during the Batteries 2016 congress in Nice on 29 September 2016. Jean-Marie Tarascon (Collège de France, Paris) and Prof. The project can be written in French or English. Applications are due by 27 July. The winner of the 2015 YESS award was Dr. Gregory Wildgoose of East Anglia University.

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JULY 15, 2019

Groupe PSA and VINCI Autoroutes have tested new autonomous vehicle features in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (France), following on from the trial carried out in July 2017, which led to the crossing of a tollgate in full autonomous mode for the first time. This operation is part of a collaboration between the two partners, which began in 2016.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

This commitment would allow Ballard to acquire a stake in Forsee Power upon its initial public offering on Euronext in Paris, France, with Ballard also having the right to appoint a board member to the Forsee Power board of directors.

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APRIL 25, 2016

But at a January presentation in Chambourcy, France, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said, "I'm not sure anyone should have built or designed this car, because it's so difficult to make." It's unusual for a CEO to express doubts about a new vehicle he's just launching—especially if it's only the company's third-ever vehicle.

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