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Magna to engineer and produce new off-road EV for INEOS Automotive in 2026

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Magna has been awarded a contract to manufacture an all-new INEOS Automotive electric off-road vehicle, expected to start production in Graz, Austria in 2026. Part of the development process for this new 4X4 will include a rigorous testing program on Austria’s Schöckl mountain, which is close to Magna's complete vehicle assembly facility.

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Cummins fuel cell technology powers Coradia iLint fleet in Germany

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Cummins and Alstom successfully launched the very first hydrogen-powered Coradia iLint train in Germany in 2018. The Coradia iLint has also been successfully tested in Austria, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden.

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Alstom reports successful 1.5y trial operation of Coradia iLint fuel cell trains, next project phase begins

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Two pre-series trains of Alstom’s Coradia iLint model have been in passenger service since September 2018. —Jörg Nikutta, Managing Director for Germany and Austria of Alstom Transport Deutschland GmbH. Earlier post.). From 2022, 14 Coradia iLint series trains will replace existing diesel multiple units. Earlier post.)

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Groundbreaking in Frankfurt for hydrogen refueling station for trains

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from left): Dr. Joachim Kreysing, Managing Director of the industrial park operating company Infraserv Höchst, Dr. Jörg Nikutta, Managing Director Alstom Germany and Austria, RMV Managing Director Prof. Two hydrogen trains in the Elbe-Weser network in Lower Saxony have been in regular passenger use since September 2018.

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EC approves second major battery innovation project; €2.9B (US$3.5B) from 12 member states

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The project, called “European Battery Innovation” (EuBatIn) was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. In 2018, the Commission adopted the Strategic Action Plan for Batteries and has promoted a wide range of initiatives as part of the plan.

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MAN and Austria’s CNL partnering on medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks; trials this year, production 2018

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As part of its partnership with CNL—a group of fifteen of Austria’s largest companies in the retail, logistics and production sectors—MAN will be making test vehicles available to nine CNL member companies for practical trials from the end of 2017. Series production of eTrucks will start in early 2021.

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AustroCel Hallein supplying OMV with celluosic ethanol

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This was followed in December 2018 by the Renewable Energy Directive II (EU 2018/2001 or RED II), which establishes a new binding renewable energy target for the EU for 2030 of at least 32%, as well as a target of 14% renewables in the transport sector by 2030.

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