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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. In addition to manufacturing, Magna will also be responsible for the engineering of the complete vehicle.

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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. As one of the leading rail vehicle manufacturers in Europe, Alstom will produce the fuel cell trains for LNVG and will be responsible for the maintenance of the vehicles at its site in Salzgitter. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Volvo Cars trucks-to-trains swap significantly cuts emissions in logistics network

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Volvo Cars is significantly cutting CO 2 emissions in its logistics operations by switching transports between its manufacturing plants and new car depots from trucks to trains. On another route, from Ghent to a second depot in Austria, emissions were cut by almost half since switching to rail transports.

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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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BMW orders two more ENGEL moulding machines for body shell components for i3 EV

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BMW has awarded ENGEL Austria another contract to supply system solutions to BMW’s Leipzig factory, where ENGEL duo injection moulding machines are used to manufacture car body shell components for the BMW i3 electric vehicle. ENGEL delivered the first manufacturing cells of this type to Leipzig back in March 2013.

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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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Benchmark: Saudi Arabia is building an EV battery supply chain

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Although the Saudi government has been investing into the EV sector since 2018, the midstream and upstream segments are still in their early stages, Benchmark noted. The Saudi processing plant will process spodumene from a mine that European Lithium is developing in Wolfsberg, Austria. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)