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Volvo boosts range of medium-duty electric trucks to up to 450 km with new batteries

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The higher capacity means that fewer batteries are needed for the same power available today. The updated Volvo FL and FE Electric are available to order now, for delivery in the autumn of 2023. The company’s target is that half of its global total truck sales will be electric by 2030.

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Elroy Air unveils Chaparral autonomous, hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft; agreements for >500 units

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The Chaparral can autonomously pick up 300-500 lbs of cargo and deliver it by air up to 300 miles, a capability that pushes beyond the limited payload capabilities of delivery drones and the airport infrastructure required of piloted air cargo options available today. —Stephen Lyons, Chief Development Officer of AYR Logistics.

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Rolls-Royce releasing mtu rail engines for sustainable fuels

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Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO or renewable diesel), which is already commercially available today, reduces CO 2 emissions by up to 90%. With synthetic diesel fuels of the EN15940 standard, CO 2 emissions can be reduced by up to 100% compared to fossil diesel.

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Electrify America to more than double its current EV charging network by end of 2025

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The expansion will increase the deployment of 150 and 350 kilowatt chargers—the fastest speed available today. In addition to adding to its existing network in the US, Electrify America will also expand its Electrify Canada charging network which began installations in 2019.

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Delta Air Lines signs 75 MGPY for 7 years SAF deal with Gevo; oneworld Alliance members plan to buy 200 MGPY

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The agreement replaces the existing agreement signed with Delta in 2019 to purchase 10 million gallons per year and bolsters Delta’s commitment to incorporating SAF into its operations. SAF is a critically important lever we have available today to help our industry reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions from aviation fuel.

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Lux: plug-in vehicle battery market to hit $10B in 2020; 6 carmakers = 90% of demand; VW to show most growth

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Consumers will soon be able to purchase electric vehicles with 200 miles of range for less than $40,000, almost half the price of the long range EVs available today. BYD will lose PHEV lead in 2019. But the Chinese company will cede its lead in 2019 when European and American carmakers gain ground.

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TUM team doubles activity of platinum fuel cell catalysts

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An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has designed size-optimized platinum nanoparticles for catalysis in fuel cells that exhibit specific and mass activities twice as high as the best commercially catalysis available today (Tanaka commercial Pt/C). Bandarenka, Alessio Gagliardi and Roland A.

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