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3.8% drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019; transport emissions rise

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in 2019, according to latest official data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). from 2018 to 2019. When these removals are included, the overall reduction from 1990 to 2019 amounts to 25.9%. However, CO 2 emissions from the transport sector continued their increasing trend in 2019.

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Ford investing $3.5B to build LFP battery plant in Michigan; partnering with CATL

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billion to build the country’s first automaker-backed LFP battery plant, offering customers a second battery technology within Ford’s EV lineup. Ford is now commited to build both nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the US. Ford will invest $3.5 With this $3.5-billion

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GM and AT&T to bring 5G to GM vehicles with enhanced core network; first available in MY2024

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GM and AT&T are collaborating to build a high performance 5G core network. 5G connectivity will first be available in select model year 2024 vehicles. Current Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac owners in the US with 4G LTE-capable model year 2019 and newer vehicles will migrate to the new network infrastructure once available.

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Cadillac to add 70,000 miles to Super Cruise compatible highway network; hands-free driving by Q4 2019

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Cadillac is expanding the availability of Super Cruise to an additional 70,000 miles of compatible, divided highways in the United States and Canada. This expansion will make the true hands-free driver assistance feature available on more than 200,000 total miles of compatible highways by the fourth quarter of 2019.

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Volvo will make its first all-electric car in China; available in 2019, exported globally

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Volvo Cars announced at Auto Shanghai that it will build its first fully electric car in China. The all-new model will be based on Volvo’s Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) for smaller cars, and will be available for sale in 2019 and exported globally from China, Volvo said.

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ITM Power establishing subsidiary to build, own and operate H2 refueling stations

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ITM Power is establishing ITM Motive as a separate, wholly owned subsidiary for building, owning and operating a portfolio of hydrogen refueling stations in the UK. In October 2019, the Company announced the completion of a £58.8-million

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Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

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Clean Energy Fuels Corp delivered 143 million gallons of Redeem Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) last year as robust sales of the carbon-neutral transportation fuel continued in 2019, closing out the year with significant deals throughout North America. In 2019 Clean Energy provided an estimated 16 million gallons of Redeem to UPS.

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