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Battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros approved as truck-trailer combo with total weight of 40 tons

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Since the start of testing in 2019, the eActros has covered more than 70,000 kilometers on more than 7,000 trips. For this reason, our team has been supporting the practical stage of eActros testing at Logistik Schmitt since 2019. With four battery packs, the eActros 400 has a range of up to 400 kilometers.

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Scandlines installing Norsepower’s rotor sail solution on board hybrid ferry

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Ferry operator Scandlines signed an agreement with Norsepower Oy Ltd, leading clean technology and engineering company pioneering modern wind propulsion technology, to install Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution on board the M/V Copenhagen , a hybrid passenger ferry. Illustration of Scandlines hybrid ferry M/V Copenhagen with Rotor Sail.

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EIA: US large-scale battery storage power capacity increased 35% in 2020

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The United States continued a trend of significant growth in large-scale battery capacity, with US battery power capacity reaching 1,650 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2020. At the end of 2019, 163 large-scale battery storage systems were operating in the United States, a 28% increase from 2018.

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DOE awards Cummins $1M to develop hydrogen rescue truck

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The Cummins-led project was competitively selected under an industry solicitation issued in February to develop a fuel cell-powered hybrid truck that meets the needs of the emergency field in military and civilian markets. The group successfully brought zero emissions electrified powertrains to bus markets in North America in 2019.

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Glencore orders full fleet of Epiroc battery-electric mining equipment for Onaping Depth nickel and copper mine in Canada

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All units will be equipped with Epiroc’s Rig Control System, making them ready for automation and remote control, and will also be installed with Epirocs telematics system, allowing for intelligent monitoring of machine performance and productivity in real-time. Onaping Depth Project.

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Daimler Trucks’ Fuso unveils fuel-cell light-duty truck concept and production heavy-duty Super Great truck with L2 automation

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The Vision F-Cell is Fuso’s concept of an electric truck that uses the power of a Fuel Cell as one option to extend the range of an electric vehicle. The truck can be configured with a high voltage battery ranging from 13.8 – 40 kWh, plus 3 to 4 tanks holding hydrogen at 70 Mpa for 5-10 kg of capacity.

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Volvo Penta starts production of E-driveline for world’s first serial electric fire truck

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We announced our emob partnership with Rosenbauer in 2019, and we have gone from concept to start of production in record time. Here the ACU is manufactured, and the system is kitted—loaded with software and packed together—to make installation as straightforward as possible for the customer. Earlier post.).

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