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Prague buying 20 Solaris bi-articulated Trollino 24 electric trolleybuses

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The bi-articulated Solaris trolleybus was presented for the first time to the public in 2019 at the Busworld trade fair in Brussels. The company added these zero-emission vehicles to its offering back in 2001. In 2020, the trolleybus was test-driven in regular passenger traffic in Bratislava.

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Major companies with large fleets release new EV roadmap for car & truck manufacturers

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Members of the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance presented top vehicle manufacturers, including Volvo, GM, Daimler and Toyota, with a roadmap for developing the types of electric vehicles that companies plan to acquire in the US over the next five years. million on-road vehicles in the United States.

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Stellantis buys Share Now car-sharing venture from BMW and Mercedes

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Stellantis will buy the Share Now car-sharing joint venture from BMW and Mercedes-Benz, incorporating it into Stellantis' own Free2Move service. The companies didn't disclose a selling price, but Bloomberg reported that it could have been around $260 million.

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Tesla rumored to be purchasing wireless charging company Wiferion

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Tesla is rumored to be purchasing wireless charging company Wiferion, a Freiberg, Germany-based entity with charging and power solutions. ” The company has worked to provide over 100 companies with wireless charging solutions since 2015, when it initially started developing products. .”

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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

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Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. In 2019 it consumed 190,926 liters of diesel equating to 514.33 tCO 2 e (figures for 2019, using MFE May 2019 emission factors). tCO 2 e.

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NEVS buys in-wheel motor developer Protean Electric

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The acquisition will provide additional resources and business opportunities for Protean Electric, giving the company access to an even broader pool of skills, knowledge and experience, as well as a sizeable customer in NEVS. In January 2019 Evergrande Health acquired a (51%) controlling stake in NEVS.

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Daimler buying more than €20B of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030

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Daimler will buy more than €20 billion (US$23 billion) of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030, the company announced. The company is also investing €1 billion in the global battery production network within the worldwide production network. The eSprinter will follow in the second half of 2019.

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