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BMW Group plans to source steel produced with green power and hydrogen from H2GS in Sweden

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H2 Green Steel is building its steel production site in the province of Norrbotten in northern Sweden, close to the Arctic Circle. Swedish company Northvolt, which develops and produces battery cells for electric cars, is also exploiting the potential for green power in the north of Sweden.

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ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

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of the EU bus market in 2019, with electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) making up 4.0% In 2019, EU demand for diesel buses decreased by 3.1% Across the entire European Union, only eight gasoline buses were sold in 2019. from 594 units in 2018 to 1,607 buses sold in 2019. Source: ACEA. to 34,123 units.

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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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In the last quarter of 2019, EU demand for diesel cars further decreased , dropping to 29.5% Overall in 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on gasoline (58.9%, compared to 56.6% From October to December 2019, the number of diesel cars registered across the European Union fell by 3.7%

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Scania and Northvolt unveil green battery capable of powering heavy trucks for 1.5M km

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Produced with fossil-free electricity in northern Sweden, the cell’s carbon footprint is approximately one-third that of a comparative industry reference. Now the partnership and its close collaboration have come to fruition as the cell is being produced at Northvolt Ett gigafactory in northern Sweden.

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Sweden launches $3.1M study on electric road systems

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Electric Road Systems (ERS) are already being demonstrated on public roads in Sweden. million) for a term ending in 2019. The project will work closely with ongoing ERS demonstrations in Sweden. Earlier post.) The project has been granted SEK19 million (US$2.2

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Volvo Car Mobility launches mobility brand M; market debut in 2019

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It will debut in Sweden and the US in the spring of 2019. Sunfleet is the leading car sharing company in Sweden with 500,000 annual transactions and a fleet of 1,700 cars. It will be fully integrated into M in 2019, making the service available to all existing Sunfleet members. M is part of our answer.

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Volvo delivers 20 electric trucks to DFDS in Gothenburg; part of 125-unit order

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Volvo Trucks is delivering 20 fully electric heavy trucks to the logistics company DFDS in Gothenburg, Sweden. Since Volvo Trucks started production of fully electric trucks in 2019, the company has sold more than 4,300 electric trucks in more than 38 countries around the world.

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