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Air Liquide’s technology chosen for Daxing hydrogen station in Beijing, the world’s largest by refueling capacity

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China is scaling up several fuel cell vehicle projects in 5 priority provinces and 10 major cities, actively developing a low-carbon sustainable automobile industry. In 2020, Honeywell UOP announced that Beijing HyPower Energy Technology is adopting Honeywell UOP technologies to supply high-purity hydrogen for fuel cells.

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NHTSA to propose new fuel economy standards soon; 8% increase per year for MY 2024-2026

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NHTSA’s proposal comes as the automobile industry is retooling future models in response to market demand for cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles. The proposal considers a range of regulatory alternatives and is significantly different from the conclusion that NHTSA reached in the 2020 final rule.

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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe.

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Polestar reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by 6% per car in 2021

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Polestar is targeting a truly climate-neutral car by 2030; to halve carbon emissions per sold car between 2020 and 2030; and to reach climate neutrality across its value chain by 2040. In 2021, Polestar reduced greenhouse gas-emissions per car sold by 6% through its focus on increased efficiency and use of renewable energy.

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units of those types by 2020. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. By 2020, average passenger car fuel consumption is to drop to 5.0 L/100km (52.3

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Oil companies “break the circle”! Total Energy to build tens of thousands of charging piles in China

Setec Powerr

As early as September 2020, Total Energy launched its first independent charging station in Wuhan, starting a new journey into China’s electrification market. In 2020, Total Energy acquired the largest electric vehicle charging company in London and has mastered many local charging pile resources. who moved the oil cheese.

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Die some other year: Hengchi 5 resumed manufacturing within the Tianjin plant

Baua Electric

Their automobile industry construction is just a little difficult – the auto unit is known as Evergrande Fresh Power Auto (Evergrande Auto). Evergrande entered the electrical automobile industry in 2018 when Hengchi used to be established and invested 47.4 Six untouched thought automobiles from Hengchi.