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XALT Energy batteries powering MCI all-electric passenger coach

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NFI), to supply ultra-high energy lithium-ion battery packs for its zero-emission, MCI D45 CRTe LE CHARGE long-distance motor coach. New Flyer is a long-standing, strategic customer to XALT and uses the company’s batteries to power its Xcelsior CHARGE all-electric urban buses that are running in cities across North America.

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Vale partners with Wabtec on ammonia fuel study and orders three FLXdrive battery electric locomotives

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The deal includes an order for three of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery locomotives and a collaboration to test ammonia as a potential clean, alternative fuel to replace diesel. The FLXdrive locomotive’s energy management system recharges the batteries along the route as the train brakes. The locomotives’ delivery is forecast for 2026.

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Bureau Veritas grants type approval to Echandia marine LTO battery system

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Echandia, a Swedish innovation company in battery and fuel-cell systems, now has its marine battery system, based on LTO technology, type-approved by Bureau Veritas. An important step on the road to electrifying shipping is to have safe and reliable battery systems. —Magnus Eriksson, CEO and founder of Echandia.

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GM to boost EV and AV investments 75% to $35B through 2025; new battery plants

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General Motors will increase its EV and AV investments from 2020 through 2025 to $35 billion, representing a 75% increase from its initial commitment announced prior to the pandemic. In November 2020, the company increased its planned investment over the same period to $27 billion. Separately, GM will supply HYDROTEC to Navistar, Inc.,

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Equinor contracts for first green-ammonia-fueled supply vessel; 2MW SOFC

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Equinor awarded Eidesvik Offshore a five-year contract with effect from April 2020, when the current contract expires. According to the project plans, ammonia will meet 60 to 70 percent of the power requirement on board for a test period of one year. —Henriette Undrum, Equinor’s head of future value chains. Earlier post.).

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Stellantis plans C$3.6B investment for Canadian operations to accelerate electrification plans

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billion USD) to secure the future of its Windsor and Brampton (Ontario) Assembly Plants and to expand its Automotive Research and Development Center (ARDC) to accelerate the company’s move to a sustainable future. billion) made during the 2020 contract talks. Stellantis plans to invest $3.6 billion CAD ($2.8 billion CAD (US$6.7

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Hermes to deploy 1500 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Vito electric vans by 2020; pilot project in 2018

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The companies are to start using battery-electric vehicles in the logistics provider’s normal operations in a pilot phase in Stuttgart and Hamburg in early 2018. By the end of 2020, Hermes Germany intends to deploy 1,500 Mercedes-Benz Vito and Sprinter electric vans in urban areas across Germany. The test started in April 2016.

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