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SEAT to introduce 500 km MEB-based EV, Leon PHEV in 2020

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In addition, the brand will remain committed to vehicles powered with compressed natural gas (CNG) as well as internal combustion engines. With the Arona TGI we are launching this year we will have the only SUV in the world powered with natural gas. —Luca de Meo.

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New Algerian city to be model for low-carbon urban development in developing world

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A newly unveiled project to build a sustainable, low-carbon city in Algeria—Boughzoul—may serve as a prototype for urban development in other cities of the developing world without adding to greenhouse gas emissions. Nature Middle East. The new city of Boughzoul will be located inland, 200km south of the capital Algiers.

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New Algerian city to be model for low-carbon urban development in developing world

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A newly unveiled project to build a sustainable, low-carbon city in Algeria—Boughzoul—may serve as a prototype for urban development in other cities of the developing world without adding to greenhouse gas emissions. Nature Middle East. The new city of Boughzoul will be located inland, 200km south of the capital Algiers.

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Europe moves forward on the Energy Union; transport key element

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Six Member States depend on a single supplier for their entire gas imports and therefore remain too vulnerable to supply shocks. It has also been estimated that every additional 1% increase in energy savings cuts gas imports by 2.6%. The EU needs to diversify its supply of gas and make it more resilient to supply disruptions.