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Neste to offer public electric vehicles charging service at its stations in Finland

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Neste is introducing public high power charging (HPC) at its service stations in Finland for light- and medium-duty electric vehicles. Neste MY Renewable Charging adds another option to Neste’s portfolio of solutions in Finland for supporting the transition to low-emission transport.

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THINK Restarts Production of EVs in Finland

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THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, has re-started production of the THINK City—one of the first urban EVs—at a new facility with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki, Finland. Valmet Automotive also produces Garia and Fisker alternative-fuel vehicles as well as Porsche AG’s Boxster and Cayman.

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Mermaid Marine launches 100% biodiesel capable marine engines in UK

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The importance of biodiesel is continuously increasing with biodiesel such as rapeseed accepted as an alternative fuel for use in engines. —Mermaid Marine sales executive Julian Osborne. —Mermaid Marine sales executive Julian Osborne. AGCO SISU Power, formerly Sisu Diesel, was originally founded in 1942.

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Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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Diesel’s biggest declines took place in Norway (-32%), the UK (-30%), Slovenia (-28%), Finland (-20%) and Belgium (-20%). Alternative Fueled Vehicles (AFVs) performed well, as electrics, hybrids and plug-ins posted an increase of 31% and recorded 450,200 registrations, making up 5.4% of total registrations. of the German market.

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JATO: European new car CO2 emissions highest average since 2014; shift from diesel to gasoline and SUVs rise

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At the same time, the sales growth of diesel cars fell from +7% to +1%. If this trend continues and the adoption of alternative fueled vehicles doesn’t accelerate, the industry will need to take more drastic measures in order to meet the short- term targets. g/km in 2015 to -1.4 g/km, and an 8% drop in demand for diesel cars.

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