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Incat Tasmania selects Wärtsilä solutions for battery-electric lightweight Ro-Pax ferry

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The vessel will operate between Argentina and Uruguay. Delivery of the Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for the latter part of 2024, and the vessel will be delivered in 2025. The uniquely designed vessel will be fully battery powered, with e-motor driven Wärtsilä waterjets as the main propulsors.

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Volkswagen launches new engineer training program for ID EV family

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The new training program was initiated by the Volkswagen brand’s Pilot Hall in Wolfsburg, which forms part of the Production and Logistics Board of Management division. The successful FEEP trainees will act as “midwives” for the new electric cars to be launched on the market as part of Volkswagen’s major electric offensive.

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Roskill: predominance of lithium production shifting to mineral vs brine, driven by volume requirements of EVs

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In large part, this has been driven by investment in exploration within the mineral sector, and the hunt for lithium-bearing pegmatites in Australia, Canada and Europe, and lithium-bearing clay deposits in the US and Mexico. However, operating costs are only part of the story.

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Roskill: predominance of lithium production shifting to mineral vs brine, driven by volume requirements of EVs

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In large part, this has been driven by investment in exploration within the mineral sector, and the hunt for lithium-bearing pegmatites in Australia, Canada and Europe, and lithium-bearing clay deposits in the US and Mexico. However, operating costs are only part of the story.

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Forecast: Global Natural Gas Vehicle Fleet to Reach 17 Million by 2015

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to reach just more than 3 million vehicles (including conversions) by 2015. Light-duty NGVs are not readily available in North America and parts of Asia, and are, in many cases, completely unavailable to private owners, the report notes. between 2008 and 2015, which translates into 31,347 vehicles (including conversions) sold in 2015.

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Equipmake-powered electric bus heads for Argentina

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Marking the first overseas on-road trial of an Equipmake-developed electric bus, the zero-emission single decker is set to start in-service running in Argentina’s capital in Q3 of this year.

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MIT and IEA reports take different views of the future of natural gas in transportation

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While compressed natural gas (CNG) will play a role, particularly for high-mileage fleets, the report suggests that the chemical conversion of gas into some form of liquid fuel may be the best pathway to significant market penetration. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles. Natural gas to fuel conversion processes.

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