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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. The uniquely designed vessel will be fully battery powered, with e-motor driven Wärtsilä waterjets as the main propulsors. The battery modules and energy storage system package is four times larger than on any electric/hybrid ship currently operating.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

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The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. In addition to these optional remote online services, standard services such as accident recovery, maintenance management and breakdown management will also be available. Argentina comes close behind with 11.6%. That figure is 0.5%

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Top electric vehicles battery manufacturers in India

Electric Vehicles India

Lithium is among one of the costliest materials that are found outside of India, in other countries such as Chile Australia, China, Argentina, etc. In Australia, there are 2,800,000 tons of Lithium reserves and in Argentina, there are 1,700,000 tons of Lithium reserves. In Chile, there are 8,600,000 tons of Lithium reserves.

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Petrobras oil & natural gas output up 4% in Brazil in June to 2.4M boed

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The resumption of production at platforms that had been undergoing scheduled maintenance in the Campos Basin, and operations starting at another well connected to platform P-57, in the Jubarte field (Espírito Santo portion of the Campos Basin), contributed to these results. compared to the previous month’s output, and of 3.5%

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Electric motorcycles are gaining momentum

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Actor Ewan McGregor and his friend, Charley Boorman, premiered “ Long Way Up ,” which follows them riding from Argentina to Los Angeles on electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire motorcycles. With fewer moving parts, electric motorcycles also have very low fuel and maintenance costs. Why should I consider an electric motorcycle?

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Iveco Electric Daily Prototype Begins Testing in Brazil

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These batteries do not produce gaseous emissions and are maintenance free and totally recyclable. . However, the project is also attracting significant interest among other large companies across both Brazil and Argentina. Electric Daily MY06: Powertrain. Click to enlarge. . Electric Daily MY06: Main components layout. Resources.

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Petrobras Announces New Discovery in the Deepwater Caratinga Field; Production Up 3.2% in April

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lower due to scheduled shutdowns at the gas production plants in Argentina. The reduction was the outcome of scheduled maintenance at the gas production plants in Argentina and of the lower demand for Bolivian gas. Compared to last March, the volume was 2.1% Natural gas production abroad was 15.324 million cubic meters, 7.3%