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100 New Charging Locations in Finland, Phillips 66 & EV Charging, AI, Satellites — EV News Today

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Phillips 66 is getting into EV charging with FreeWire, 100 new charging locations are being added in Finland, more zero-emission heavy vehicles are coming to off-road industries, Audi is reducing annual carbon emissions by around 2,600 tons in the company’s switch to rail transport of batteries, and more battery news.

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Volkswagen Group Is #1 BEV Seller In Sweden, Dominates BEV Market In Denmark & Finland — Charts!

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Following up on our quarterly UK electric vehicle sales report and Norway electric vehicle sales report, as well as earlier monthly sales reports for Europe overall (see here, here, here, and here), the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, and China, it’s time to jump into a few more Nordic markets. In this report, I will quickly […].

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European consortium launches 4-year, $80M L3Pilot research project to test Level 3, 4 autonomous driving in 11 countries

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A European research consortium under the management of the Volkswagen Group launched the four-year L3Pilot project to test the viability of automated driving as a safe and efficient means of transportation. The project focuses on large-scale piloting of SAE Level 3 functions, with additional assessment of some Level 4 functions.

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10 European Countries: Volkswagen ID.4 & ID.3 Top EV Sales List In April, Tesla Model 3 & VW ID.4 In January–April

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April sales figures are in for electric vehicle models in 10 European countries — Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark. The site EU-EVs.com have pulled the figures together, and I’ve created some charts of the April and January–April figures for this article.

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Porsche reports ~60% of new Panamera models delivered in Europe are with plug-in hybrid drive; ramping up for Mission E

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In Norway, 90% of all Panamera customers order a hybrid model, while in Finland the figure is 85%. A new paint shop, dedicated assembly area and an 800-meter-long conveyor bridge for transporting the painted bodies and drive units to the final assembly area are being constructed there. Porsche is investing around €1 billion (US$1.2

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Volkswagen AG coordinating new €6M EU research project on drop-in biocatalytic solar fuels

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million) research project, selected for funding under the Horizon 2020 Programme, to advance the biocatalytic production of drop-in liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuels, requiring only sunlight, CO 2 and water. Neste Oil Corporation, Finland. Volkswagen AG is coordinating a new €6-million (US$6.7-million) Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen ID.4 Is Mopping Up In Europe In April — Chart

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The Volkswagen ID.3 3 seems like it just hit the market, but the attention has already shifted to the Volkswagen ID.4, 4, and that’s because the ID.4 4 is mopping up in Europe (and also the only fully electric Volkswagen available in the USA).

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