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Electric Vehicle Arteries (EVA+) fast charging: Enel, Verbund, Renault, Nissan, BMW & Volkswagen partner in Italy & Austria

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Enel, as coordinator, and Austria’s main utility Verbund are collaborating on a fast-recharging network project in Italy and Austria, alongside some of the world’s largest EV carmakers including Renault, Nissan, BMW and Volkswagen Group Italia (represented by Volkswagen and Audi). A grant agreement worth a maximum of €4.2

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Mercedes-Benz Introducing More BlueTec EEV trucks

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EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) is a European classification used for engines which comply with a more stringent exhaust emission standard that reduces particulate emissions by roughly a further one-third compared to Euro 5 limits. Incentives are offered for this technology in some European countries.

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OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

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Austria-based OMV, an international, integrated oil, gas and chemicals company, announced its intention to become a net-zero (Scope 1, 2 and 3) company by no later than 2050. The three European refineries in Austria, Germany, and Romania will continue to be run as one integrated system, optimizing plant utilization, and maximizing margins.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Experiments have even shown that the evaporation of the water in the intake manifold acts as a charge air cooling, which improves the volumetric efficiency and thereby the overall efficiency of the engine. During the early 1900s, a distillery was a standard piece of farm equipment. 80.28, “applicable standard” means: 9.0