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HyMethShip seeks to fuel ship engines with hydrogen from methanol

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As a result, shipbuilders and operators around the world are seeking environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional ship engines powered by fuel oil or diesel. The Large Engines Competence Center (LEC) in Graz, Austria, was responsible for the overall coordination of the project, while the startup SES-HyDepot e.U.

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MAN eTGE battery-electric van to be mass-produced from July onwards

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For around ten years, MAN Truck & Bus has been working on innovative concepts for supplying and removing material in the urban environment. This problem involves developing ideas for reducing traffic at specific times and relocating it out of the city altogether, new approaches to the use of land, plus new transport and drive concepts.

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Volkswagen to produce XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid at Osnabrück; 261 mpg US

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The plug-in diesel-electric hybrid, which Volkswagen will showcase at the Geneva show, can cover a distance of up to 50 km (31 miles) in all-electric mode. In the two-seat XL1, the developers successfully came up with a body concept which delivers more everyday utility than in the two previous prototypes. l/100 km (approx. Powertrain.

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Three fire trucks with Volvo Penta electric drivelines heading to Berlin, Amsterdam and Dubai to begin customer testing

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The truck was officially launched at an event in Austria. By walking away from conventional commercial vehicle concepts and developing an electric solution for the truck’s driveline, Volvo Penta and its customer Rosenbauer have introduced a completely new vehicle architecture for the fire service industry.

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BMW spends billions to push its next-gen EVs into Tesla territory

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A few months ago, BMW ended ICE production in Germany , moving ICE production from the Munich factory to the UK and Austria – a big step for the legacy automaker after cranking out polluting vehicles in its home country for 60 years. It expects to sell half a million BEVs this year.

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MAN and Austria’s CNL partnering on medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks; trials this year, production 2018

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As part of its partnership with CNL—a group of fifteen of Austria’s largest companies in the retail, logistics and production sectors—MAN will be making test vehicles available to nine CNL member companies for practical trials from the end of 2017. MAN Truck & Bus already presented the MAN Metropolis concept vehicle in 2012.

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High-Pressure Direct-Injection Hydrogen Engine Achieves Efficiency of 42%; On Par with Turbodiesels

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The BMW Group Forschung und Technik, in cooperation with researchers in Graz and Vienna, Austria, has developed a dedicated (i.e., monovalent) hydrogen combustion engine with diesel-like geometry and progressive H 2 high-pressure direct-injection technology. H2BVplus hydrogen combustion engine. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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