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OMV opens the first public hydrogen filling station in Austria

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Austria-based oil and gas company OMV opened the first public hydrogen filling station in Vienna, Austria. Compared with conventional filling stations, this would mean a reduction in energy costs of around 50%. OMV has been researching the alternative drive concept for vehicles with hydrogen and fuel cells for several years.

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Audi and Krajete developing direct air capture technologies for CO2

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AUDI AG and the Austria-based green tech company Krajete GmbH are jointly developing new technologies for filtering emissions from ambient air. They make far-reaching energy and cost reductions possible. This increases efficiency and reduces costs. —Alexander Krajete, CEO of Krajete.

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Dr. Richard Group testing Solaris hydrogen bus

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The hydrogen bus Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen is being tested again in Austria. After successful test runs in Vienna in June, the bus was handed over to the Dr. Richard Group, the largest private bus operator in Austria, which presented the vehicle in St. Pölten on 7 July 2020. The cooperation of the two firms started back in 2010.

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Graz researchers develop cost-effective chemical looping process for decentralized production of high-purity hydrogen

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Hydrogen researchers at Graz University of Technology (Austria), together with the Graz-based start-up Rouge H2 Engineering , have developed a cost-effective process for the decentralized production of high-purity hydrogen using chemical looping. This process also makes the system interesting for smaller applications.

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Volkswagen’s Elli launches pan-European charging solution for electric fleets

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With Elli Fleet Charging, companies in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria are now able to manage and cost-optimize their fleet charging. Volkswagen Group brand Elli is launching an intelligent solution across Europe for electric vehicle fleets.

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T&E: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands lead deployments of zero-emission buses in Europe

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However, Germany is now financing 80% of the higher purchase cost of e-buses. This will be essential for the countries at the bottom of the table: Austria and Ireland registered no zero-emission urban buses in 2019, while in Switzerland and Greece less than 4% of new buses were emissions-free.

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EV startup AEHRA partners with Miba Battery Systems

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We will take a more measured approach to avoid the need to oversize the battery, which simply leads to increased cost, weight, inefficiency, and complexity. We will offer excellent dynamic performance of course – but we are not setting out to break any speed records.

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