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Magna to engineer and produce new off-road EV for INEOS Automotive in 2026

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Magna has been awarded a contract to manufacture an all-new INEOS Automotive electric off-road vehicle, expected to start production in Graz, Austria in 2026. In addition to manufacturing, Magna will also be responsible for the engineering of the complete vehicle.

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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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The new assembly in Munich will be built on the site currently used for engine production. The combustion engines with four, six, eight and 12 cylinders produced there will be manufactured at the company’s locations in Steyr in Austria and Hams Hall in the UK going forward. Rendering of the new assembly hall.

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bp invests €7.5M in EV charging service provider Service4Charger as part of a €10M Series A

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million from Smart Energy Innovationsfonds, the corporate venture capital arm of Energie 360°, a Swiss energy provider which invests in sustainable companies across the energy sector in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. —Gareth Burns, vice president bp ventures In May 2023, fully electric cars represented 17.3

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DB Schenker expands its electric fleet with 36 new FUSO eCanter vehicles

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In total, DB Schenker’s electric light-duty trucks deliver almost silently and with zero emissions to customers in inner-city locations in 20 European cities in Germany, Finland, Denmark, UK, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Spain and Italy. The global FUSO eCanter fleet has now surpassed more than 2.5

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

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Advancing these ideas consistently, the sales of MAN’s first fully electric-powered production vehicle are now underway with the eTGE. The modules are located under the slightly higher load floor, as used for rear-wheel drive body versions with diesel engines. Individual modules of six or twelve cells can be replaced separately.

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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

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Hybrid and fully electric vehicles are already available for a variety of commercial and personal uses. However, it wasn’t until recently that innovators began to apply electric technology to emergency vehicles. However, the vehicle isn’t fully electric. How Do Electric Engines Compare?

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Volta Zero electric truck production starts

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Many people have said over the years that it’s impossible to have fully-electric heavy goods vehicles, but Volta Trucks has other ideas, as production has just started of the Volta Zero, the world’s first purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle, specifically created for inner-city logistics.