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FCA and ENGIE EPS partner on V2G in Italy; second-life batteries

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FCA Italy S.p.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., Specifically, the power capacity will be secured by 700 batteries, the majority of which will be on board to the New Fiat 500s parked in the stockyard, as well as using second-life batteries from 500s.

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New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

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of total passenger car sales in the EU, almost doubling their market share in a year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Demand for electrically-chargeable cars also increased in Q1: battery-electric vehicles made up 5.7% in Italy (the largest EU market for these vehicles).

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Next-Battery secures strategic relationship with China-based Lvchi Automobile Technology

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Next-Battery , a start-up developing high energy-density Li-ion battery technology, has secured a strategic relationship with Lvchi Automobile Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd. The global design, research and development base of Lvchi is located at the Turin engineering center in Italy. Source: Next-Battery.

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and ENGIE EPS to create e-Mobility JV

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FCA Italy S.p.A. FCA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., —Mike Manley, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The JV would rely on FCA’s financial resources and industrial footprint and on ENGIE EPS’ technological know-how and intellectual property portfolio.

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ACEA study finds 100-fold increase in zero-emission trucks needed in EU fleet in 10 years to meet goals

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A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has found that there are currently 6.2 million trucks, Poland has the largest truck fleet, followed closely by Germany (1,010,742) and Italy (946,393). years), followed closely by Italy (12.6 of vans in the EU are battery electric.

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ACEA map: Affordability of electric cars, correlation between market uptake and GDP in the EU

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The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map that illustrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and GDP per capita for each of the 27 EU member states and the United Kingdom. and Italy 0.9%). Italy – 0.9% (GDP of €29,610).

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ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

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of total new bus registrations, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Four of the five major EU markets recorded double-digit losses in the diesel segment: Spain (-13.8%), the United Kingdom (-12.0%), Italy (-11.8%) and Germany (-10.1%). Source: ACEA. to 34,123 units.

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