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Audi organizes all rail transport in Germany to be CO2-free; DBeco plus

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As of now, all rail transport for Audi AG in Germany is CO 2 -free. Audi has been using environmentally friendly “DBeco plus” rail transport for its cars since 2010. The “green trains” have been transporting cars to Emden from the Audi plant in Neckarsulm since 2012.

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Audi adjustments what, the way it builds to pressure out CO2

Baua Electric

When it first started construction the unedited Audi e-tron, in 2018, the automobile’s battery cells have been trucked into the plant. Now, the plant receives its cells from a plant nearly 900 miles away in Göd, Hungary, akin Budapest, transport them by means of electrical teach.

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Provisional agreement reached on European CO2 standards for heavy-duty trucks; 30% lower by 2030

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The new targets and incentives will help tackle emissions, as well as bring fuel savings to transport operators and cleaner air for all Europeans. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is the Brussels-based trade association of the 15 major car, van, truck and bus producers in Europe.

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, IVECO and ENGIE collaborating to promote natural gas in Europe starting from Belgium

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), IVECO (a brand of CNH Industrial) and ENGIE (Global Energy Player) are broadly collaborating to promote natural gas vehicles and infrastructure in Europe. ENGIE considers transportation a major development focus. Together, FCA and IVECO intend to further develop their ranges of natural gas vehicles.

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UC Davis, ITDP study suggests global shift to public transport, NMT and away from cars could save $100T through 2050 and cut GHGs

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Fulton, UC Davis, examines how major changes in urban transport investments worldwide would affect urban passenger transport emissions as well as mobility by different income groups. gigatons of carbon dioxide annually—a 40% reduction of urban passenger transport emissions—by 2050. Further, an estimated 1.4

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ZF Produces Two Million Electric Motors

CleanTechnica EVs

The tech firm offers a variety of electric motors to automobile manufacturers, including hybrid and electric axle drives for electric passenger cars and electric central drives for commercial vehicles. The two million units that were generated made a substantial dent in CO2 emissions reduction. The […].

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ACEA, Hydrogen Europe and IRU call on EU to ramp up investments in hydrogen refueling infrastructure

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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Hydrogen Europe and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) are jointly calling on European policy makers to ramp up investments in EU-wide hydrogen refueling infrastructure for fuel cell electric vehicles. IRU is the world road transport organization.

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