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Scania switches from diesel to ethanol for internal transport services

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Scania is putting 8 ethanol-fueled trucks in operation for its own goods transport services at its production facilities in Södertälje, Sweden. The switch from diesel will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its internal goods transport by about 70%, the company said. —Anders Nielsen, Scania’s Head of Production and Logistics.

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Fisker temporarily lost track of millions of dollars worth of customer payments: report

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Electric vehicle startup Fisker has reportedly lost track of millions of dollars worth of customer payments as the company attempted to scale the deliveries of its only vehicle available today — the Fisker Ocean. The missing payments reportedly resulted in an internal audit that spanned several months before it was concluded.

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Volkswagen lays out its NEW AUTO strategy: transforming from manufacturer to software-driven mobility provider; Scalable Systems Platform

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At the same time, the Volkswagen Group’s core product—the car—and the underlying business model are changing fundamentally. As the successor of MQB, MSB, MLB, as well as MEB and PPE, it will extend the consolidation from three ICE-platforms to two BEV-platforms, to finally one unified architecture for the whole product portfolio.

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Lucid updates Air Grand Touring to boast its range with faster charging

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Lucid shares Q1 2024 production and delivery numbers All it can do is make its vehicles better — and with this update, it has. According to internal calculations, the improvements range from 15 to 30 percent. This will ensure higher performance for a longer period of time, enabling more sustained spirited driving.

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Delta Air Lines signs 75 MGPY for 7 years SAF deal with Gevo; oneworld Alliance members plan to buy 200 MGPY

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SAF is a critically important lever we have available today to help our industry reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions from aviation fuel. These feedstocks can then be converted, in some cases, to high-value nutritional products and energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons, including SAF. oneworld Alliance.

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GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup

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Capital Efficiency: GM can spend less capital to scale its EV business because it is able to leverage existing property, including land, buildings, tools and production equipment such as body shops and paint shops. Third-party forecasters expect US EV volumes to more than double from 2025 to 2030 to about 3 million units on average.

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UC Berkeley EBI, Shell sign $25M partnership to fund new energy tech research

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UC Berkeley’s Energy Biosciences Institute has entered into a five-year research agreement with Shell International Exploration and Production to fund research that meets the growing demand for energy in ways that are economically, environmentally and socially responsible.

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