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Leclanché to provide 10 MWh battery system for Scandlines’ PR24 zero-emission freight ferry

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The Scandlines zero-emission ferry project, announced in November 2021 and which will result in the world’s largest electric-powered hybrid ferry, will run on an advanced 10 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) from Leclanché. In fully electric mode, crossing time is 70 minutes and the ferry is emission-free.

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Yara to start operating the world’s first battery-electric container ship, prepared for autonomous operation

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Yara Birkeland ( earlier post )—the world’s first battery- electric container ship, prepared for autonomous operation—has departed for its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord. The autonomous ship will sail within 12 nautical miles from the coast, between 3 ports in southern Norway. Photos: VARD.

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Volvo receives order for 25 electric buses from Trondheim, Norway

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Tide Buss has placed an order for 25 Volvo 7900 Electric buses for the city of Trondheim, Norway—the company’s largest order yet for its fully electric buses. The fully electric buses are being sold as a complete turnkey package whereby Volvo takes care of all vehicle and battery maintenance at a fixed monthly cost.

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Sales of electrified MINIs up 64.3% in 2021, 18% of total sales

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MINI Electric & MINI Cooper SE Countryman. The winner of the year was the fully electric MINI Cooper SE. The MINI Electric even managed to almost double its sales (plus 98.2%). Sales of MINI models with electrified drive systems climbed by 64.3% to 53,243 vehicles—around 18% of total worldwide sales in 2021.

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Final design of first autonomous and fully electric container vessel revealed; model testing at SINTEF Ocean

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ton model of the final design of the autonomous and fully electric container vessel Yara Birkeland ( earlier post ) was revealed as testing commenced at SINTEF Ocean’s 80-meter test tank facility in Trondheim. It will be a fully battery-powered solution, prepared for remote control and autonomous operation.

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Norwegian Post orders 29 Volvo electric trucks

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In total during 2022, Volvo Trucks will deliver 32 electric and 13 biogas-fueled trucks to the Norwegian Postal Service. In the level of deployment of electric trucks in Europe, Norway is currently surpassed only by Switzerland. —Bjørn Inge Haugan, Sales & Marketing Director, Volvo Trucks Norway.

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76 MAN Lion’s City E electric buses for Oslo

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Unibuss, one of Norway’s largest bus companies, has a{ordered} 76 all-electric Lion’s City E buses—59 solo and 17 articulated e-buses—for Oslo from MAN Truck & Bus. For MAN, this is the first e-bus order from Norway. 22 MAN Lion’s City E are already in service in Malmö, Sweden.

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