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Romania orders 123 Solaris electric buses

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All the Urbino 12 electric buses will be designed for both pantograph and plug-in recharging. This will encompass a total of 123 40 kW plug-in chargers and 36 300 kW pantograph chargers. Solaris is already very well-known in Romania. rilor Publice, Dezvolt?rii i Administra?iei), The partnership with the country began in 2002.

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Craiova, Romania orders 16 Solaris articulated electric buses

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Each vehicle will be fitted with Solaris High Energy batteries. Throughout the day the Urbino electric buses will recharge their batteries by means of 4 pantograph chargers, whereas at night the recharging will be conducted using sixteen plug connectors. The articulated vehicles will make it to Craiova in the first half of 2021.

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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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digit gains were also seen in Belgium (+17.7%), Slovenia (+18.2%), Hungary (+18.4%), Sweden (+30.5%) and Romania (+31.1%). chargeable vehicles (ECV) were among the main drivers of this growth (+80.5%; 155,572 units in total), with both the battery?electric electric segment (BEV) and plug?in Gasoline cars accounted for 57.3%

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Ford reveals E-Transit Courier

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Plug and Charge enables E-Transit Courier owners to simply plug in and walk away when using compatible BlueOval Charge Network chargers. All models will be built in Craiova, Romania, by Ford Otosan, the manufacturer of the best-selling Transit Custom and segment-leading E-Transit.

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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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It strengthens further our ability to deliver 100 percent of Ford passenger vehicles in Europe being all-electric and two-thirds of our commercial vehicle sales being all-electric or plug-in hybrid by 2030. Halewood will be Ford’s first electric vehicle component in-house assembly site in Europe with production beginning in 2024.

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Ford backtracks on BEV commitments in Europe and may sell ICE models beyond 2030

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Originally, the European arm of Ford Motor Company said it would only sell battery-electric models by 2030, but that commitment could soon change. As a result, Sander said combustion vehicles, particularly plug-ins, could still be in play beyond 2030: If we see strong demand, for instance for plug-in hybrid vehicles, we will offer them.

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CLEPA study: EV-only approach would lead to the loss of half a million supplier jobs in the EU

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All three scenarios assume accelerated electrification to meet climate goals, with a high market share for electrified vehicles (Battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and full hybrid electric vehicles) by 2030 of more than 50%, almost 80%, and close to 100%, respectively. bn value-add until 2040).

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