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Tesla celebrates 10,000 Superchargers in Europe

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EV chargers are necessary for the world to transition from fossil-fuel vehicles to all-electric battery-powered cars. It is currently available in France, The Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Iceland. .

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Toyota Motor Europe to supply fuel cell modules for train project as member of FCH2RAIL consortium

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The EU project FCH2RAIL (Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Pack for Rail Applications) consortium—with partners from Belgium, Germany, Spain and Portugal—is developing and testing a new zero-emission train prototype. When there are no overhead lines, the energy will come from the fuel cell and battery system.

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Nissan Teams Up with LeasePlan to Bring Nissan LEAF to Europe

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The project will focus on driver behaviour and the operational side of running a fleet of zero-emission battery-powered cars. The thirteen countries involved in the agreement are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Mercedes-Benz GLC to ditch plug-in hybrid tech for Australia, EVs the focus

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“There will be no plug-in hybrid GLCs,” said Mercedes-Benz Australia spokesman Jerry Stamoulis at the vehicle’s international media intro in Spain. Larger battery packs mean they’re good for 100km-plus of real-world driving using only battery power. Mercedes-Benz GLC400e.

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Mercedes-Benz launching round-the-world fuel cell car drive

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Such an undertaking would not be possible, using purely battery-powered electric vehicles. The fuel cell vehicles will travel through 14 countries: from southern Europe, through France, Spain and Portugal, the cars will continue on to North America, where they will drive through both the USA as well as Canada.

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Honda to trial electric scooters in Spain

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The programme launches next month and will see 18 of the new battery-powered scooters loaned to the Spanish city’s council for a period of one year. Honda is to run a demonstration programmed for its EV-neo electric scooter in Barcelona in conjunction with the city’s council. The scooter operates using a 2.8kw motor and a [.].

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Wärtsilä providing HY hybrid modules for Swedish port tug; first vessel operating with Wärtsilä HY solution

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The technology group Wärtsilä will supply two Wärtsilä HY 2 hybrid power modules for a new escort tug being built for the Swedish port of Luleå located on the Gulf of Bothnia in the northern end of the Baltic Sea. The vessel is being built at GONDAN Shipbuilders, in Asturias, Spain, and the order with Wärtsilä was booked in December 2017.

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