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T&E: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands lead deployments of zero-emission buses in Europe

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However, Germany is now financing 80% of the higher purchase cost of e-buses. T&E said the EU’s €750-billion COVID recovery fund is a clear way to finance e-bus deployment. T&E also published a report identifying five key steps to get e-buses on the road, starting with political leadership and financial support.

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myenergi lands £30m investment from Energy Impact Partners to drive growth and internationalisation

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This follows on from the £30m debt finance myenergi secured from HSBC earlier this year to further fuel its expansion. It manufactures a range of ‘eco-smart’ home energy technologies, including the market-leading solar-compatible zappi electric vehicle charge point, the eddi power diverter, and the libbi smart home battery.

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Smith Electric Vehicles US Makes $105M Offer to Buy SEV Division from Tanfield

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Any sale would be conditional inter-alia upon negotiation of sale and purchase documentation, a financing by SEVUS, all usual shareholder approvals (including the approval of Tanfield shareholders) and due diligence. SEVUS currently produces the Newton battery powered truck in the US. Paying £37m for a business that lost £1.9m

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs. Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Valence has facilities in Nevada, China and Northern Ireland. Donaghy noted that Valence has shipped some 70 MWh of Li-ion battery capacity since 2005—equivalent to 200,000 batteries, or enough for 1,500 3.5

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“Inspiring Female Founder” – Jordan Brompton spotlighted in The Successful Founder

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Indeed, we’ve grown rapidly from a handful of staff manufacturing products by hand in a countryside workshop, to a workforce of more than 400, operating from a state-of-the-art facility in Stallingborough, with subsidiaries opened in Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia along the way. Rather than customers, we built advocates.

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Our Founders Story

My Energi

Having started with nothing except for our life savings, finances were tight. From Lincolnshire, the first public location I could charge at was so far away that I had to roll in on 0% battery. Really tight. The first product prototype took almost a year to develop and, by this point, the money had all but run out.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

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Another crazy week in the world of EVs, with lots of announcements on the automaker and battery front. The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. Batteries and Charging.

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