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Romania orders 123 Solaris electric buses

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Solaris is already very well-known in Romania. The vehicles will be air-conditioned and equipped with a comprehensive passenger information system, tailored to the individual requirements and needs of each city. 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. Along with the buses, the city will also welcome 20 charging devices.

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Ford unveils battery-electric E?Tourneo Courier

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E-Tourneo Courier is one of 10 all-electric vehicles Ford has committed to offering in Europe by 2024, as it targets zero emissions for all vehicle sales in the region by 2035. E-Tourneo Courier is a five-seat multi-activity vehicle with an SUV-inspired design. The all-new Tourneo Courier with a 125 PS 1.0-liter

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Brasov orders 25 Solaris Trollino 18 articulated trolleybuses

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Brasov, Romania has ordered 25 Solaris Trollino 18 trolleybuses. Due to fitting the vehicles with batteries they will be able to cover a certain distance of the route without a connection to the traction line. Brasov is one of 5 cities in Romania that has emission-free Solaris buses: trolleybuses and electric buses.

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EU formally approves sales ban of combustion engine cars by 2035

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The EU formally approved a law that would ban the sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2035 in an attempt to accelerate consumers’ choice of electric powertrains. Proposed in July 2021, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Romania all pushed to delay the sales ban in mid-2022. I’d love to hear from you!

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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. This is an important step, marking Ford’s first in-house investment in all-electric vehicle component manufacturing in Europe.

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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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of total new car sales across the region from October to December last year. digit gains were also seen in Belgium (+17.7%), Slovenia (+18.2%), Hungary (+18.4%), Sweden (+30.5%) and Romania (+31.1%). Gasoline car sales grew in all 28 EU countries, with Italy recording the highest percentage increase (+20.9%) of the five major markets.

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