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Solaris secures order for 200 hybrid buses in Belgium; BAE Systems drive, ultracap energy storage

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Solaris—one of the leading bus manufacturers in Europe—has secured an order for more than 200 hybrid buses from Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport, the primary bus operator in Wallonia, Belgium. For Solaris, this order is its biggest success in Belgium.

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Daimler Truck and TotalEnergies partner to develop hydrogen ecosystem for transportation in Europe

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In particular, TotalEnergies has the ambition by 2030 to operate directly or indirectly up to 150 hydrogen refueling stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France. The truck manufacturer will support its customers to ensure easy operability and highly competitive uptime.

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Van Hool introduces new A range of electric buses; battery-electric, fuel cell (hydrogen) and trolley

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Van Hool, the Belgian manufacturer of buses, coaches and industrial vehicles, presented its first edition of a completely new range of 100% zero emission buses on the first day of Euro Mobility Expo 2022, an international trade show for public transport. Our customers are focusing on greening their fleets and are pursuing zero emissions.

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Australia forecasts lithium export earnings of $16B in 2022-23, up from $5B in 2021-22

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Despite the spread of new battery manufacturing capacity into Europe and the US, Asia remains the major source of demand for lithium. The next largest export destination was Belgium, accounting for only 2.3% Over the following two years, demand is forecast to rise by more than 40%, reaching 1,091,000 tonnes by 2024.

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Blink’s 2023 Year in Review

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Finally, in the fall, we announced the rebrand of Blue Corner into Blink Charging Belgium. This summer, we completed our network integration of all North American SemaConnect EV drivers and hardware into Blink Charging US. Like the tax credit for new EVs, the used EV tax credit included an AGI cap and must be sold by a licensed dealer.

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MIT team develops first supercapacitor made entirely from neat MOFs, without conductive additives or binders

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While the MOF material has advantages in the simplicity and potentially low cost of manufacturing, the materials used to make it are more expensive than conventional carbon-based materials, Dincă said. We have a new material to work with, and we haven’t optimized it at all. It’s completely tunable, and that’s what’s exciting.

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Deloitte Survey finds only 4% of global consumers likely to be satisfied with current EVs despite increasing consideration and willingness to buy; higher ICE fuel economy reduces interest in EVs

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Consumers in the United Kingdom and Belgium are the most sensitive to paying a price premium with 71% opposing. There is a clear disconnect between consumers’ expectations for electric vehicles and the actual capabilities and costs of technologies available in the market today.