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Volvo delays EX30 SUV due to software glitches

Baua Electric

The Volvo EX30 will be produced in China until another production line in Ghent, Belgium, is up and running from 2025. US versions will be built in Ridgeville, North Carolina. But success of the much-touted EX30 is essential to its plan to boost global sales by 69% to reach its target of 1.2 million sales by 2025.

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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

Green Car Congress

The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 A team of scientists from the United States, Belgium and Scotland also received support for research that could lead to the large-scale conversion of cellulosic plants to biofuels: Optimizing yield and composition in lignin?modified modified plants.

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

Green Car Congress

We use the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model to evaluate the quantitative utility of FNR observed from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument over three northern midlatitude source regions. —Jin et al.

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Utilities Are Taking an EV-industry Leadership Role

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Utilities are emerging as dominant players in the global race to electric vehicle adoption beyond just the power supplier. In fact, EDF is targeting a 30 percent market share for EV charging in France, Belgium, Italy, and the UK. In Asheville and Greensboro, North Carolina, they have provided grants for electric bus charging.

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Nissan and Europcar Form EV Partnership

Green Car Congress

Nissan and Europcar—the European leader in passenger car and light utility vehicle rentals—are forming a partnership to market electric vehicles by 2010 and advance zero-emission mobility on a global scale. This partnership between Europcar Groupe and Nissan is unique in the vehicle rental market.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation. About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Amberjac Systems www.amberjacprojects.com United Kingdom-based company has provided conversions in Europe.

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Nissan signs electric car alliance with Europcar

Green Cars News

Electric vehicles will be rolled out in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and will be subsequently extended to other countries, as part of the alliance. The Renault-Nissan Alliance will introduce zero-emission vehicles in the United States and Japan starting from 2010.

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