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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. —Ian Wilson, Global Business Development director for BAE Systems.

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Cummins & Sinopec launch JV to produce and promote green hydrogen technologies in China

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To date, the company has deployed more than 2,000 fuel cells and 600 electrolyzers globally. Cummins has a history of advanced technology and engineering capabilities with a broad portfolio of market-leading renewable hydrogen generation technologies, including PEM electrolyzer and fuel cell solutions.

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Polestar unveils Polestar 2 electric fastback; targeting Tesla Model 3

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The Android backbone provides a solid and adaptable digital environment for apps and vehicle functions to coexist, and brings embedded Google services to a car for the first time—including the Google Assistant, Google Maps with support for electric vehicles and the Google Play Store. Pre-ordering is open.

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Blink’s 2023 Year in Review

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Vice President of Global Marketing, joined our esteemed executive team. Finally, in the fall, we announced the rebrand of Blue Corner into Blink Charging Belgium. Following this Miko de Haan , the Managing Director overseeing European operations, ascended to the role of President for Blink Europe and Emerging Markets.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

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Android running the dashboard means Google Assistant, Google Maps, Google Play Store, and more, are instantly available and work the way you already use them. Polestar itself is in the process of setting up its company stores, a process obviously affected by the global COVID pandemic now entering its second year.

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LanzaTech China JV reports 9M gallons of ethanol made from steel flue gas; new JV for PET

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Imagine preventing carbon emissions and instead reusing the carbon to make household products, the clothes you wear, the packaging for your products, and other things you can buy at a store! We can clean our air and keep carbon in the ground in one carbon smart step. Single use carbon must rapidly become a thing of the past.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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The key force behind the changes taking place in this windswept Dutch city is not a global market trend or the maturity of the engineering solutions. Here the king [middle] is shown with Robin Berg [left], founder of We Drive Solar, and Jerôme Pannaud [right], Renault's general manager for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

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