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Volvo Trucks starts series production of heavy-duty electric trucks

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Series production of Volvo’s heaviest electric trucks will start in the Tuve factory in Gothenburg, Sweden and next year the factory in Ghent, Belgium will follow. Volvo Trucks’ electric portfolio could cover around 45% of all goods transported in Europe today, according to Eurostat statistics. —Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks.

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ABB launches 22 kW AC & DC fast charging station

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Terra SC Duo’s smart connectivity allows remote monitoring, pro-active maintenance and functional upgrades providing customers with the tools necessary to gather customer specific usage statistics and reports.

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2nd annual Bosch analysis of ADAS finds emergency braking and lane assist systems on the rise

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According to the evaluation, based on the 2014 registration statistics, one in five of the nearly three million newly registered passenger cars in Germany last year were equipped with such systems. Automatic emergency braking systems are even more common in Belgium than in Germany.

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ICCT analysis finds real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high of 42%

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This update, jointly prepared by the ICCT and the Netherlands’ Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), describes the increasing real-world efficiency gap using statistical analysis. We analyzed data for more than 1.1 com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

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MOURA Carnegie Mellon “For contributions to theory and practice of statistical, graph, and distributed signal processing.” LUC VAN DEN HOVE IMEC Heverlee, Belgium “For leadership in creating a worldwide research ecosystem in nano-electronics technology with applications ranging from high-performance computing to health.” IEEE JACK S.

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Refineries in the Americas produce a greater share of gasoline per barrel of crude oil than refineries in other world regions

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The International Energy Agency’s Monthly Oil Statistics shows that there are differences in refinery output throughout the world. Source: International Energy Agency, Monthly Oil Statistics, February 2020, Paris, France., When processing petroleum, refineries can produce products in varying amounts to meet regional demands.

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Twelve European countries miss emissions marker

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It finds that nitrogen oxides air pollution from traffic, households and industry is above internationally agreed limits in: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, [.]. New data from the European Environmental Agency (EEA) suggests that 12 countries in particular still have a long way to go.

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