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Auckland Transport begins 2-year trial of hydrogen bus

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Auckland (NZ) Transport is beginning a 2-year trial of a 3-axle hydrogen fuel cell bus.The trial will assess operational performance how operating costs compare to diesel and electric buses of similar configurations. The bus carries 43 seated and 31 standing adults.

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Karsan unveiling “Buy America” CNG bus at UTIP World Global Transport Summit

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Turkey-based Karsan will introduce its first “Buy America” compliant vehicle at the upcoming UITP World Global Transport Summit, 15-17 May at Palais des Congrès de Montréal, QC Canada. Its range of transportation solutions span vehicle sizes from 5m to 18m and are sold in almost 20 countries.

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UC Davis report urges policy actions to accelerate equitable transition to ZEVs in Global South

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Facilitating a Transition to Zero Emission Vehicles in the Global South ” examines the status of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) uptake across the world and considers how to accelerate the transition. Despite these developments, the global distribution of ZEVs remains deeply uneven, the report says.

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Global Clean Energy buys Bakersfield refinery for $40M, converting to produce renewable diesel

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Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., Strategically located in Bakersfield within a large regional demand center, and only a short distance from the Los Angeles metropolitan area and the San Francisco Bay Area, fuels produced at the site will be available to be blended into the California transportation fuel mix.

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Hylane GmbH buys 18 Hyzon fuel-cell-electric trucks

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Hylane has already confirmed rental contracts for the first vehicles and is in talks with numerous prominent transport companies interested in transitioning their fleets to zero-emission options. Germany is expected to be one of the major global markets for zero-emission commercial vehicle technologies in the coming years.

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CapGemini: 87% of global consumers prefer personal vehicle to ensure safe travel, up from 57% in April 2020

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Almost half of global consumers (46%) are considering purchasing a car in the next 12 months, an increase from 35% in April 2020. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and fresh lockdown restrictions have dissuaded consumers to return to public or shared modes of transport. Younger consumers are most likely to buy.

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Glencore buying in to Hydro Alunorte alumina refinery, MRN bauxite mining in Brazil

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The ore is transported to a crushing plant, and then onto washing cycling and filtering facilities. Once beneficiated, the ore is transported by rail to the port 28 km away. The bauxite is stripped off, with the overburden excavated and dumped into the adjacent strip from which ore was previously mined.

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