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Mercedes-Benz Cars to build battery factory in Jawor, Poland; ninth in its global network

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Mercedes-Benz Cars will build a battery factory at the site in Jawor, Poland, and thus extend its global battery production network to nine factories. After the production of high-tech engines, we will establish additional future technology in Poland. This includes more than ten pure electric vehicles.

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Radom buys 9 more electric Solaris buses

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biorstwo Komunikacji (MPK) in Radom, Poland has ordered 9 additional Solaris Urbino 12 electric with the pertinent charging infrastructure. The sale of electric buses is growing dynamically in Poland, which makes this country fifth in the European Union in terms of the number of electric buses in cities. The operator Miejskie Przedsi?biorstwo

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Toru? buys 6 Solaris electric buses

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Poland, has bought six Solaris electric buses. Operator Miejski Zak?ad ad Komunikacji (MZK) in Toru?, The vehicles, which will enter into service in about 18 months, will be recharged by day using fast pantograph chargers deployed in three locations in the city; at night they will be charged at the bus depot at Legionów street.

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T&E: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands lead deployments of zero-emission buses in Europe

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Italy, Poland, Germany, the UK, Spain and France, which buy 70% of the urban buses sold in Europe, lag behind. Poland announced that in cities with populations of 100,000 or more, all public transport will be fully electric by 2030, and allocated €290 million to support this objective.

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Platts reports Poland to allow blenders to cut biofuel mandates by 15%

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Platts reported that Polish transport fuel producers can decrease their biofuel-blending requirements by 15% if they buy supplies from approved producers, according to an unnamed government source, citing a blending provision effective 1 January.

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The Scoop on Keeping an Ice Cream Factory Cool

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There’s a deep pride in knowing the machines that we’ve programmed make something that people buy and enjoy.” Discovering a Love for Technology As a child growing up in Stargard, Poland, Borkowski says there was little to indicate that he would become an engineer. It wasn’t easy.

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T&E: Electric bus orders in Europe more than doubled to 1,031 units in 2017; ~9% share of new registrations

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The Netherlands, UK, France, Poland and Germany account for more than half the total number of electric buses in Europe (including orders). The lag between orders and deliveries is usually 9-12 months; T&E expects all these electric buses to be on the road by mid-2019. Yearly electric bus orders in Europe from 2009 to H12018.

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