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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. Worth nearly 28.5

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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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Ballard to supply two fuel cell modules to Solaris for bus deployments in Europe

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Ballard Power Systems will supply Solaris Bus and Coach with two zero emission fuel cell power modules to be used in buses planned for deployment in Hamburg, Germany. It is Hamburg’s challenging goal as of 2020 not to buy any conventional diesel buses anymore.

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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 second barrier is the lack of strong policy support that stimulates both supply and demand, thereby increasing economies of scale, and pushing down the cost of zero-emission buses.

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Tesla Giga Berlin’s 4680 supply won’t start in Germany, and it was never supposed to

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Tesla also plans to utilize strong relationships with its battery cell manufacturers to solve supply concerns during Giga Berlin’s early production dates. Tesla originally planned for the Kato Road 4680 lines to supply Giga Berlin with cells when they are available.

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IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

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Individual regional forecasts are set to a downtrend, and supply chain impacts are being felt, as the consequences of the virus have shuttered manufacturing and supplier facilities around the world. million units, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. decline in global real GDP in 2020.

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