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Fuenlabrada, Spain, Is Buying Electric Buses

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a company that provides transit services for the city it is named after, recently agreed to purchase four Urbino 12 electric buses from Solaris. “I EMT Fuenlabrada S.A., I am very proud that another city is opting to develop zero-emission transport by choosing Solaris vehicles.

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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. However, Germany is now financing 80% of the higher purchase cost of e-buses. In Sweden, Norway and Finland, respectively 26%, 24%, and 23% of urban buses registered in 2019 were zero-emission (electric or hydrogen).

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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And unlike previous recessions, we’re not just dealing with people’s fears or purchase delays. Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.

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Think expands to Spain

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Having already established an electric vehicle testing programme in Austria, Think will continue its European expansion in Spain where it will deliver 550 City electric vehicles. According to Richard Canny, CEO of Think, Spain is an important market. NK electric vehicle testing programme Spain Think.

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Madrid Planning to Ban New Taxis and Buses Running on Diesel

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Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Mayor of Madrid (Spain) announced last week during an informative breakfast meeting in Madrid that the City Council of Madrid is preparing a regulation that will prevent the purchase of new taxis and urban buses running on diesel. NGVA Europe. This decision was taken because diesel models emit too much NO 2.

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Deloitte study concludes mass adoption of EVs in Europe is some distance away

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According to the survey of 4,760 European consumers, 16% see themselves as potential first movers to buy or lease an electric vehicle, while 53% say they might be willing to consider it, and 31% say they are not likely to consider purchasing or leasing an EV. Range, price and charging concerns need to be addressed.

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The Lightyear Solar Vehicle: Reinvents Its Strategy To Attract The Crowd

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In December 2022, the Dutch automaker Lightyear made news worldwide by revealing that it had started producing the first solar vehicleavailable for purchase: the Lightyear 0.  … Unfortunately, we cannot buy one of these for at least a few years from now as the company did not say anything about its plan with Lightyear 0.

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