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Romania orders 123 Solaris electric buses

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Together with the vehicles, Solaris will deliver the infrastructure for slow- and fast-charging to every location. Solaris is already very well-known in Romania. ov and 11 Trollino 12s for Târgu Jiu) are currently being manufactured. This will encompass a total of 123 40 kW plug-in chargers and 36 300 kW pantograph chargers.

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Bucharest orders 100 Solaris electric trolleybuses

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The traction batteries will be recharged both en route (via in-motion charging technology) and overnight at the depot. On board, there will be a monitoring system, passenger information system screens, and USB chargers, with which passengers can charge their phones or tablets.

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Ford reveals E-Transit Courier

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Extending Ford Pro’s line-up of electrified and connected cargo vans, the new E‑Transit Courier is fully integrated with Ford Pro’s platform of software and connected services for efficient operation including end-to-end charging solutions and management tools from Ford Pro Software.

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Ford investing £150M in Halewood plant to scale up EV portfolio

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Halewood will deliver to the vehicles’ assembly lines at Ford Otosan plants in Romania and Turkey, making up a significant share of Ford UK’s annual export value from the Merseyside plant, as well as Dagenham—currently worth £2.1 billion (US$2.6 billion) annually.

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Half of EU Electric Car Chargers in Just Two Countries!

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We’ve hosted conferences on EV charging within Europe. Nonetheless, I was shocked to see the figure that just came out from an EU EV charging analysis conducted by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) — “half of all charging points for electric […].

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HELLA introduces top-end UP5.0 electric vacuum pump for brake systems; increased fuel efficiency

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High-efficiency gasoline engines, diesels and turbo- and super-charged engines, as well as hybrid or full electric powertrains, are examples of where HELLA’s new electric vacuum pump is designed to provide on-demand brake-system vacuum. HELLA manufactures fuel pumps in Germany, Romania, the US, Mexico and China.

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ACEA study finds cost still strong deterrent for EV uptake across Europe; calls for “realistic” targets recognizing affordability

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A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) finds that the affordability of electric cars remains a strong deterrent for customers across the EU, along with lack of infrastructure and lack of investment in infrastructure. —Erik Jonnaert, ACEA Secretary General. of total EU car sales in 2017.