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Eneco to install 240 charging connections this year at Albert Heijn supermarkets in the Netherlands and Belgium; 2,000 by 2025

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Albert Heijn and Eneco—a producer and supplier of natural gas, electricity and heat—will be working together on the installation of rapid charging stations at Albert Heijn stores in the Netherlands and Belgium. By 2025, Albert Heijn will have at least 2,000 charging connections.

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Prominent gas station sells thousands of stores to fund EV charging

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TotalEnergies, a prominent French gas station chain, has announced it plans to sell its gas station locations in Germany and the Netherlands as it pursues EV charging and hydrogen fueling. TotalEnergies will sell its 1,198 stations in Germany and its 392 stations in the Netherlands to Canadian convenience store chain Couche-Tard.

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EBS in the Netherlands receives 93 Mercedes-Benz Citaro NGT hybrid buses

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It is stored in supercapacitors. Passengers can charge their own end devices using numerous USB ports. The EBS (Egged Bus Systems) public transport company is located in the town of Purmerend north of Amsterdam and operates several bus routes in the Netherlands.

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Porsche expanding Charging Service in Europe; more than 49,000 charging points

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Just a few months after the launch, Porsche is expanding its charging service for plug-in and electric vehicles ( earlier post ) by five countries and additional functions. The platform now has more than 49,000 charging points in twelve countries. A new feature offered by the Porsche Charging Service is a rating function.

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Frankfurt buys 13 Solaris hydrogen buses

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The company In-der-City-Bus, which is in charge of public transport in Frankfurt, Germany, has awarded a tender for 13 hydrogen buses to Solaris. The hydrogen needed to propel the bus will be stored in gaseous form, in roof-stacked tanks. The Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses are to be deployed on target routes in 2022.

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50 VinFast Stores Opening In Europe, 800 Electric Double-Deck Buses for Ireland, 2nd Life Batteries to Rickshaws — EV News Today

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As VinFast announced its plan to open more than 50 stores across France, Germany, and Netherland at EVS35, the Audi Environmental Foundation went into the third project phase with nonprofit startup Nunam on electric rickshaws. Battery modules from Audi e-tron test vehicles are electrifying rickshaws in India. Their target group: women.

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ŠKODA collaborates with IBG ?esko on second-life battery energy storage system; up to 328 kWh

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The system stores sustainably generated electricity in used batteries that come from the all-electric SUV ŠKODA ENYAQ iV as well as the plug-in hybrid models SUPERB iV and OCTAVIA iV. So far, 160 pre-orders have been received from dealers in the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovakia.