Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Ballard Power Systems announced that 8 ExquiCity tram-buses built by Van Hool NV and powered by 8 Ballard FCveloCity-HD 100-kilowatt fuel cell modules have been inaugurated at a ceremony in Pau, France and are now in revenue service in Pau’s Bus Rapid Transit System.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2021

Researchers from Korea and France have shown that iron–nitrogen-doped carbon is an efficient and durable electrocatalyst for selective nitric oxide reduction into hydroxylamine. An open-access paper on the work is published in Nature Communications.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 2, 2025

share in France, a drop from 27.9% Share In France — Renault 5 Unassailable? Marchs auto sales saw plugin EVs take 24.4% year-on-year. The YoY baseline was elevated by a pull-forward ahead of incentive cut-offs, so the YoY comparison is temporarily skewed. On a normalized basis, BEVs continue to climb, albeit slowly.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

In France, which liberalized the taxi market in 2015, the number of reported PHV drivers doubled in three years (from more than 15,000 in 2016 to 30,000 in 2019). million users in France in 2017. The campaign in Europe calls on Uber to go 100% clean in large cities by 2025. million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 3, 2025

share in France, a drop from 24.1% Share In France – BYD Dolphin Surf Arrives In Showrooms appeared first on CleanTechnica. Mays auto sales saw plugin EVs take 22.3% year-on-year. The YoY baseline was lifted by 2024s social leasing programme, so the YoY comparison is somewhat skewed. The Citron e-C3 was the best-selling BEV.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Four major European air carriers—Air France-KLM, easyJet, Ryanair and Deutsche Post DHL Group—have joined forces with non-governmental organizations such as Transport & Environment in a “Fueling Flight Initiative” meant to help advance a key draft EU law.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Gaussin has acquired a worldwide license (outside France) from Bluebus, a Bolloré Group subsidiary, for its 6-meter LMP bus. Marketed mainly in France since 2010, it is now in operation with more than 60 cities. The vehicle will be renamed Cit-e and manufactured through Gaussin’s current and future network of licensees.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 6, 2025

Thats rightafter years of letting hydrogen hype men and fossil PR firms monopolize the freight emissions debate, [continued] The post France & Germanys Economic Councils Endorse Electric Trucks Over Hydrogen appeared first on CleanTechnica. It came from a bunch of European economists.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

billion, could be part of the solution by paying for the development of greener technology that can help accelerate innovation and clean flying for everyone. The report also finds: Seven of the 10 most polluting routes taken by private aircraft within Europe lie on the UK-France-Switzerland-Italy axis. —Andrew Murphy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Chemours Company will invest $200 million to increase capacity and advance technology for its Nafion ion exchange materials to be located at Chemours’ manufacturing facility in Villers-Saint-Paul, France. Earlier post.). —Mark Newman, President and CEO at Chemours.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

The Artois-Gohelle transport authority (SMT-AG) has inaugurated France’s first refueling station for hydrogen buses. The entire clean hydrogen production, storage and distribution chain is equipped with McPhy technologies. In its current configuration, the McPhy station can produce and deliver more than 200 kg of clean hydrogen a day.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2018

France-based energy major Total SA and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. million shares of Clean Energy’s common stock for $83.4 million, to become Clean Energy’s largest stockholder with ownership of 25% of Clean Energy’s outstanding shares of common stock. million shares of Clean Energy’s common stock for $83.4

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2018

France-based global energy and services group ENGIE has launched a fleet of 50 hydrogen-powered Renault Kangoo Z.E. utility vehicles ( earlier post ), recently made available for long-term rental through Alphabet, a leader in mobility solutions for companies, and inaugurated the first alternative multi-fuel station in France to fuel them.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The joint entity began its active progress toward clean mobility in Switzerland with the company’s plans to deliver 1,600 fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks by 2025. The jury voted at Solutrans, an industrial and urban vehicle show, held 18-23 November 2019 in Lyon, France.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Embarking in June 2017 from Saint-Malo Port in France, Energy Observer is an electrically propelled vessel of the future that is operated using a mix of renewable energies and an on-board system that produces carbon-free hydrogen from seawater. —Victorien Erussard, founder and captain of Energy Observer.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove published a new Clean Air Strategy to cut air pollution backed up through new primary legislation. The European Commission is taking the UK to court—along with Germany, France, Italy, Romania, and Hungary—over its long-standing failure to meet EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO?).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The partners will collaborate in the development of ecosystems for heavy-duty trucks running on hydrogen, with the intent to demonstrate the attractiveness and effectiveness of trucking powered by clean hydrogen and the ambition to play a lead role in kickstarting the rollout of hydrogen infrastructure for transportation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2021

The Mission will also be supported by the governments of India, Morocco, the UK, Singapore, France, Ghana, and South Korea. Mission Innovation is a global initiative of 24 countries and the European Commission working to accelerate clean energy innovation. The objective is to help move clean energy solutions from lab to market.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

and Baker Hughes intend to become cornerstone investors in the formation of the FiveT Hydrogen Fund, a new clean-hydrogen-only private infrastructure fund dedicated to delivering clean hydrogen infrastructure projects at scale. The Fund will exclusively finance projects in the production, storage and distribution of clean hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Faurecia will supply the entire hydrogen storage system (including 10,000 hydrogen tanks) which will be produced in its new global center of expertise dedicated to hydrogen storage systems in Bavans, France with delivery to start in 2021. Earlier post.). —Patrick Koller, Chief Executive Officer, Faurecia.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

These systems will be developed and produced at its global center of expertise in Bavans, France. As volumes, increase production will be extended to a new plant dedicated to hydrogen storage systems that Faurecia is building in Allenjoie, France. —Mathias Miedreich, Executive Vice President of Faurecia Clean Mobility.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Punch Powertrain, a Belgium-based full-system supplier of fuel-efficient powertrains including transmissions and plug-in hybrid and battery-electric systems, is acquiring France-based power electronics expert Apojee.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2022

Building sustainable and clean energy systems will be harder, riskier and more expensive without nuclear, according to the new report, Nuclear power and secure energy transitions: From today’s challenges to tomorrow’s clean energy systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2023

Stellantis, TotalEnergies and Mercedes-Benz celebrated the inauguration of Automotive Cells Company’s (ACC) battery gigafactory in Billy-Berclau Douvrin, France—the first of three planned in Europe. ACC was founded by Stellantis and TotalEnergies/Saft in 2020; Mercedes-Benz became a partner in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The Netherlands, UK, France, Poland and Germany account for more than half the total number of electric buses in Europe (including orders). Last month the European Parliament supported public procurement targets for clean urban buses by local authorities; however, the targets also include gas buses.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

Schlumberger New Energy, the CEA and partners announced the European Commission’s approval for the formation of Genvia, a clean hydrogen production technology venture. 2019) Clean Energy. The manufacturing of solid oxide electrolyzers will occur at the Genvia gigafactory, which will be established in Béziers, Occitanie Region, France.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2023

The first 130 electric Volvo FH and Volvo FM trucks will be delivered to markets including France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK during the fourth quarter of 2023 and throughout 2024. The agreement is a result of a wider partnership between Holcim and Volvo Group.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The R&D center in Bordeaux and the pilot site in Nersac (France) have already started in order to develop the new high-performance lithium-ion technologies. At the end of this R&D phase, mass production could be launched in two “gigafactories”, in Douvrin (France) and Kaiserslautern (Germany).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Instead of hard-to-clean carpets, oli features a single-piece, modular floor covering made in partnership with BASF from Expanded Thermoplastic PolyUrethane (E-TPU). The floor is also covered with a highly elastic and waterproof coating and can be easily hosed clean.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Darlington SMR will provide a critical new source of clean nuclear energy for Ontario’s future projected energy capacity needs—a demand widely expected to ramp up as transportation and other sectors electrify, using Ontario’s clean power to help decarbonize the broader economy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

The project will generate around 200 high-skilled jobs in France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region to develop, qualify and commercially scale up new, high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Our purpose is to offer citizens mobility options that are clean, safe and affordable.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Key distinguishing factors are the environmental footprint of industry, the availability of cheap but clean electricity, a technically skilled labor force, and incentives driving battery demand. France performed best in the environmental category, helped by its electricity grids low carbon emissions factor, at 28gCO2/kWh in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2019

Faurecia, one of the world’s leading automotive technology companies, is creating a global center of expertise for hydrogen storage systems at its R&D center in Bavans, France. The creation of our hydrogen tank center of expertise in France is a key step forward in Faurecia’s strategy to become a global leader in fuel cell systems.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 4, 2024

share in France, a drop from 23.3% Share In France — Citroën E-C3 Delayed! July’s auto sales saw plugin EVs take 20.8% year-on-year. BEV share was roughly flat YoY, while PHEV share fell. Overall auto volume was 126,037 units, down by some 2% YoY. The Renault Megane took the lead in the BEV rankings. July’s market tally.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2019

UPS announced an agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Renewable natural gas, produced naturally from bio sources such as landfills and dairy farms, not only turns trash to gas, but it turns it into clean gas. will use the RNG from Clean Energy to operate UPS delivery vehicles. Clean Energy, co-founded by T.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 15, 2021

In a red hot market in which fully electric vehicles (BEVs) jumped 183% year over year (YoY) and plugin hybrids (PHEVs) shot up 6-fold in March, plugin sales had their second best month ever in France. In total, 29,737 plugin vehicles were registered, allowing the plugin share to reach 16% last month (8.5% That […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 16, 2022

The Tesla Model 3 was last month’s best selling EV and the 9th best selling car overall in France. Plugins continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 23,138 units, divided between 13,453 BEVs (or 12% share of the overall auto market) and 9,685 PHEVs (8% share of the auto […].

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