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Volvo Cars first carmaker to explore fossil-free steel with SSAB and HYBRIT

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(In April 2021, the Volvo Group—the heavy-duty vehicle, construction equipment and power solutions provider, distinct from Volvo Cars— and SSAB signed a collaboration agreement on research, development, serial production and commercialization of vehicles to be made of fossil-free steel ( earlier post.)). Source: HYBRIT.

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BMW Group plans to source steel produced with green power and hydrogen from H2GS in Sweden

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From 2025 on, the company plans to source steel produced with up to 95% less CO 2 emissions and without requiring fossil resources such as coal. The BMW Group has now reached an agreement to this effect with the Swedish startup H2 Green Steel (H2GS), which uses hydrogen and only green power from renewable energies for steel production.

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Honda and Isuzu, Lucid Air, cleaner EVs from less coal: Today’s Car News

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Coal plants closed and electric cars got greener. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. With a passenger-car hydrogen infrastructure moving slowly but development on hydrogen fuel-cell stacks advancing rapidly, Honda and Isuzu have announced that. And the Lucid Air has a debut date.

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Electric-car frunks, plug-in hydrogen pickup, Lucid Air development: The Week in Reverse

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This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 14, 2020. Electric cars are getting cleaner all the time, as coal plants are retired and more. And which California EV startup is aiming for a Tesla-topping 400-mile range?

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Australia’s Coal-Fondling Prime Minister Pretends To Like EVs

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In a piece of news that hit all channels a couple of days ago, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor, Minister for Emissions Reduction, were interviewed while filling up a Toyota with grey hydrogen.

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EV tax credit, China vs US, hydrogen survival, Chevy vs Tesla, electric coal-hauling: Today's Car News

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in the electric-car battle, Congress may have saved the EV tax credit, an electric cargo ship that hauls coal, and thoughts on Tesla versus Chevy. All this and more on Green Car Reports. If electric-car buyers struggle with trading luxury and practicality, the brands involved are likely Tesla and.

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Hydrogen Is As Broadly Useful As Hemp, And Will Be Used Just As Much

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All of the people shouting from the rooftops about the wonders of hydrogen are just as wrong as all of the people shouting about the wonders of hemp, and for the same reasons.

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