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New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

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The bottom overall countries in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (21) Italy (22) United Kingdom (23) Hungary (24) Romania (25) Ireland (26) Poland (27) Lithuania (28) Greece (29) Malta (30) Cyprus. Only battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are included in the index. HERE EV Charge Points collects data from public charging points.

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DAF trucks showcases electric and hybrid trucks at IAA CV

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At IAA Commercial Vehicles, Dutch truck manufacturer DAF—a division of Paccar—is showcasing the LF Electric, CF Electric and CF Hybrid Innovation trucks. vocational product range that set the standard in quality, low operating cost and vehicle performance. DAF’s heavy-duty market share in Europe grew from 15.3% in 2017 to 16.5%

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Drone Startup to Fly Pallets Without Pilots

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The concept then graduated, first to a proof-of-principle venture in Iceland using multicopters, then to a well-funded Amazon project in the United Kingdom. In the United States there are 17,000 airports, but only about 400 are commercially used. Amazon recently scaled back its drone-based delivery project in the U.K. “We

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Joint IEA-NEA report details plunge in costs of renewable electricity; nuclear competitive with other baseload power sources

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The range of overnight costs for nuclear technologies in OECD countries is large, from a low of US$1,087/kWe in Korea to a high of US$6 215/kWe in Hungary. For solar and wind, the findings were: Solar PV technologies are divided into three categories: residential, commercial, and large, ground- mounted. Renewables.

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