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Neste Oil expands sale of Neste Pro diesel to Lithuania; minimum 15% blend of NExBTL renewable diesel

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Neste Oil’s premium-quality Neste Pro Diesel—which contains a minimum of 15% of NEXBTL renewable diesel—is now available in Lithuania. It will be distributed through the company’s local retail network and its 51 stations. Up until now, Neste Pro Diesel was only available in Finland.

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European Logging & Forest Management Company Unveils Electric Timber Truck

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million hectares of forest land in northern Sweden and 60,000 hectares in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, recently unveiled a new logging truck for its wood business. SCA, a manager of forestry operations in 2.6 This is the world’s first electric timber truck, and has a capacity of 80 tonnes.

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DFDS orders 100 electric trucks from Volvo

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Volvo Trucks has received an order for 100 electric trucks from logistics company DFDS. With this latest order, DFDS has almost doubled its Volvo electric truck fleet to 225 trucks in total – the largest company fleet of heavy electric trucks in Europe.

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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

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Bekerytė moved from her native Lithuania to Norway in 2010 to take advantage of the country’s free university tuition, but first she had to find a way to support herself. A specialist at heart Growing up in Šiauliai, Lithuania, Bekerytė seemed destined to become an engineer. It wasn’t easy. She started two weeks after graduating.

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Neste joins eFuel Alliance

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The eFuel Alliance is based in Berlin and Brussels and brings together companies and organizations that share the goal of establishing and promoting power- and bio-based synthetic fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. Throughout the world, more than 1.3

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Nissan has more than 550 electric taxis on European roads

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During 2015, more than 100 electric vehicles were delivered to taxi companies across Europe. In Estonia, it has been reported that a Nissan LEAF owned by taxi company, Elektritakso, has clocked up more than 218,000 kilometres (135,459 miles) on its original battery pack.

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IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites

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By teaming up with the four partner companies, more than 50% of the 400 sites planned between now and the year 2020 have already been covered. IONITY is working with the Austrian company OMV on the roll-out of a fast charging infrastructure in Austria, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.