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Get H2 partners propose green hydrogen pipeline in Europe

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Seven companies from the GET H2 initiative in Europe want to build a cross-border pipeline for green hydrogen. By using green hydrogen in refineries, in steel production and for other industrial uses, the overall project should be able to avoid CO 2 emissions of up to 16 million tonnes by 2030.

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Nikola executes reverse merger with VectoIQ; now to be listed on NASDAQ; BEV and FCEV trucks

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Nikola’s business model supplies both the truck and hydrogen fueling infrastructure, solving the fleets’ concerns of where to refuel with green hydrogen at competitive pricing to diesel. Cowen is serving as financial and capital markets advisor, and Greenberg Traurig, LLP is serving as legal advisor to VectoIQ.

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ElectraMeccanica and Tevva to merge; targeting electric commercial trucks in UK, Europe and US

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Tevva supports its current product with a unique and purpose-built, commercial-grade electric battery system, and its future product portfolio is being developed to include a proprietary hydrogen range-extender technology, which delivers a differentiated and sustainable dual-energy solution. Canada Ltd. Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.,

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bp begins producing SAF by co-processing used cooking oil at Lingen refinery

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For the start of SAF production, bp built a new unloading point at the Lingen site, upgraded a tank for the storage of biogenic raw materials and connected it to the previously extensively maintained hydrocracker plant. bp began producing renewable diesel via co-processing at its Cherry Point refinery in Washington state in 2018.

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NIST develops prototype meter test for hydrogen refueling stations

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To support the fair sale of gaseous hydrogen as a vehicle fuel, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a prototype Transient Flow Facility (TFF) to test the accuracy of hydrogen fuel dispensers. Three automakers plan to begin selling hydrogen-fueled vehicles to consumers in 2015.

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GM plans to cut spending on Cruise in half this year

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.” Although Cruise is facing both federal and state investigations into its technology, GM hired legal firm Quinn Emanuel to evaluate the startup’s response to an October accident in which one of its robotaxis dragged and pinned a pedestrian who had been struck by another vehicle with a human driver.

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California Governor’s Office releases 2013 ZEV action plan; 1.5M ZEVs on CA roadways by 2025

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For the purposes of the executive order and action plan, ZEVs include hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Ensure that hydrogen and electricity can legally be sold as a retail transportation fuel. Streamline permitting of hydrogen stations.