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

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The number of EVs on the road versus internal combustion engine vehicles – EV fleet share. The top overall European countries in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (1) Norway (2) Netherlands (3) Luxembourg (4) Germany (5) Switzerland (6) Denmark (7) Czech Republic (8) Bulgaria (9) Sweden (10) Belgium.

Europe 170
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EU new-car market suffers worst performance in over two years

Baua Electric

Portugal (down 9.4%), Austria (down 8.9%), Czech Republic (down 8.7%), Denmark (down 5.1%) and the Netherlands (down 0.4%) also endured decreases. Elsewhere, Poland (up 14.8%), Romania (up 8%), Portugal (up 2.5%), the Czech Republic (up 2.3%) and Denmark (up 1.5%) saw growth. Outside of the EU, the UK suffered a 1.3%

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, IVECO and ENGIE collaborating to promote natural gas in Europe starting from Belgium

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In line with COP 21, the Walloon strategy envisages that 50% of its public fleet vehicles, in need of replacement, will run on alternative fuels starting from 1 January 2017, and the percentage will rise to 100% starting from 1 January 2030. The Government of Wallonia also set a new regulation to promote the development of CNG infrastructure.

Belgium 150
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Rolls-Royce consortium secures funding for mini nuclear reactors

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In the UK the power station programme is forecast to: Create 40,000 regional UK jobs by 2050 Generate £52 billion of economic benefit Have 80% of the plant’s components sourced from the UK Target an additional £250 billion of exports – memoranda of understanding are already in place with Estonia, Turkey and the Czech Republic Cost initially £2.2

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DAF Putting LF Hybrid Truck Into Production; Eaton Hybrid System

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As part of PACCAR’s international hybrid program, the DAF LF Hybrid truck was developed in close collaboration with Eaton, Eindhoven University of Technology and Leyland Trucks Ltd, also a PACCAR company. The DAF LF45.160 Hybrid is only 300 kilograms heavier in total than the standard model with a diesel engine alone. Volt cells.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

Cars That Think

We're very fortunate to have an extensive site here at our CSIRO lab in Brisbane that has enabled us to construct quite varied tests for our full fleet of robots. After going through the initial phases, we have converged on a good combination of platforms for our fleet. Our fleet consists of two of each of these three platform types.