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ACEA study finds 100-fold increase in zero-emission trucks needed in EU fleet in 10 years to meet goals

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A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has found that there are currently 6.2 Almost 98% of all these trucks run on diesel, according to the 2021 Vehicles in Use report. Diesel-powered light commercial vehicles are dominant in all EU countries except for Greece. the EU fleet, with only 0.6%

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BASF and Advent Technologies to establish end-to-end supply chain for HT-PEM fuel cell systems in Europe

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Advent is the largest manufacturer of HT-PEM fuel cell systems targeting emerging markets in the field of sustainable and decentralized energy such as stationary power that can replace diesel generators, marine power from e-methanol fuel cells and heavy-duty mobility.

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Advent Technologies announces availability of next-generation HT-PEM MEAs

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To put it simply for the sake of our current and future customers and investors, we will soon be able to manufacture fuel cells that last at least three times as long and have double the power density of our previous systems. This development will revolutionize the fuel cell industry.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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While the collective target has been met, it has not yet been confirmed whether each individual manufacturer has met its own target, which is based on the average mass of the cars they sell. The EEA will publish final data on manufacturers’ individual performance in the autumn. grams; for diesel, 127.16 There were 11.8

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. Nobody looks at Greece for instance, where only 32 electrically-chargeable cars were sold last year. ECV Units sold.

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New cars sold in Europe in 2011 were 3.3% more fuel efficient than those sold in 2010; increasing diesel uptake

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The data also show that car manufacturers are mostly on track to meeting European Union (EU) targets. In addition, the long-term reduction of emissions has been influenced by an increasing uptake of diesel cars, an ongoing trend which continued in 2011. There were 12.8 million new vehicles registered in the EU in 2011. In 2011, 55.2%

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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Further improvements need to be achieved by manufacturers to reach the 2021 target of 95 g CO 2 /km. Diesel cars made up 45% of the new registrations. Compared to 2016, the registrations of diesel cars decreased in all EU Member States except in Italy (+0.6 g CO 2 /km ) and diesel cars (117.9 Source: EEA. g CO 2 /km).

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