Wed.Aug 19, 2020

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Hamburger Hochbahn issues tender for 50 fuel cell buses

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Hamburger Hochbahn AG has launched a tender for the delivery of up to 50 fuel cell buses for the years 2021 to 2025. The invitation to tender consists of four lots. Hochbahn will purchase both pure fuel cell hybrid buses and battery-electric buses in which the fuel cell serves as a range extender. Both solo and articulated buses are tendered for both technical solutions.

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Lucid Air electric sedan boasts fastest-charging EV time: 300 miles in 20 minutes

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Lucid already suggested a week ago that its upcoming Air electric luxury sedan might offer the longest EPA-cycle range of any EV—an anticipated 517 miles. Now it’s already topping that with what many electric-vehicle enthusiasts will see as an even more impressive claim: that it’s the fastest-charging EV. Lucid announced.

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Cao Cao and DeepRoute form autonomous driving partnership; Level 4 robo-taxi service

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DeepRoute, an international self-driving vehicle technology provider, and Cao Cao Mobility, a strategically invested business of Geely Technology Group, are partnering to advance the design, development and commercialization of Cao Cao’s Level 4 autonomous robo-taxis service. The autonomous vehicles, powered by DeepRoute’s innovative self-driving technology solution , will be deployed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

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Love's Travel Stops and Electrify America add road-trip charging waypoints

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Electrify America is adding DC fast-charging stations at Love's Travel Stops, bringing charging to locations where drivers are already likely to stop on long road trips. The deal will add charging stations at seven locations—with a total of 28 connectors—in six states by 2021, Electrify America said in a press release Tuesday. All.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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NUS researcher links air pollution to increased residential electricity demand

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A study conducted by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences found that households respond to ambient air pollution by increasing electricity consumption, which in turn increases the carbon emissions that are co-produced in supplying the electricity.

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EV deals: Leaf, i3, I-Pace incentives boost buying, but leasing remains better for most

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The advantages between leasing versus buying electric cars are currently blurred by some especially strong sales incentives. The Nissan Leaf is currently eligible for 0% APR financing for 72 months, plus a $500 financing bonus. Nissan is also offering a $4,000 rebate in August, which is $1,000 more than last month, and the most seen to date.

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Lucid Air charging details, travel-stop fast-chargers, August EV deals: Today’s Car News

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Electric vehicle deals this month are favoring buying over leasing, in at least some instances. More road-trip fast-chargers are being added where long-haul travelers are likely to stop. And Lucid is claiming faster charge times than Tesla. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Lucid claims that the Air electric sedan will have the fastest.

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Gevo and Praj to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel in India

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Gevo, Inc. and Praj Industries Ltd. signed a binding, definitive Master Framework Agreement (MFA) to collaborate on providing renewable, low carbon, low particulate, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and renewable premium gasoline in India and neighboring countries. This follows an earlier announcement in April 2019 between both parties regarding the commercialization of renewable isobutanol, SAF and renewable premium gasoline.

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Pressure builds to ban fossil fuel cars by 2030

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The impending ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035 is due to create a seismic shift in the UK motor industry, but long before its official deadline, the pressure is already on to bring it forward. A group of centrist Tory MPs is looking to pressure the government to move the date to 2030. At the same time, more and more car makers are ditching pure ICE model lines.

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How have our expenditures on motor vehicles changed during the pandemic?

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by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. In this study, I examined the relative expenditures on motor vehicles in the United States from March through June 2020—the first four months of the current pandemic. The raw data for the calculations—seasonally adjusted dollar amounts of sales for each month—came from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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BASF Venture Capital invests in IntelliSense.io to make mining more efficient, sustainable and safe

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BASF Venture Capital (BVC) is leading a strategic investment round in IntelliSense.io with follow-on participation from a group of UK-based technology angel investors including Dr. Steve Garnett and Stephen Kelly. IntelliSense.io is a provider of AI-based solutions for the global mining industry. Its customers include mining majors and diversified mining groups.

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Bustech selects Proterra as battery technology supplier for new electric transit bus in Australia

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Australia-based Bustech and Proterra announced a new collaboration to manufacture Bustech’s all-electric ZDi 12.5-meter transit bus utilizing Proterra’s battery technology platform. The partnership marks Proterra’s entry into the Australian market and will be the company’s first Proterra Powered battery electric vehicle operating outside North America.

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