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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. This is the world’s first electric timber truck, and has a capacity of 80 tonnes. SCA, a manager of forestry operations in 2.6

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Ballard receives follow-on orders from Wrightbus for fuel cell modules to power 50 buses in UK

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Ballard Power Systems received follow-on purchase orders from Wrightbus, a leading bus OEM and Ballard partner headquartered in Northern Ireland, for a total of 50 fuel cell modules to power Fuel Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) planned for deployment in a number of UK cities, including Birmingham, Aberdeen, London and Belfast.

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Solaris joins European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

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Since then, hydrogen buses and trolleybuses produced by Solaris have been sold to operators in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Latvia. Quite the opposite: these technologies complement each other perfectly and they all benefit from the technological progress of electric drivelines and their components.

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Ballard signs fuel cell supply agreement with Solaris; initial order of 10 modules as range extenders for electric trolley buses

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Solaris has signed a contract with Rigas Satiksme, the transport operator in the city of Riga, Latvia for 10 of the Trollino trolley buses. The FCveloCity-HD includes separate air and coolant systems for simplified and flexible integration into the electric drive system.

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Neste joins eFuel Alliance

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Banning the combustion engine would close the door on sustainable drop-in solutions, such as fuels from green electricity and sustainable biomass. The fuel is available to customers in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and in the United States in California and Oregon.

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One DC Quick-Charge Station For Every Four Electric Cars! But, Where?

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Imagine a paradise for electric-car drivers, where half the car's cost is subsidized and there's a nationwide network of DC quick-charging stations so plentiful that there's one for every four cars. million people, nestled on the Gulf of Finland between Latvia and Russia. Such a place exists, actually. It's called Estonia.

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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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AFV are alternative fuel vehicles: electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles. grams; and for alternative fuel vehicles (electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles), 104.14 The biggest cars, measured by mass, were bought in Latvia, Sweden and Luxembourg. Source: EEA.

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