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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 bottom overall countries in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (21) Italy (22) United Kingdom (23) Hungary (24) Romania (25) Ireland (26) Poland (27) Lithuania (28) Greece (29) Malta (30) Cyprus.

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CLEPA study: EV-only approach would lead to the loss of half a million supplier jobs in the EU

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501,000 auto supplier jobs in Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) powertrain components production are expected to become obsolete if technology is phased-out by 2035 (84% of current ICE jobs). The study is also the first to evaluate the impact of different policy pathways to reach Green Deal objectives with a focus on automotive suppliers.

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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.

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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. DAF is the market leader in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). Transport at a crossroads.

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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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Reintroducing commercial supersonic transport (SST) aircraft into the global aviation fleet could have significant noise and climate impacts by 2035, according to a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The fleet of SSTs would emit an additional 1.6 The fleet of SSTs would emit an additional 1.6

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. BYD CEO Wang Chuan-Fu figured out how to make cheaper batteries than the Japanese by replacing machines with migrant workers.

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