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Moscow signs contract for 1000 KAMAZ electric buses

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The e-bus cabin is also provided with the adaptive light: it depends on the time of the day and changes from cold light to warm one. —Maksim Liksutov Electric buses were launched in Moscow in 2018; the growing electric bus fleet has run more than 115 million kilometers since then.

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Moscow to purchase another 1000 electric buses in 2023

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Nearly 500 of these will be added to the SUE Mosgortrans bus fleet and hit the streets of Moscow in 2023 while the rest of the electric buses will be received in 2024. The e-bus cabin is also provided with the adaptive light: it depends on the time of the day and changes from cold light to warm. Earlier post.).

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UMTRI study finds US and China could turnover more than 90% of LDV fleet to alternative powertrains by 2050 under very aggressive penetration scenarios

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Turnover of the US fleet under the three models of penetration. A less aggressive approach yielded fleet turnover rates of 60% or more for most countries, while a moderately aggressive approach yielded fleet turnover rates of more than 80% for most countries. Turnover of the Chinese fleet. Source: Belzowski and McManus.

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Hyundai and Kia make €100M strategic investment in Arrival to co-develop electric commercial vehicles

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Founded in 2015, Arrival has production plants and R&D centers in the US, Germany, Tel Aviv, Russia and the UK. With the rapid global growth in online shopping, the volume of light commercial vehicles in urban areas has increased.

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GAZ Group and Gazprom to cooperate on using natural gas as a motor fuel

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GAZ Group, part of Basic Element, one of the Russia’s largest diversified industrial groups, and Gazprom have agreed to cooperate on using natural gas as a motor fuel. GAZ Group considers the development of world-class light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses using gas fuel as one of its priority areas.

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Westport partners with GAZ Group on new CNG medium-duty vehicle range

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The WP580 Engine Management System, being introduced in Russia for the first time, is a highly configurable system that has been specifically developed for spark-ignited, dedicated natural gas engine applications and can be integrated with a wide range of proprietary Westport fuel system components for flexible vehicle design and production.

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EIA projects nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050, led by growth in Asia

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Light-duty vehicles. From 2018 to 2050, the light-duty vehicle fleet transitions from primarily gasoline and diesel vehicles; by 2050, electricity and natural gas power more one-third of the light-duty vehicle fleet in the Reference case. OECD electric light-duty vehicle stocks increase from 3.5

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